Glenn Barr - illustrator, painter, comics, design, genius, etc.

submitted by JasonCarswell from self.Art

If I had to pick a favourite illustrator of all time, barely above all the giants, just by a smidge, Glenn Barr would be it, consistently brilliant since I discovered him in the late 80s in the underground alternative industrial Detroit goth & rave scenes. Sadly his older fun vintage and/or goth stuff is not really present online much. Amid some Flintstones parodies, a few heroin faeries, and cyberpunk-retro remnants, it all seems dominated by what appears to be his most recent and current brown smudge period.

Official site: https://www.glbarr.com/

DDG image search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Glenn+Barr&iar=images

Google Images: https://www.google.com/search?biw=1200&bih=1888&tbm=isch&q=Glenn+Barr

Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.ca/spence1929/glenn-barr/

Glenn Barr's "Hidden Persuasion" on Juxtapoz 2015: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/glenn-barr-s-hidden-persuasion/

Glenn Barr's "Detroit Rooms" on Juxtapoz 2012: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/opening-glenn-barr-qdetroit-roomsq-cotton-candy-machine-brooklyn/

Hi-Fructose: https://hifructose.com/2015/07/18/the-jetsons-meet-the-flintstones-in-glenn-barrs-pit-of-the-id/

https://www.colourlovers.com/group/Artist_Palette_Challenge/conversations/17914/APC_362_Glenn_Barr

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[–]BarbaraRa 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I can agree that this illustrator is good, and I use it very often. But when I need to make some small but essential changes, I like to use different design tools, such as fonts, textures, etc. For example, I'm fond of this https://masterbundles.com/best-old-parchment-texture/ resource, as here I can find so many awesome stylish features. To my mind, these parchment textures can make any website looks attractive for users.

[–]davidklayer 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You might consider designing it in pixel art style, check out some ideas here: https://pixelart123.de/fr/

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I do love /s/PixelArt.