Scott Bakal's work has really been imprinted into my mind after seeing it in magazine. After reading a pretty in depth interview with him and seeing his online sketch books I came to realise just how much dedication and effort he puts in to his work. This really comes across in how exquisitely crafted his work is which is testament to just how deep his understanding of media and process is. Once again this serves to highlight the importance of keeping and regularly adding to a sketchbook as well as repeating and refining images and process until you have it right.
(All the above images taken from his sketchbook which he often publishes online to document his work process)
This has resulted in a highly personal and human feel to his work all of which is created using traditional/analogue media. When this is coupled with his genuine desire to gain a deep understanding of the subjects/concepts he is illustrating has allowed him to consistently create highly informed and emotive pieces of illustration. Furthermore he seems to be able to effortlessly produce work that communicates both incredibly subtle and glaringly obvious messages. This demonstrates how invaluable versatility as an image maker and communicate can be (something Kyle Webster also touched upon in his Big heads talk) as this arguably the reason he has managed to be so prolific and diverse in terms of who/what he's produced work for.
(Left: A piece entitled social anxiety, Right: 'Shady Banks' illustration produced for an article in the New York Times. Both very simple and direct in their messages)
(Illustration for an article called Hurt Before Before about oxygen deprivation in new born babies. A lot more subtle in its message than the previous two images choosing to juxtapose the negative aspects of the events that occurred during birth and the hope all parents will feel for their children regardless of the situation. I thought this was a particularly emotive and moving response to a very difficult subject matter. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/hurt-before-the-birth/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1)
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