Mark Wigan

I saw these shoes today and had to look up the artist because they're SO COOL:

I love the bold thick lines of colour on the first pair, and the playfulness of the lines and shapes as they interact on the shoe. They're quite naive but striking, reminding me of chalkboards outside restaurants and pubs - especially when you look closer at the text.

The second pair is a look a club culture. There's humour in both the ay the figures are drawn and in the dialogue in speech bubbles. I like the simple black and white palette, as I think colour would distract from the humour and speech.

I love the top image - the playful interaction of the club go-er characters, all with something to say. The characters aren't realistically drawn but that only adds to the humour. They're all drawn over and around each other, not just individual vignettes, which adds to the club intent.

The second one I like less personally, but I still love Wigan's bold use of colour without lines mixed with black line drawing - it's an interesting use of different elements to create an image.