Oscar Wilson Caligram Analysis
The artwork above was made by Oscar Wilson. Oscar Wilson started doing work in london 1996 specialising in image creation,illustration and hand crafted typography. Oscar wilson produces work for a wide variety of clients which include companies such as, NIKE, Orange, Virgin Atlantic and many other big brands. The artwork was made for the front cover of the book called "The Last Holiday A Memoir" by Gill Scott-Heron. I have chosen this work to analyse because its similar to what i am doing for my work.
Gill Scott-Heron's publisher said the work was "I think Oscar has created an iconic image of Gill and one of that will become widely known and it makes the whole book come together beautifully.
The Genre of this art work is a Caligram typography piece for illustration which was used on the front cover of a book. The subject of the art work seems to be about the person on the cover and his life story.The title "The Last Holiday A Memoir" shows that its about the person on the cover who is remembering a holiday he had and having difficulty forgetting about assuming it was something terrible that happened in the holiday.
This artwork was made with Adobe Illustrator and some of it hand drawn with different font sizes and font types on a white background.Oscar wilson uses a limited amount of colour but gives the effect of highlights and shadows on the face.
I chose this peice of art work because it intrigued me to find out how it was created because it looked realisitc. I also like how the artist uses only a limited amount of colour but still gets a realistic effect and it suits the cover ofthe book its designed for.
Gill Scott-Heron's publisher said the work was "I think Oscar has created an iconic image of Gill and one of that will become widely known and it makes the whole book come together beautifully.
The Genre of this art work is a Caligram typography piece for illustration which was used on the front cover of a book. The subject of the art work seems to be about the person on the cover and his life story.The title "The Last Holiday A Memoir" shows that its about the person on the cover who is remembering a holiday he had and having difficulty forgetting about assuming it was something terrible that happened in the holiday.
This artwork was made with Adobe Illustrator and some of it hand drawn with different font sizes and font types on a white background.Oscar wilson uses a limited amount of colour but gives the effect of highlights and shadows on the face.
I chose this peice of art work because it intrigued me to find out how it was created because it looked realisitc. I also like how the artist uses only a limited amount of colour but still gets a realistic effect and it suits the cover ofthe book its designed for.
Gil Scott-Heron's Publisher and friend Jamie Byng said of the work: “I think Oscar has created an iconic image of Gil and one that will become widely known and it makes the whole book come together beautifully
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