no planet no fun

wetransfer presents a bunch of illustrators who have produced work to discuss what they would miss the most - if we had no planet!

Some inspiring and thought provoking work, check it out at: https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/no-planet-no-fun/

“If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence”

How cool are these! 

If you've ever come across work by the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat then you'll recognise the work on these fabulous dr martins shoes (they do boots too:) 

“If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence,” he said of his process. “It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.” Born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY, 

Basquiat never finished high school but developed an appreciation for art as a youth, from his many visits to the Brooklyn Museum of Art with his mother. 

His early work consisted of spray painting buildings and trains in downtown New York alongside his friend Al Diaz. 

The artist’s tag was the now infamous pseudonym SAMO. After quickly rising to fame in the early 1980s, Basquiat was befriended by many celebrities and artists, including Andy Warhol, with whom he made several collaborative works. At only 27, his troubles with fame and drug addiction led to his tragic death from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988 in New York, NY. 

What a great way to bring back to life his work! Check em out at drmartens.com/uk

http://www.artnet.com/artists/jean-michel-basquiat/ 

Kit Miles

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

After completing his MA in textile design at the Royal College of Art, Kit Miles formed his own studio, steeped in the values of quality, exquisite draughtsmanship and a futuristic, often surprising use of scale colour and imagery.

DRAUGHTSMANSHIP

One of the most important values at Kit Miles is excellence in quality and draughtsmanship in each and every design.

The studios ability to render fine and at times surrealist imagery have enabled Miles to form a unique language of design, under the core ethos that freedom to evolve and re-form is ever present in the application of marks onto paper.

The process of hand drawing enables the studio to render an imaginative and ‘super-real’ world into a reality, revealing a glimpse into the ever expanding printed universe of dynamic shapes and images.

http://kitmiles.co.uk

Danny Roberts

"Danny Roberts is a visual artist that portrays the high end scene with wit and whimsy. His signature stylish portraits of fashion luminaries and models offer a fresh take on fashion‘s vision of perfection." - Models.com

He began his career studying Photography and Fashion Design. Upon finishing school, he was honored by being awarded the first featured portfolio of the year on WGSN Generation Now, which showcases graduating talent from the world‘s leading universities and design colleges.

Danny Roberts‘ body of work is mainly a showcase of couture collection paintings and portraits of models. His works have been featured in the pages of top fashion publications worldwide, including Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, Vogue Japan, Elle, & Women‘s Wear Daily. He has collaborated with a eclectic variety clients such as, Tiffany & Company, IMG Models, Lancome, Forever 21, & Gwen Stephani‘s Harajuku Lovers. Danny is also one half of the brother creative team, Igor + Andre.

Danny Roberts 

Jo Malone & Marthe Armitage

Most people, by the time they reach their 70s, have begun to wind down – at least when it comes to work. But for artist and printmaker Marthe Armitage, her eighth decade was when things really started to get going career-wise. Marthe has been producing her exquisite scenic wallpapers since the 1950s, but it has only been over the past 12 years or so that they’ve truly taken off.

Now in her 80s, she is still designing and printing papers from her riverside home in Chiswick – including a new, bespoke pattern for the fragrance house Jo Malone – and is finally enjoying the recognition her work so richly deserves.

Watch Marthe on Youtube 

Stefan Glerum

Amsterdam-based illustrator Stefan Glerum has a distinct style that is recognised and respected across the world, and his work is inspired by early 20th Century movements such as Art Deco, Bauhaus, Italian Futurism and Russian Constructivism, which he combines with popular themes, executed in a hand drawn style reminiscent of the clear line. 

His latest project revolved around creating illustrations for two stained glass facades reaching up to 60 feet for a new residential project in Amsterdam by housing corporation Ymere. The complex is designed by Heren 5 Architects, the stained glass is fabricated by Atelier Schmit.
http://www.stefanglerum.com

Kostas Neofitidis

Inspired by his travels to Asia – particularly Thailand – Kostas’ vibrant world is a reflection of exploding colours and forms. The individual abstract dimensions and characters of the eclectic murals slowly reveal themselves once viewed closer and into focus – continuing to inspire audiences with every new glance.

Describing the collection, Kostas explains that ‘Kota lives happily on a magical beach, submerged underwater, looking at life in a positive way’. Kostas portrays the charmed depiction of paradise through his latest textile range consisting of individual art panels which are printed on woven canvas. When hung appropriately, the vivacity of colour entwines, dances and energises the entire mural. Combining to create a positive outlook on life and to represent Kostas’ unique and exuberant style.

Kostas personal journey into art is an interesting one, too. Originally an architect, Kostas emerged from the Cyprus nightlife as an iconic figure, owning some of the most revered clubs, bars and restaurants. Although architecture remains a large part of his life, his primary passion of the Kota Collection now holds most of his attention. Alongside the new colourful motifs, the Kota Collection includes hand-woven silk carpets, t-shirts and a dinnerware selection. 

http://www.kostasneofitidis.com

Sophie Ryder

Sophie Ryder was born in London, England, in 1963. She studied Combined Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts where, while obtaining her diploma in painting, she was encouraged by fellow artist to develop her sculpture. Inspired by Picasso, Goya and Henry Moore, she famously developed the Lady Hare as a counterpart to Ancient Greek mythology's Minotaur. A fascinating aspect of Sophie Ryder's sculpture is her concern with hybrids; not only the Minotaur, but hares combined with human features. The Lady Hare has occupied her imagination for many years and the human parts are based on the artist's own body. These sculptures have the potential to forge powerful images charged with character and emotion which go well beyond representation.

http://www.sophie-ryder.com

Jim Stoten

http://www.jimtheillustrator.co.uk

Sergio Calatroni

If your thinking of building a web site, check out this guy's site - you'll  be inspired!
His instillation work is as equally inspiring...
http://www.sergiocalatroni.com

Silvia Pelissero

Silvia Pelissero, a painter best known as Agnes Cecile, was born in Rome, Italy. Using simple images coupled with abstract color and detail, Agnes Cecile creates rich, emotional human portraits. There's lots more inspiring clips on YouTube! 

Christa van der Meer

Christa van der Meer is a Dutch fashion designer and graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Experiencing with different mediums she now works on projects to find ways to connect her portrait drawings to her fashion designs. Her graduation collection she portraits the fact that drawing is essential for designing. The drawings form the base of her fashion collections and is an instrument to create a new perspective both visually and emotionally.
Christa van der Meer 

Hanna Werning

Hanna Werning work as an independent designer across disciplines such as communication design, product design, visual arts and illustration, self-initiated and commissioned work. Since 2004, she has been running her own company Spring Street Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The name comes from her time living in London where she was educated a graphic designer at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.

Hanna has a strong fascination for patterns and colours and has been designing prints, wallpapers, textile, porcelain etc for Boråstapeter, Rörstrand, IKEA, Sagaform, Eastpak, Anna Sui and House of Dagmar. She is also the designer and manufacture of her own product AnimalFlowers wallpaper-posters. 

http://www.byhanna.com/index.html 

http://www.byhanna.com/apparat1.html

Dash Magazine

DASH Magazine is the London-based illustrated magazine on fashion and fashion art. Published biannually and distributed worldwide, DASH is aimed at opinion formers of all genders with an interest in fashion and art-related fields. It is its strong focus on fashion illustration. DASH Magazine provides seasonal coverage as well as a launch platform for emerging talent from the fields of illustration, photography, the arts and journalism to showcase, and thus gain exposure, for their work.

Beata Boucht

Illustrations by Stockholm-based, Beata Boucht.
http://www.beataboucht.com/

Dan Funderburgh

Dan Funderburgh is a Brooklyn-based illustrator, artist, and wallpaper designer whose creations are rooted in the world of decorative arts. Dan was born in Seattle and reared in the Midwest, receiving a BFA from the University of Kansas with a focus in illustration. Dan's personal and gallery work includes letterpress and screen prints, sculptures and installations that play off of historical ornamentation. Revealing an acute appreciation for both the baroque and utilitarian, Dan's work often combines the language of ornament with objects that surround us. 

http://www.danfunderburgh.com/

Yoko Furusho

YOKO FURUSHO is a Japanese artist/illustrator based in New York. She was born in Tokyo and moved to New York to study illustration at the School of Visual Arts. After her graduation, she started to work as a professional illustrator/artist. She likes to draw details, textures and patterns with ink and acrylics. Her world is full of imaginary monsters, weird animals, and funny landscape. Now she is working as an illustrator for various magazines and newspapers. 

http://yokofurusho.com/

HALFDROPPED by Alex Russell

HALFDROPPED is cartoons, drawings and text by Alex Russell. They’re generally funny ha ha, funny peculiar or funny boo hoo. A new one posts every day at 15:30 (UK time).

You can also find Alex at alexrussell.com

Neasden Control Centre

Neasden Control Centre is Stephen Smith, an illustrator based in London. He works a lot with a mix of hand drawn and found elements, layering everything up in Photoshop via the use of the Multiply blending mode. Well worth a good dig.

Raphael Vicenzi

Raphael Vicenzi is an illustrator based in Brussels, Belgium. Raphael's work has been featured in Illustration now 3, The Beautiful, The New Age of Feminine Drawing, Computer arts, Advanced Photoshop and many others.