J. Otto Seibold

Children's Illustrator J. Otto Seibold quite simple but effectively eye-catching designs have interested me for a while now. I first came across his work a couple of years ago when looking into Alice in Wonderland and found a book illustrated by him. His use of digitally-enhanced, simple and bright setting teamed with cute and expressive characters really inspired me.

An illustration from an Alice in Wonderland publication
illustrated by Seibold.

I really like the way the backgrounds of his pieces (as can be seen in the image here) are quite simple and almost solid colours apart from using lighter/darker shades to accent objects. This, teamed with his detailed and expressive character models are really appealing to me as even though the main focus is the characters, the backdrop still stands out and is interesting whilst still minimal and simple.

A really interesting designer who clearly has a lot of fun with his work which makes it fun to view and use as inspiration from time to time.

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