Onto new frontiers!
Proverb: All chili is hot; all women are jealous.
Proverb: Frog living at the bottom of the well thinks that the sky is as small as a cooking pot lid.
Marc Boutavant and Josh Cochran are both similar in their illustrations by using flat colors and few color schemes. They also have similar amounts of negative and filled space; as in their works illustrates the busy creatures or people, yet there’s a fair amount of space that is not used. Both of their foregrounds in their work tend to be busy, but have a solid color for the background. Since their works are busy, they are both able to use few colors in a flat style. Cochran’s Unbalanced and Boutavant’s Momix are both examples that apply to similar space, use of color, and the tools they use. Another comparison between the two is that some parts of the line work is applied on certain areas create a texture (ex. trees and fur from Boutavant’s Abracadabra, and Cochran’s textured flesh in Triton.) Both artists also have their own stylized illustrations that make both of their work unique; as in Boutavant’s artwork is mainly cute, while Cochran’s artwork is frenzied.
They are both different from each other; while Boutavant’s line work remains clean and precious with few outlines, Cochran’s line work reminds me of a sketch (but with cleaner lines, so it’s not too sketchy). Both of them use Adobe Photoshop to work with, but Cochran uses silkscreen for his finished product; on the other hand, Boutavant uses actual pictures to apply to his work, like Elephant. The content of both of their work is different also because Boutavant’s work contains a lot of cute colorful animals, whereas Cochran creates people and buildings that are mostly analogous in color scheme and are arranged in a hectic manner. Though both artists have done works that contains more than a few colors, Boutavant tends to hang out with the warmer colors while Cochran uses cooler colors. Sometimes they have a hint of complimentary color in their works too.
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