Brian Rea has a great knack for delivering a message through his witty illustrations.

Brian Rea has a great knack for delivering a message through his witty illustrations.
The students (yes, I said students..!) at Gobelins surprise me every year with both their originality and their quality of animated shorts. This year is no different. I could have posted about any of the films from this year’s crop, as they were all fantastic – but this one made me really chuckle!
Illustrator Israel Sanchez uses a fun 1950s animation style that’s off-beat and friendly. I found his comics particularly appealing and very well crafted.
Annette Marnat uses a nice dry-brush style that is captivating and beautiful. Her characters have nice shapes and lines that make them interesting, and often there is a good use of white space that seems to make her characters glow in the sunlight.
Welcome to our first Manga Monday! With its roots firmly planted in Japan, Manga has become an international phenomenon. So to illustrate this, our first post in this weekly series is a big thumbs-up to Spanish comic book illustrator, Eva Lara Ruiz. Visit her Deviant Art page for more!
Enjoy the work by talented animator Arthur de Pins.
Green Manor illustrator Denis Bodart has his sketchbooks online at issuu.com. Why is this good? Most illustrators of his calibre print their sketchbooks and make a bundle selling them. What a nice chap!