After looking at Jamie Clarke and developing an appreciation for his work I started looking into illustration styles which also were build up using various elements. Yet this approach is very different to Jamie Clarke's style, I gained inspiration from him and the components that build up his work.
The first example below is the Sherlock silhouette built up using icons - icons which are made of simple shapes such as dot, line and plane although they may have been altered it is clear to see their origins. This illustration would be able to be paired with serif or sans serif types as it fits into both the modern and older fashioned works thanks to the silhouette. This approach involves layering the icon elements together to build a larger image, it allows these icons to be used elsewhere in the prototype/publication and keep consistency throughout. Using this approach builds an illustration that looks complex yet is simply icons placed together in the correct way.
The next example is a lot more simple - yet just as effective. It is a more modern twist on Sherlock Holmes and would be paired with a modern geometric serif typeface. This approach (yet polar opposite to Clarke) maintains the same characteristics of layering elements to build the final product, Clarke may use more elements to make a more complex piece but the statement still applies to more minimal pieces. In the illustration below it is clear to see how simple shapes such as dot, line and plane have been used to build up the two minimal illustrations of Sherlock and Dr. Watson. This style could be used to build up a series of illustrations of everything, from buildings and cityscapes to people and other objects.
Finally I looked at flat design, and although this example is not specifically related to Sherlock the colours and style reminded me of this. This style would work with a more modern serif type and also would work with serif style, again due to the modern nature of the illustration but inclusion of silhouettes allows this style to fit into both categories. This illustration style refers back to the silhouettes common at the time of Sherlock and a common feature within illustrations of Sherlock. This style is more complex than previous examples but yet still uses the same effect of layering different elements to build an image. The shaping of the basic elements (such as dot, line and plane) to add more details is what makes this example of flat design look more complex than the others. Flat design at the moment is very popular and could be useful in this project to illustrate scenes from Sherlock Holmes, like the ones shown below the main example.
All three of these styles would be something new for me to try and a lot different to illustration styles I have used previously. After researching further into each style and gaining an understanding of what I want too accomplish with my prototype and publication I will decide on a specific style to go with and develop my Sherlock inspired illustrations.
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