Tommy Penton

Tommy Penton

Tommy is a freelance illustrator and a graphic designer, who mainly creates posters and CD artworks. He has also worked on nationwide advertising campaigns as-well as other advertising work for bands such as British Airways, Virgin, Fabric and Edinburgh Film Festival.

^ This picture is probably my favourite of his work, as it looks simple and like it's from an instruction manual - he could have added in the detail from the windows and shown the movement of the train be he decided to keep with the clarity and purity of everything else.

I really like he takes in his surroundings and changes them to his perspective whilst drawing them. I also like how he uses bold lines to show the majority of the outlines where as he uses faint lines for patterns and minor details. 

I don't really like this image as I think that the bold colour ruins the purity and cleanliness of the image. Also, I think the bold colour doesn't suit this kind of illustration. 
But there is one thing I like about this - I find it unique and interesting how the perspective and the angle it is drawn from a 'fish eye view', which makes some parts of it bigger than others, showing the pain parts of an image.

I prefer this image with colour in comparison to the one above, as the colours fit in with the style of the drawing and doesn't ruin the image. I love how the colours are nearly co-ordinated too - they bend really well and draw you into the image. I find these images really interesting as it's basically an insight into Tommy's mind and how he sees the world around him.