Robert Ingpen and Haruko Ichikawa
Robert Ingpen is an extremely talented artist especially among his commercial book work. However commercial work is not all he does, he has done several independent drawings that are very beautifully colored and have a hazy storybook quality to them which can look very beautiful especially among his landscape drawings. His art is beautiful however I can't help but feel that his fine art doesn't hold a narrative on it's own, his works are tied together and don't stand apart easily.
Haruko Ichikawa on the other hand is a bit more tricky to research as she is a Japanese manga artist and not really a artist who works in the fine art scene, however her ink drawings are extremely beautiful as many Japanese manga artist as the art standard is so high (no mob psycho 100 doesn't count) however her art captures my heart is a strange way that other manga does not, it feels simple but not because the artist isn't talented and clearly from her upload schedule it isn't that she is rushing it, it is simple because that is how she wants us to see the world, simple yet detailed characters with rich backgrounds and sometimes empty ones, however all of these are intentional to convey an emotion present in the story. For example Phosphophyllite, the main character, starts off as a simple character (though still very beautifully illustrated) and as they slowly lose parts of themselves and get replaced, their personality becomes more complicated as does their design, as well as the other characters wearing basic uniforms until those who left with Phos return wearing much more complicated outfits to show their emotions becoming more complex, it is narrative story telling that conveys emotion with a single frame, which is why she is an inspiration to me.
Haruko Ichikawa on the other hand is a bit more tricky to research as she is a Japanese manga artist and not really a artist who works in the fine art scene, however her ink drawings are extremely beautiful as many Japanese manga artist as the art standard is so high (no mob psycho 100 doesn't count) however her art captures my heart is a strange way that other manga does not, it feels simple but not because the artist isn't talented and clearly from her upload schedule it isn't that she is rushing it, it is simple because that is how she wants us to see the world, simple yet detailed characters with rich backgrounds and sometimes empty ones, however all of these are intentional to convey an emotion present in the story. For example Phosphophyllite, the main character, starts off as a simple character (though still very beautifully illustrated) and as they slowly lose parts of themselves and get replaced, their personality becomes more complicated as does their design, as well as the other characters wearing basic uniforms until those who left with Phos return wearing much more complicated outfits to show their emotions becoming more complex, it is narrative story telling that conveys emotion with a single frame, which is why she is an inspiration to me.
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