For this week’s Work Spotlight, the Directory of Illustration is excited to highlight recent work from Sam Falconer, represented by Début Art.
Sam recently created a fantastic series of illustrated portraits of important scientists and knowledge creators. His unique portrait style, in which he fills a silhouette with lovely illustrations about each person, lends itself perfectly to portraits of historical figures. Can you identify each portrait below? (We’ll leave the answers at the bottom)!
Answers (left to right, top to bottom):
Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton
Marie Curie, Nicolaus Copernicus
Rosalind Franklin, Charles Darwin
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Alan Turing
About the Artist: Sam Falconer’s illustrations combining vibrant characters and intricate environments have been commissioned by clients ranging from leading national newspapers to renowned science magazines and universities. Initially working purely by hand, Sam discovered a passion for digital collage in 2010 which later developed into his own unique brand of rich and detailed imagery. This method allows him to develop and turnover complex pieces with diverse character sets in timeframes that suit each client’s needs. As a big science and technology fan, Sam has developed a strong presence in the field with clients including Nature, Nautilus, New Scientist, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Scientific American and Wired magazine. in 2015 Sam was commissioned by the acclaimed MIT Museum to rework their map designs for the general public.
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