Jamie Hewlett

Jamie Hewlett is my favourite artists and designer. He is most famous for his work in the comic book Tank Girl and in the virtual band, Gorillaz  (which he co-created with Damon Albarn).
For my work in animation I want to establish my own drawing style, one that is conveniently quick but also unique and aesthetically pleasing. I look up to Jamie Hewlett as a I admire the way his art style ticks all of these boxes

I enjoy emulating his style as I like how much detail he manages to squeeze into a single image. As a result of this, he is able to develop a character and communicate their personality or situation, just through their clothes, possessions, body language and companions.

Through looking at his work on Gorillaz, I have learned not to be afraid to let go of the 'boring' and 'normal' in character design. It took me a while to develop my instinctive decisions away from the usual, 'jeans, t-shirt, skinny frame, brown hair' trap that I always used to fall into that meant my characters often looked too similar, and character development then rested upon their actions alone.

This is my own sketch of one of Jamie Hewlett's characters, I find the best way to learn his techniques is to emulate them, and although I don't intend to copy and adopt his style completely as 'my' style, I may take some techniques that i have learned along the way.