Black & White Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:48:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Olivia Knapp is Inspired by European Line Engravings https://mobispirit.com/olivia-knapp-is-inspired-by-european-line-engravings/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:52:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=21835 Olivia Knapp creates beautiful black and white illustrations, inspired by European line engravings and scientific specimens from the 16th to 18th centuries. Her unique process is based on a “line to dot” rendering method as well as an extremely rare “dot and lozenge,” a practice that was used by 16th-century masters, in which a dot […]

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]]> Olivia Knapp creates beautiful black and white illustrations, inspired by European line engravings and scientific specimens from the 16th to 18th centuries. Her unique process is based on a “line to dot” rendering method as well as an extremely rare “dot and lozenge,” a practice that was used by 16th-century masters, in which a dot is placed in the center of a diamond shape made by a cross-hatching pattern.

“I experimented off and on with cross-hatching while maintaining my corporate job for a couple years,” Knapp shared in an interview with Jung Katz. “I then left my job and moved out of the city for nine months. During this time, I devoted myself to perfecting my cross-hatching technique. I started showing a few friends and gradually people started approaching me, wanting me to create logos and illustrations for them.”

But before illustrating was her full-time gig, Olivia Knapp worked at a different industry altogether—the fashion industry. After graduating from Parsons The New School for Design, majoring in Fashion Design and receiving her BFA in 2006 from Parsons, Knapp worked for several years as a printed textile designer.

It was actually during her job as a textile designer that she was asked to create a t-shirt print, inspired by an engraving of a Baroque relief. “The process of reimagining this aesthetic with pen and paper was intensely enjoyable,” she says. “By the time I completed the print I just wanted to do more.”

“That t-shirt print was the birthplace of my cross-hatching style that I use today,” she admits. Scroll down to see some of her incredible illustrations.

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Black & White Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:48:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Olivia Knapp is Inspired by European Line Engravings https://mobispirit.com/olivia-knapp-is-inspired-by-european-line-engravings/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:52:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=21835 Olivia Knapp creates beautiful black and white illustrations, inspired by European line engravings and scientific specimens from the 16th to 18th centuries. Her unique process is based on a “line to dot” rendering method as well as an extremely rare “dot and lozenge,” a practice that was used by 16th-century masters, in which a dot […]

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]]> Olivia Knapp creates beautiful black and white illustrations, inspired by European line engravings and scientific specimens from the 16th to 18th centuries. Her unique process is based on a “line to dot” rendering method as well as an extremely rare “dot and lozenge,” a practice that was used by 16th-century masters, in which a dot is placed in the center of a diamond shape made by a cross-hatching pattern.

“I experimented off and on with cross-hatching while maintaining my corporate job for a couple years,” Knapp shared in an interview with Jung Katz. “I then left my job and moved out of the city for nine months. During this time, I devoted myself to perfecting my cross-hatching technique. I started showing a few friends and gradually people started approaching me, wanting me to create logos and illustrations for them.”

But before illustrating was her full-time gig, Olivia Knapp worked at a different industry altogether—the fashion industry. After graduating from Parsons The New School for Design, majoring in Fashion Design and receiving her BFA in 2006 from Parsons, Knapp worked for several years as a printed textile designer.

It was actually during her job as a textile designer that she was asked to create a t-shirt print, inspired by an engraving of a Baroque relief. “The process of reimagining this aesthetic with pen and paper was intensely enjoyable,” she says. “By the time I completed the print I just wanted to do more.”

“That t-shirt print was the birthplace of my cross-hatching style that I use today,” she admits. Scroll down to see some of her incredible illustrations.

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