(AS-A2 project) Miles Donovan - stencilling work!!

this amazing piece has been done by a man named miles Donovan, he is a graphic designer and illustrator, his work has been used internationally for editorial work and advertising clients, his work has a range of diversity and he can adapt to different design briefs that his clients give him which makes him so popular. 

the art work has been called"coney island astroland" done by printclub london, silkscreen printing an edition of 35, it was also made to be sold to the public, the techniques that have been used to create this stencil was screen-print as the base of the design and then a mixture of stencils that have created the layering of the art work, and then finished of by using the different shades of pinks and red with the white paint makes it great. and i think the use of simular colours add the effect of mixed objects that give the effect of the objects becoming one, and i think that makes the art work look busy could give the impression and loads of memory's combinded into that one place, with all of his art work he uses bold and colours that complement each other the reason for this is to make a statement each piece of his work is trying to make a statment and stand out and Donovan uses colour to achieve that effect, also the colours of some of his work is used to represent the subject of work for example fighting he would use red, his uses to power of colour to make his work stand out. 

the reason I have chosen to analyse this piece, was because I loved the feel of memories it gave when i looked at it, the use of layering stencilling I haven't seen been done before and the use of layers drew me to look at it and made me want to find out more about the artist, and the use of typography there is just so much going on i had to take a closer look at it and find out more, i love the way he has used colours and layering i am a big fan of that and i think the only negative id have to say is that not all the objects are clear as they are all in the same colour although that then creates an effect on its own. 

to further my understanding of stencilling and the artist, I looked at a few different websites, www.illustrationdivision.com/donovan, the reason i looked at this was to gather more information about the type of illustrations he does and how stencilling works, i found that a stencil can be any object you want it to be and that how Donovan gets his variety in his work and creates amazing pictures, I also looked at an interview of him to find out how he creates his work www.theartfuls.com/interveiws/miles_donovan I took a quote from the interview that I found interesting, "a little bit of this, a little bit of that" is how he describes his work and I think it is so fitting because he has used such a range of materials with each piece. Donovan gets his inspiration from the subject brief he takes that every time and thinks outside the box to create something amazing. 

i think that his work does have a theme and I think it is shock art, because when you look at his work your amazed and it has allot of power behind each piece, and he uses bold colours to create an eye catching effect with his work. you definitely couldn't just walk past his work. and also I think the theme is about fair grounds and all the different memories they create. stencilling and layering are the key parts of this art work. 

the work has inspired me to use stencilling more when I am working because before i never really did use it but now this piece has changed my mind and i have seen the amazing outcomes of using stencilling I will definitely be using it more when creating my work.