Felt tip pen's Artist Research

After using felt tip pens for one of my Punk pieces, I tried to look for other practitioners who similarly use this medium to increase my understanding around this medium and where my work stands contextually amongst other artists.

It was quite hard to find but I've found out that Felt tip pens (as well as coloured pencils) are namely for children. It represents a a child like innocence and naivety. Also, it's a method of teaching "boundaries" at a early age, where you have to make sure you "color within the lines".

image credits: the telegraph (online)

It was difficult to find a artist who use felt tips as most google results displayed buying results for felt tips. These are two artists I found:

Chronology of iconic 1960's covers

I believe the most notable designs were for Beatles, Pink Floyd and the peice (as discussed previously) by Andy Warhole for The Velvet Underground. 

They were both known for their involvement in the Psychedelia scene of the 1960's when Hippie culture was at its height following the social phenomenon of The Summer of love 1967. The stylistic conventions of Psychedelia design is evident in their work.

1966: Beatles Revovler by Klaus Voorman 

I think there is a imaginative, sort of fuzzyness and unknowing quality about this. The use of line is  surreal and abstract, and the combined use of illustrative and added photographic elements makes it feel a bit hap-hazard. It's like a mix of real and the imagined in one place.

1968: Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets Hipgosis

Andy Warhol Artists Research

Developing Practice

I am looking at Andy Warhol because he was a significant designer of the 1960's which is one of the music eras I am looking at.

Warhol was best known for his iconic silkscreen print of actress Mariyn Monroe (1962). This piece has become a famous in mainstream culture history and is currently held in the Tate Art Gallery in London.

Also reconised as one of the most iconic albulm cover's of 1967 was Warhol's design for The Velvet Underground + Nico. The design features a printed banana that was peel-able to reveal the pink fruit inside. The Velvet Underground was amongst many psychedelic rock bands in the 60's which was inspired by the hallucinogen LSD and Acid in the music culture scene.