Here's an artist my cousin's girlfriend recommended to me recently. His name is Robbie Wilkinson and he does illustrations for Nickelodeon, The Guardian, and several magazines such as Pit Pilot Magazine and Vice Magazine.
I discovered these really unusual concepts of the human body that he had on his site. I'm not sure what the purpose of these illustrations are, but they really challenge your view of how the body can be represented.The way Wilkinson has personified the different organs breathes life into them and gives them character. Making the different shapes take on personality helps the viewer relate to their role in the body, and provides some amusement as well. For instance, the brain is dressed like a king and appears to be controlling it using a horse's reins. The Sad looking heart is being constained by a lung on each side, each resembling a frumpy old woman smoking cigarettes. You can tell immediately what kind of lifestyle the owner of these organs lives because of Wilkinson's interpretation. This person clearly doesn't take care of his or her body.
At the same time, the colours and shapes that he uses are a little grotesque to look at, and a bit unnatural. The bones are a nasty shade of greenish yellow, the heart and tongue are a sickly shade of green, and the lungs are an inflamed bright pink and purple. This further emphasizes the message that Robbie Wilkinson is trying to send to his target audience.
I think that these pictures would be good if they were used as a campaign against smoking and promoting good health.
As for it's contriution to our group project, I think it has opened my eyes in terms of design. There are many creative ways of expressing how the body looks and works, and this is another good example.
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