John Bauer is a Swedish illustrator that is famous due to his unique, and charming depictions of trolls.
I really enjoy Bauer’s work due to his ability to create extremely expressive characters, and immersive settings. I believe this is emphasised deeply by his choice of colour palette, and use of light and shadow within his work.
In a previous project I looked at Bauer’s watercolour work, which is the medium the majority of his pieces are created with, however within this project I wanted to look at his sketches, as I find them to be useful when understanding how he planned his shadows within his final works.
