Eiko Ojala

The following pieces of work are from a illustrator and graphics designer know as "Eiko Ojala. He works using digital software but starts these amazing pieces of art by hand. I struggled to find his exact process but I would imagine that he would carefully draw the illustration out before taking into illustrator or more likely photoshop to render it up. He explains how light and shadow play an important role in his work which is clear from observation. He manages to give objects that appear flat like pieces of cut out paper and injects depth into his images with light and shadow. 

I just love this style, It's the simplicity of the look of his that I like the most (Although I know that a lot of work has gone into these two pieces. It's a style which that I think would suit an Asian theme as well, imagine some Japanese architecture crafted out in this style or a Vietnamese fisherman cut out in with a shade of green applied to it? I could also draw inspiration from the well known art of origami. And thinking along the lines of a presentation video or advert, it could well be achievable to create an film something like this for real!

For more work from Eiko Ojala  vista his website at 

www.ploom.tv

"New york"
I like his use of colour and how he as effectively
 made the small people stand out.

The detail is outstanding, Judging from experience I would
say he has used a combination of illustrator and photoshop because those cast shadows look hand rendered. 

This piece was created for the paper "The Sunday Times"
Its called "72 Hours Cities"

This reminded me of how I dismissed the theme of
"travel" in my sketch book and has opened my eyes
to think out the box a little.

Overall, I feel excited to take these Ideas and put them into practise, I might try and create some Asian architecture and see what comes from it. I also like the idea of creating a video using the same method but I have to bear in mind the time issue.