Jon Klassen
April 10, 2009 // Art + Design + Illustration

Jon Klassen is a Los Angeles based illustrator who in my opinion, is eff’ing amazing. His style is filled with all kinds of great shapes and patterns, and while it has a simplicity to it, his pieces still feel full of depth. He also has uses a really muted color palette for his work which really helps accentuate the mood of his work.

See more of his work at his site, Burst of Beaden, and read a nice interview with him over on Illustrationmundo.

Bobby

  1. I agree, good stuff.

    Comment by Nuno — April 10, 2009 #

  2. I like it. His use of simple shapes and lines reminds me of one of my favorite design books, Molly Bang’s Picture This.

    I’m not a designer, but I appreciate design and I love that book. It’s so simple and so eye-opening. It made me look at images in a new way. I teach, and I’ve have used Picture This (along with Robin Williams’ Non-Designers Design Book) to teach the basics of design to PR students.

    Comment by cynmccune — April 11, 2009 #

  3. Awesome stuff. This would look great on my walls. Do you know if it’s available anywhere or through the artist? Good find.

    Comment by Dave — April 12, 2009 #