Florian Nicolle a.k.a neo
His illustrations are vivid plays on our gestalt perception, the form-generating capability of our perception of figures and whole forms instead of just a collection of simple lines and curves. Where stops drawing, your brain picks up and fills in the image.
In his work, he initially uses fast and spontaneous sketching, drawing and painting techniques with ball-point pens, ink drawing, brushes and water-colour to establish the fundamental lines and scribbles. He then scans his drawings, transcending from the physical to the digital.
In Photoshop, he adds rich textures and erasures, for example patterns from old wallpaper, wrinkled packaging material, hand-written letters and newsprint. The final results are images with a very distinct and personal style where, for example, portraits have a very physical presence and authenticity. There is something in the way he uses textures that make the illustrations look like found objects, Objets d'art left by a highly skilled artist.
In addition to his illustrations he is working with print, web and packaging with clients such as Puma, LA Times, ESPN, NIKE, Warner and Hachette. He is a graduate in Graphic Design from the School of Fine Art in Caen in France.
3 Responses to “Florian Nicolle a.k.a neo”
said on July 27th, 2012 at 11:30 am
cool design
said on August 3rd, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Very good illustrations.
said on October 22nd, 2012 at 2:56 am
The amazing thing, I think, is that so few lines can look so much.