These pieces of art work were designed and created by the artist Raphael Vicenzi. He is a 35 male from Brussels, Belgium. He has been recognised by established art publication mediums such as Illustration now 3, The Beautiful, Advanced Photoshop, Digital Arts and many other books, publications and on the web. I have chosen to analyse these pieces because this style of illustration is one I would like to take on board for my own work in the near future. This is a style that I would like to master and use this watercolour style of illustration within my illustrations. I have loked around for interviews or blogs of Raphael Vicenzi and I found it very difficult to find many detailed texts from the artist. I eventually found an interview where Raphael Vicenzi opens up and explains his artistic background. In this interview he explains where he draws some of inspiration from and why he has made certain artistic choices in his work. Source.
The theme of Raphael Vicenzi's work seems to be a theme of experience and his personal view translated through illustration. The work is very powerfully illustrated partly through the art style itself but also the colour used and the way the are mixed and merged. It is also emotive of the message it is supposed to be proposing. The Raphael Vicenzi has tried to instill a deeper meaning to his works especially through his use of typography in his illustrations normally being thought provoking words such as "Riot" or "Truth".
The techniques used are watercolours with markers and pencil to get the initial effect and the images are edited and sharpened up on Adobe Photoshop on a PC. The colour is one of the most important parts of the images that Raphael Vicenzi produces because its the softness of the watercolour coupled with the actual colours that he chooses that create a mood in the creation. Also the shapes that these watercolour colours are presented in also contributes towards the stunning effect produced.
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