be noticed artistically: Arthur Rackham

Born September 19th 1867 in London, Arthur Rackham's first known appearance in print was in October 1884 in the magazine Scraps. Growing up Rackham was brought up in a middle class family. He is well known for illustrating children's book throughout the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration.

Rackham's technique was to sketch the outline of his drawings with a soft pencil, block shapes surrounding and add details, then after he had done that he would add his lines in pen and ink then removed the pencil marks at the end of the process. The peak of Rackhams word happened during 1905 and 1929. His work received both criticism and popularity due to the contemporary market for illustration.

I am mostly inspired by his work because of the amount of detailing that is involved in most of his work is wonderful. His work reminds me immensely of childhood imagination and fictional characters. The use of natural colours also strikes as appealing in my eyes and shows a sense of reality. Although his work was mainly based on Fictional characters, it gave me a sense of reality due to the use of colours and detailing involved. I find him a great role model when it comes to my illustrating. For him and I share the same techniques.