Meet the Illustrator Who is a Self-Proclaimed English Gnome

Rob Hodgson describes himself as an illustrator, writer, and English gnome. “I make pictures in quite a traditional sense,” he explained in an interview with Artflakes. “I like to write and draw.”

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Bright, whimsical, and deliberately unpolished, his illustrations speak to our inner child. “I am concerned with elements of design in an image- shape, line, color, and composition. Early 20thC ideas,” says Hodgson, explaining that he approaches his work with a curiosity of techniques and can be equally found rummaging around in the trash for unlikely materials, as he is buried in a computer working on new digital processes.

Born in a seaside town in the south of England in 1988, his creative passion sparked when he was just a child. “I think drawing comes before words and I’m still really interested in that level of communication,” he says. “At university, I learned so much,” he adds. “I read as much as I could and soaked it all up. I lived with diverse image-makers – comics artists, filmmakers, painters. It’s so healthy to be around a lot of people, otherwise, I’d get too serious and fall down a hole.”

Now based in Bristol, he is fully committed to the idea of being an illustrator and author. See for yourself.

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