The Watchmen & Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons is a graphic artist that created the art for the Watchmen comic book. Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore collaborated on the creation of the Watchmen, a graphic novel that demonstrates how art and writing can be combined for the optimal reading experience.

Images like the one above demonstrate how Gibbons used the layout of the page, the size of the text boxes, and stylistic choices like color and perspective to aid in the understanding of the story.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, graphic designer, and writer. He designed 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. He is well-regarded as one of the best, most unique architects.

He opened his famous house and studio in Oak Park, Illinois.

Levalet

Levalet is a french street artist whose works integrate the environment into his storytelling. He often uses fountains, windows, etc. to help inform his vignettes depicting a man in black and white. The male forms often evoke the feeling of sadness or woe, but he on occasion will highlight the comedic nature of the man’s trials and tribulations.

Tyler Hobbs

Fragment of Vision (D)

Untitled, 2016

Tyler Hobbs is a generative artist from Austin, Texas. For each work, Tyler writes a custom computer program specially designed to create an abstract image. His work focuses on the interplay of randomness and order, and draws inspiration from paint, vegetation, and naturally occurring patterns.

Tyler Hobbs-Artistic Process:

Marius Watz

The Norwegian artist and curator, Marius Watz originally began doing graphics for the raves of the early nineties. Now, he focuses on describing his own style as a particular brand of visual hedonism, marked by colourful organic shapes and a ‘more is more’ attitude through computationally generated forms. His work has been presented in various international festivals and exhibitions. Watz also organized a conference and exhibition dealing with the current role of software and generative strategies in art and design called Generator.x held in Oslo, Norway.

Marius Watz: Three stills from Electroplastique, 2005

Jennifer Packer

Jennifer Packer paints intimate pictures of her friends, fellow artists, family members, lovers. She is interested in truth and authenticity in her paintings – she does not try to idealize anyone.

She is an assistant professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. She uses similar colors for paintings, making simple brush strokes, this blends the portraits and the background.