MWM Graphics Aubrey Beardsley – part 1 This is an update, enlargement, and replacement of a much earlier blog post on the works of Aubrey Beardsley. Aubrey Beardsley (1872 – 1898) was born in 1872 in Brighton, England. Beardsley’s health was always fragile - he had his first reported attack of tuberculosis at the age of nine - the disease which was to reduce him to an invalid several times and finally cause his death. When in 1884 his mother became too ill to care for him and his sister, they were both packed off to live with an aunt nearby. He attended Bristol Grammar School for four years as a boarder, indulging in his talents by drawing caricatures of his teachers. Beardsley first published work was “The Valiant,” a poem in the June 1885 issue of Past and Present, the Brighton Grammar School magazine. He also provided the program book illustrations for "The Pay of the Pied Piper," his School's 1888 Christmas entertainment. In February of 1893, Wilde's scandalous play Salome was published in its original French version.
Tang Yau Hoong EmailEmail Malaysian illustrator Tang Yau Hoong cleverly uses negative space to create some fascinating illustrations that make you stop and think for a while. His works look simple, yet are complicated little puzzles you can’t not love solving them! If you like them, you can even buy creative t-shirts with his negative space illustrations and give your friends headaches when they try to figure out the meaning behind them. Websites: tangyauhoong.com Facebook / Tumblr / Flickr / Twitter