Journey Artist Research

Julian Opie

In my research I have found an artist that I really like, Julian Opie. I like their work as pop art can be considered old and modern. Their main art is pop art. However, they've also done photo prints and digital work. Their digital work includes animations that experiment with real-life objects which are then used and animated with realistic movement (most likely used with reference from his own images). His work is also minimalistic, which is nice as the idea of journeys can be minimalistic, and I like showing a little but telling a lot at the same time. The crisp look of Julian's work is really calm to look at and therefore I plan to achieve that type of smooth appearance by doing my work on an illustration programme. I also may consider using white and black acrylics to make grey tones. The portraits he has done were produced digitally which gives them clean lines.