The first line drawings that I did in this style go back to when I lived on Hollaway road in 2006. I had been painting shop fronts and had just got a new computer at the time. My flat mate whom I study graphic design with was making a career out of illustration he introduced me to drawing in photoshop and immediatly I started using my street photography that I reference for my painting as my source material. These line drawing were the outcome of that body of work.
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| 'Back in time' Photoshop colour line drawing. (printed on silk) |
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| 'Ooh la la' photoshop line drawing (photo etching) |
Ideas arose from this work which chalanged me to re-interpt forms and invent my own flat perspective using a continuous line as part of the Drawing style as you can see on the illustration 'Ooh la la' but also brought problems which needed creative problem solving including, forshortening and positioning forground objects and people a decopage of photos if you will in which to work my drawings from. The output of work took many forms including Photo etching on copper which gave a beautifully embossed line, printing on canvas and other materials such as silk.
My first illustration of Cork was commissioned by a friend here in 2014 of Winthrops Arcade
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| 'Winthrops Arcade' printed on Photo rag paper |
other elements started to apear in this illustration such as reflections of people in windows and the ghost image of people. which add to the sence of passing of time.
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| The English Market(Grande Parade) |
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| 'Over the Back wall' |
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| '1-10 South Mall' |
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| 'Washington street' |
Beautiful drawings of Cork City.
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