Simon prades

Freelance illustrator and graphic designer Simón Prades says that he prefers to work with analog mediums such ink, pencil and watercolor to help express his fantastic imagination that explores ideas of nature, memory, and dreams. Prades lives and works in Saarbrücken, Germany and teaches illustration at the university of applied sciences in Trier. You canContinue reading "The Fantastic Imagination of Illustrator Simón Prades"

Artist and illustrator Simon Prades creates delicate, ethereal artworks with a loose, expressive style that's heavy on the line work. Sparing in his color usage, Prades concentrates his efforts on cultivating refined outlines and rough textures. He hides figures and silhouettes within other figures, playing with negative space to create multilayered narratives and interrelated imagery. Take a look at some of his artworks after the jump, images courtesy of Simon Prades.

Stories come to life on the page and introspective figures explore inner worlds in the dreamlike illustrations of Simón Prades (previously). His surreal scenes often feature silhouettes of people peering into the unknown, whether toward a distant memory, the wilderness, or the future. Rendered in deep hues with an emphasis on the effects of light and contrast, he draws attention to human nature and universal, emotional experiences of hope, nostalgia, and wonder. More

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Commissioned and selfpromotional work from the last months.

The personal work of illustrator Simon Prades implements both ink and watercolors, using text and negative space to create engrossing drawings. Even with the artist’s sparser works, the tangible elements of each piece are packed with detail. By the day, the artist works as an illustrator for publications like The New York Times, Esquire, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Wired, and others.

View the portfolio of Simon Prades, specializing in Pencil/Color Pencil, Pen & Ink, People/Figures, Conceptual/Narrative

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Editorials and self initiated illustrations.

Today we are featuring Creative German artist “Simon Prades” with his new modern drawing illustration artwork. He was born in 1985 in southern Germany, in a