If it doesn’t challenge thinking.”Īs mentioned before his style is very smooth and you will hardly see any sharp turns. After all, what is the point of art if it doesnt help people. “With one line, we want to bring awareness to certain issues we face globally as a community, in hope of creating dialogue and influencing positive change. We started Notion to make one line accessible and for people to find enjoyment and a way of expression.” Because it is so encompassing, I see its potential in being an art form that is relevant especially in today’s world. I see the possibilities one line has to offer to all creeds and walks of life. As a one line artist myself, I see a poetic resonance represented through the singular line. The goal is to evoke an emotional response from the viewer, inspiring to go beyond traditional boundaries.įor this article he shared his personal vision: “My take on one line illustration has always been about building an authentic connection with the viewer. His drawings are minimal and smooth, and so are the graphics displaying the artwork on his website.
Notion is a design studio based in New Zealand, run by Ken the one line illustrator. With an overwhelming amount of 1189 drawings (and counting) on Instagram this one line artist has been around for a while and has been a great inspiration for many others. Flowsofly in an interview with WE ARE MORTALSĪs the work ranges from very rough to quite smooth, very complex to fairly simple, just the line or also including fills - the work is mainly recognizable by its erotic scenes. The pen sketches are just a quick way of expressing these concepts, giving a viewer enough to see it but not everything, not the whole picture.” So I also work this way now when I usually see a photo or a movie scene or read something and then want to deconstruct that, interpret that, explore the idea, explore how I see it… and then the craft is more the necessity, and something that I had to get reasonably ok at, but still I enjoy the conceptual part of the work a lot more. “I get bored very easily and can’t be bothered with figuring out details, but instead the process to get to the idea is the exciting thing for me. But it’s always within the same theme: erotica. The style of this artist is quite divers. This is the case with all of the following examples, except the last one. The line does not connect the beginning with the end, leaving the image open.
The line keeps the exact same thickness throughout the whole piece and flows in both sharp corners, as well as smooth curves. Every element must have its sense, its utility, its intrinsic beauty.”ĭFT’s style is minimal and straight forward. But, it’s also very demanding as minimalism requests a certain level of perfection. It’s a maturation process that can be painful as it consists of letting go, giving up. “During our process, we go through phases that are visually rich and complex before removing what’s not substantive. They deconstruct complex imagery into two-dimensional minimalist art, focusing on what creates a subject’s core identity. I think they are one of the most well known one line artists that are active today, as they collaborated with big brands such as Adidas, Nike, Nissan, Hermès and Adobe. First of all the work of the French artist duo ‘ Differantly’, in short DFT.
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