Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Editorial Roughs - Pat Perry


Despite being a massive fan of Pat Perry's work for several years and writing essays on him in the past, his work still continues to blow me away. When on a regular browse through his website today to find images for our cop session, I stumbled across this double page sketchbook spread of roughs for an editorial piece he did for NY Times about digital trust, and it literally took my breathe away. His ability to create form and personality in his figures is incredible, and the fact that his rough sketches are so dynamic and powerful, the perspectives he employs such as the top middle sketch really draws you in and places you in the room with the figures he is creating. I also adore how unapologetically rough there drawings are, leaving previous versions underneath, allowing the viewer to see other body positions and compositions he has tried out in his process. Images like this are absolute golden to me, to see an artists process and workings out and ideas so raw and fresh on a page never fails to excite and inspire me beyond anything else. One day I hope to have roughs nearly half as good as Pat Perry's.

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