The Last Batch o' sketches and Artist #28

Artist 28 is a bit of a mystery, as I can't seem to find her actual name, so I am left with a screen name of tlc010. A wonderful artist, with wacky and zany lines, abstracted features and glorious photomanipulation talents. She is a fantastic story-boarder and illustrationist, with a heavy lean towards the humorous, which is something I always find wonderful when viewing someone's work. Most her work takes on incredibly exaggerated facial expressions and movements, creating large quantities of energy and movement around the image.



Yup.
Anyways, sketches.

Artist #27: Fiona Banner

“I got involved in looking at and describing the human form through watching war films. It occurred to me, after a while, that their images were pornographic in nature – both alluring, seductive and repulsive. That got me into looking at porn films. I began to think that they were like life drawings, only with all the rules broken. They have very limited narrative: often no script, virtually no dialogue, just the hovering gaze. I described these films moment by moment, in my own words, and made very big pictures from them. They take something very private and domestic, and make it heroic. After that, I worked with a striptease artist. She came to my studio and undressed, and I began describing her act verbally. It became a kind of striptease in words.”
-Fiona Banner (http://sk.aphelis.net/post/793479171/fiona-banner-almost-fluorescent-nude-2007)

Fiona Banner is a contemporary artist, with, in addition to her focus on the above, also seems to have a bit of love for airborne vehicles. Personally, I quite liked her "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" exhibit pieces, as they bring me that bit of nostalgia that I love so much, and display a wide variety of mediums to depict her subject matter. To me they show that even something cute and harmless as Snoopy can be twisted to depict a more graphic scene, given just a hat and a premise. It shows how we as people all have a sort of love for this action, even though lives are stomped underfoot to obtain it.

http://www.fionabanner.com/works/index2.htm

Artist #26: Emmy Cicierega

Emmy Cicierega is yet another illustrationist with a love for smooth, clean linework and vector style shading. But, she also crafts jewelry. Really what sets her apart for me is that she operates on a similar basis of my own self. She draws things to make people smile and laugh, and spread a little joy.

Artist #25: Amy Donohoe

Amy Donohoe's art holds a heavy focus on lines, with an a style resembling caligraphy. Her strokes are long and fluid, with a tendency to use curves. Her illustration work varies depending on whether it is digital or traditional. Both use a vector style of shading with only very defined features inside the figure earning the right to be defined by lines, but her digital work tends to consist of very bright, uninterrupted colors, whereas her traditional work usually holds some signs of standard color shading.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49104085@N07/sets/72157625822910896/

Artist #24: Kelly Hamilton

Kelly Hamilton is a multi-styled artist, crossing into different genres as well. Pixel art, simple 3D art, vector art and the more standard style of painting all are under her belt. The fact that her artwork moves through so many different styles makes it hard to identify things which are uniquely hers, though her paintings seem to be a bit grainy overall, and her linework tends to give things a soft, light feel. But this is lost on her traditional paintings, which give a much more realistic depth of feel to the piece through stronger contrasting shades and hues, with lines being more heavily accented by darker colors.

http://www.junglestudio.com/

Artist #23: Der-shing Helmer

Der-shing Helmer is an illustrationist and biologist, with a focus in his art on figures. His knowledge of animals and wildlife also appears in a portion of his art, creating an interesting blend between his knowledge of the interworks of the subjects he draws and his own cartoonish style. His figures bear a simplified anatomy with large and energetic linework. His color choice seemed to be steeped in more organic colors, with a distinct lack on anything feeling mechanical or muddied.

Artist #22: Kari Byron

Kari Byron is a sculptor, and more commonly recognized as the female member of the Mythbusters team. Her mediums of choice are, as listed upon her site: polymer clay, found objects, acrylic gouache, wood, and metal. Her main focus seems to be on the human face and form, abstracted a bit and placed into a surreal environment. In pieces which she breaks from that, there is still usually one very recognizable object within the piece to pull you in as you examine what sits tied around it.

http://www.karibyron.com/