ANIMALS AND CREATURES RESEARCH

(http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/KatharineAsher/all/29 6/1/15)

 This is the work of Katharine Asher. I think this painting of a polar bear is beautiful.I love how she has made the bear look so delicate due to the soft colours used. The way the colour has been applied so carefully really shows the texture of the fur. The detail in this piece makes it look life like.

(http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/KatharineAsher/all/29 6/1/15)

This is another piece by Katherine Asher. I feel the simplicity in this piece creates a young feel to the piece which works well with the subject. I particularly like the scratchy lines used in the ink underneath the bird 


(http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/JacquelineBissett/view 7/1/15)

This is a piece by Jacqueline Bissett. The monochrome aspect of this piece is very effective, I feel like it adds innocence to the piece and doesn't distract the viewer from the beauty of the drawings. Although you wouldn't naturally find these animals together like this I think the composition works well.


(http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/MichaelFrith/view 7/1/15)

I love this illustration. The colours are amazing and the way that the media has been applied with a variety of marks really shows the texture of the crabs shell. This is an example of a piece where the colour is crucial, I don't feel it would create the same impacts if the piece had a limited colour pallet.


(http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/LukasBischoff/view 7/1/15)

This illustration stood out to me, particularly because of the composition of the piece. Unlike the other images I have chosen, this doesn't show the full animal but I feel it works just as well. He has captured the animal and its personality in this image well, and I have been inspired to create works of my own that focus on a particular area of the animals body.