Hattienewman

Work / Illustration

Hattie Newman

Words by Alex Bec, Wednesday 03 September 2008

Originally guest posted by Alex Ostrowski

Illustrator, animator and set-maker Hattie Newman delights in surreal cardboard worlds of colour and joy. Currently working with Bryony Birkbeck and Kristina Grundberg on The World of YCN, her endearing creations are sure to be popping up a lot in the near future.

Keep your eyes peeled!

“Noise, exertion and rebellion”: Ari Marcopoulos’ latest exhibition, Machine 24 July 2017
Amsterdam-based photographer Lois Cohen’s "absurd" portraits 24 July 2017
Greg Barth puts world peace to a public vote in satirical film, Epic Fail 24 July 2017
Julia Petrova conveys mystery and darkness in her landscape illustrations 24 July 2017
Deividas Buivydas documents Boston, Lincolnshire, a town known as “the face of Brexit" 24 July 2017
Justin Sloane applies his blunt and nuanced ethos to multidisciplinary design 24 July 2017

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Moscow-based illustrator Julia Petrova uses watercolour, ink and liner for her finely-detailed drawings and each one takes around one or two days to complete. There’s a gloomy and mysterious atmosphere to Julia’s landscape-based illustrations and while she depicts buildings, cars and other human-made structures, there’s a distinct absence of people in her work. When humans do appear, it’s just the back of someone or a dangling hand, and this only adds to the intrigue surrounding Julia’s drawings, which capture moments just before or after something has happened.

Rebecca Fulleylove — 24 July 2017
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Jenny Brewer — 21 July 2017
Work / Illustration Kyung Me’s detailed series tells the tale of a cat struggling with identity

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Rebecca Fulleylove — 21 July 2017
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Lucy Bourton — 20 July 2017
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Lucy Bourton — 18 July 2017
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Rebecca Fulleylove — 18 July 2017