Laura Carlin

Laura Carlin's illustration can be described as naive in there approach but are still sophisticated, detailed and human. It is clear that her work is entirely had made. Ink is a material that Carlin uses a lot in her work. The medium can be made to alter tone and shade easily and quickly but can be used to create textures as seen in the image below in the sea. In Carlin's images, the viewer has an emotional response to her images.  They observe and record, she makes the viewer of the image the observer. The tiny details of features like the windows, cars, people, buildings, they feel fragile and small. It's humble but does have a slightly dark side. Drawing these elements so small and delicately make the image intriguing and this fits really well for where the work sometimes sits in editorial. The images also hold a strong sense of narrative. With one image, composed in a certain way, she has been able to achieve multiple narratives held within one image. Drawing the objects in their simplest form, not over embellishing, allows the key features to be shown clearly but also for simple patterns using the objects. This adds to the quality of the aesthetic.