I was looking through Communication Arts Sept/Oct 2013 issue and ran across Lesley Barnes in the "Fresh" section. I don't usually go for these kinds of illustrations, but for some reason I liked these. I think usually bright colors & shapes like these are on abstract artwork, which I don't really care for, but these are more like children's book illustrations and I think that's why I like them.
She lives in Glasgow, Scotland and has been doing illustration for about four years. She also does 2-D & 3-D animation and studied English in college. She's had no formal training whatsoever.
You'll notice that both of the first two illustration I've included have castles in them. She seems to really like the castle, dragon, mythology, type of thing (I do too). But, she has also done adds for makeup and many other things that have nothing to do with her other imaginative designs.
I included this third image basically because I'm a big nerd and the name of it is "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". If you don't know that this is the name of a song, then shame on you! (Just kidding - kind of)
The fourth image is a Christmas card she designed for V&A Museum. I thought it was pretty cool! Having just done our Holiday Card project I thought my classmates could appreciate it. You can even buy these on her website.
The final illustration I'm including is a book cover. She has done quite a few book covers and book illustrations. They all just have a kind of fantasy feel to them. Google her or check out her website that I linked in the previous paragraph.
She has a very different style of illustrations. I like the whimsical, light-heated imaginative artwork. There is a lot of pattern and repeating design that varies to create unity in each of her illustrations. She has a very distinctive style and that's working for her.
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