I am going to discuss the artist Heath Robinson and how his work was quite ahead of its time, bringing in examples of contemporary illustrations to enforce my argument.
Son of an Anglican Priest, Chris Riddell was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where he lived until he was 1. He then moved to England in 1963 and moved around a lot as his father changed parishes. He attended grammer school before moving on to an art college, and then from 1981 to 1984 he studied illustration at Brighton Polytechnic, where he became a student of Raymond Briggs, the illustrator of the well known book "The Snowman". Chris acknowledges Briggs as a biginfluence in his work and it can be seen when contrasting work from the two.
The Snowman, Raymond Briggs
Whilst there, Briggs introduced Riddell to his own publisher, and this lead to Riddell being commissioned for The Book Of Giants, for Sainsburys.
In 88 the editor of The Economist was so impressed by Riddell's work that he hired him to work on illustrating articles for the magazine. He also worked as a political illustrator for the Sunday Correspondent and also a business cartoonist for The Observer.
As well as Briggs being a large influence to Riddell's work, he also states that William Heath Robinson and John Tenniel are influencial too, and he has had work described as "Heath Robinson with a few drinks in him".
Riddell
We can see a real similarity between the two, perhaps more detail in Riddell's work but the same use of line in used. Line is something quite important with Heath Robinson's popularity in the present day. His designs are very contemporary and this is down to the clean line that he uses.
His work shows a resemblance in two quite different areas, one of these being in contemporary furniture. Here we can see a design that was created in 1976 and a chair made in recent years.
Another genre we see his works similarities in is the growing popularity of Steampunk. The line he uses as well as the technical side to his designs are something replicated within the designs of steampunk machines.
Chris Riddell and William Heath Robinson
Son of an Anglican Priest, Chris Riddell was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where he lived until he was 1. He then moved to England in 1963 and moved around a lot as his father changed parishes. He attended grammer school before moving on to an art college, and then from 1981 to 1984 he studied illustration at Brighton Polytechnic, where he became a student of Raymond Briggs, the illustrator of the well known book "The Snowman". Chris acknowledges Briggs as a biginfluence in his work and it can be seen when contrasting work from the two.
The Snowman, Raymond BriggsWhilst there, Briggs introduced Riddell to his own publisher, and this lead to Riddell being commissioned for The Book Of Giants, for Sainsburys.
In 88 the editor of The Economist was so impressed by Riddell's work that he hired him to work on illustrating articles for the magazine. He also worked as a political illustrator for the Sunday Correspondent and also a business cartoonist for The Observer.
As well as Briggs being a large influence to Riddell's work, he also states that William Heath Robinson and John Tenniel are influencial too, and he has had work described as "Heath Robinson with a few drinks in him".
Riddell
Heath Robinson
We can see a real similarity between the two, perhaps more detail in Riddell's work but the same use of line in used. Line is something quite important with Heath Robinson's popularity in the present day. His designs are very contemporary and this is down to the clean line that he uses.
His work shows a resemblance in two quite different areas, one of these being in contemporary furniture. Here we can see a design that was created in 1976 and a chair made in recent years.
Another genre we see his works similarities in is the growing popularity of Steampunk. The line he uses as well as the technical side to his designs are something replicated within the designs of steampunk machines.
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