There was a lecture with the artist David Foldvari today who came to talk about his art work and his profession as an illustrator. He was a really interesting guy and did some really interesting drawings. It really fascinates me how some people can draw faces so well and put so much character into the faces with just lines. Foldvari's portrait of Prince Phillip really demonstrates what I like about his drawings. 
A project he has been recently working on is for an interactive graphic novel called 'Dickens Dark London'. He has created a series of illustrations on Charles Dickens' travels through London at night. During the lecture he mainly showed us pictures from 'Seven Dials' which is what Covent Garden used to be called, and was one of the darkest, dirtiest places in London around that era. In his illustrations he depicts dirty chimneys, children in poverty, crowded market places and the great fog which engulfed most of London. One of my favourite images he showed us from the series was a scene where something has happened and people are shouting, screaming and the chaos is then calmed down by the police.
I mainly like it due to the different facial expressions everyone has and the general feel of the image. From the darkness surrounding the bottom of the crowd in the centre, it looks as if the people have suddenly ripped through the page and are all trying to get through at once, adding to the sudden hurried commotion of this particular scene.
After talking about his previous and ongoing projects, he gave some good advice on how he works as an artist. Throughout the talk I was trying to imagine how he came up with all these faces and facial expressions in such detail. He then explained that he references images from primary sources or from books in the library. This gave me inspiration for the book I am going to create as part of the 'Place' project as i need pictures of shocked faces and other facial expressions. I also need lots of victorian imagery which so far I have been sourcing my imagery from the internet but I may turn to the books we have at college. Another piece of useful information was to draw all the time. He then showed us a small image he created which wasn't anything like his commissions. A small illustration depicting himself playing the bass and being really small because his friends took the mickey. Quite a comical image, showing that drawings don't have to be all perfect and as detailed as what you have drawn before.
After talking about his previous and ongoing projects, he gave some good advice on how he works as an artist. Throughout the talk I was trying to imagine how he came up with all these faces and facial expressions in such detail. He then explained that he references images from primary sources or from books in the library. This gave me inspiration for the book I am going to create as part of the 'Place' project as i need pictures of shocked faces and other facial expressions. I also need lots of victorian imagery which so far I have been sourcing my imagery from the internet but I may turn to the books we have at college. Another piece of useful information was to draw all the time. He then showed us a small image he created which wasn't anything like his commissions. A small illustration depicting himself playing the bass and being really small because his friends took the mickey. Quite a comical image, showing that drawings don't have to be all perfect and as detailed as what you have drawn before.
David Foldvari's Website: http://www.davidfoldvari.co.uk/Site/home.html
David Foldvari's Blog: http://davidfoldvari.blogspot.com/
David Foldvari's Blog: http://davidfoldvari.blogspot.com/
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