Zach Snyder
Digital Drawing
Willhelm Sasnal
Though the majority of his work remains untitled, Willheim Sasnal is an artist that clearly knows what he is doing. This Poland born artist uses heavy lighting, and very illustrative figures, to really make his painting pop. He begins by using pencil to lightly lay out the ground work, and then he goes in with India ink and brushes it on almost 75% of the piece, this is depending on the subject, making very strong cast shadows. Since his work usually involves figures, he has allowed himself to play with these shadows in interesting ways as they cast off the different bones and extremities. All of his pieces have a very nice contrast between them, and they all are made in the same style, and never in color. He is an artist that truly know his craft, and instead of really innovating the field of art, he has perfected what he has done with a ton of practice. I feel that there are only two types of artist's in this world, and those are the two. The ones that innovate, and the ones that perfect their field, where Sasnal definitely falls into the later.
His works involve a really strong feeling of different emotions. Whether mysterious, sexy, worried, humorous, or sad, it is all no stranger to Sasnal. Because of his super strong contrast, every little line and nuance stands out boldly, allowing the viewer to know exactly what emotion he is trying to convey, never hiding it from his audience, something that I believe most artist do too much of these days. The fact that he rarely gives any of his pieces names, also invokes a lot of mystery around his work. Once again he is not trying to confuse the viewer with a title that might compromise with the feelings of his pieces, but instead leave it entirely up to the audience. I find his work very pleasing, and inspirational to many you illustrators, like myself.
Though the majority of his work remains untitled, Willheim Sasnal is an artist that clearly knows what he is doing. This Poland born artist uses heavy lighting, and very illustrative figures, to really make his painting pop. He begins by using pencil to lightly lay out the ground work, and then he goes in with India ink and brushes it on almost 75% of the piece, this is depending on the subject, making very strong cast shadows. Since his work usually involves figures, he has allowed himself to play with these shadows in interesting ways as they cast off the different bones and extremities. All of his pieces have a very nice contrast between them, and they all are made in the same style, and never in color. He is an artist that truly know his craft, and instead of really innovating the field of art, he has perfected what he has done with a ton of practice. I feel that there are only two types of artist's in this world, and those are the two. The ones that innovate, and the ones that perfect their field, where Sasnal definitely falls into the later.
His works involve a really strong feeling of different emotions. Whether mysterious, sexy, worried, humorous, or sad, it is all no stranger to Sasnal. Because of his super strong contrast, every little line and nuance stands out boldly, allowing the viewer to know exactly what emotion he is trying to convey, never hiding it from his audience, something that I believe most artist do too much of these days. The fact that he rarely gives any of his pieces names, also invokes a lot of mystery around his work. Once again he is not trying to confuse the viewer with a title that might compromise with the feelings of his pieces, but instead leave it entirely up to the audience. I find his work very pleasing, and inspirational to many you illustrators, like myself.
