BRIAN GRIMWOOD

A week ago, I went to a panel at WORK Gallery on the subject of British illustration. I found that most of the audience and panel members (illustrators Brian Grimwood, Simon Spilsbury, Rose Blake and art director Richard Tennant) seemed to appreciate the resurgence of craft techniques in contemporary illustration -as a reaction against computer generated work. It was quite interesting point of view as I think that in comparison, young graphic designers are making so much computer generated work influenced by Internet art and Memphis (like my trendy squiggly icon!) to the point where even I'm a little tired of it. The other day I went back to WORK to have a proper look at Grimwood's retrospective:

The musical notation drawings (2008) were my favourite. Look at the character on the top right! I feel I should also note that the gallery lighting wasn't that terrible, it was just that my phone camera was on the outdoor setting.