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Rohan Eason

Rohan Eason

Rohan Eason - United Kingdom based illustrator

Originally from Middlesborough, Rohan Eason is a pen and ink illustrator who uses the simplicity of black and white imagery to allow the ideas behind each picture to step to the fore. His work has become widely used in book illustration – for children and adults. Rohan grew up surrounded by creatives – his father is a ceramicist, his sister a printmaker, his mother multi-disciplinary artist and his uncle was a painter. Although there were always art materials around when he was a child, and he felt his destiny was to be an artist, eventually he rebelled and joined a band. One day, he was struck by some Aubrey Beardsley prints in his grandmother’s house and decided to write his dissertation on the artist. Today, Rohan has a portfolio full of similar work covering everything from fabric prints to children’s books. His dream is to one day buy an old train carriage and turn it into a bar.

Training

After a foundation course in Art, Rohan completed a BA in Fine Art Printmaking at Croydon College, while at the same time sneaking into painting sessions at the School of Art & Design at Kingston College.

Approach

Rohan uses pen and ink, and generally works in black and white. All his work begins with a focus on composition. He decides on the elements required in the image, and then how to arrange them. After coming up with an effective structure, he moves on to fine tuning the viewpoint and the emphasis in the image, to give it an emotional impact. Though well established as a black and white illustrator, recently Rohan has been mastering colour and has used it in a children’s book he’s illustrated.

Style

Some categorise Rohan’s style as classical, but he sees it as thoroughly modern. There’s strength and clarity in his work, alongside subtle nuances that will remind you of Art Nouveau. Beardsley’s influence is clear, but Rohan is also a fan of Arthur Rackham’s illustrations, and the art of Mark Grotjahn and Mark Rothko, among others.

Client list

Pegasus Life Mark Smith Design DDB Deutschland Volkswagen Macmillan Penguin group Pushkin Press Candlewick Press Oxford University Press Random House Marlborough Press Orion One Peace Books Royal Shakespeare Company Rapha
Ewhurst Park black and white drawing
Rohan Eason
A reimagining of red riding hood roboot
Rohan Eason
Black and white illustration of a lion den
Rohan Eason
The Pirate and the Guardian: A Pirate Tale for Kids
Rohan Eason
Black and white design of Ewhurst Park New branding
Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
Anthropometric musicians illustration by Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
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Rohan Eason's stylish illustrations enhance Dostoevsky's classic
Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
From Century Press comes Dostoevsky's classic tale, 'The Crocodile'
Rohan Eason
Original Wildwitch book cover art
Rohan Eason
A fairy-tale deck card design
Rohan Eason
Marine Wesphal's Olympe, mauvaise graine book cover
Rohan Eason
wildwitch
Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason illustrated 78 cards for Melinda Lee Holm's new deck
Rohan Eason
The Mistletoe Bride Ghost Stories for Orion Books
Rohan Eason
Black and white children in There were Rats song
Rohan Eason
Fisher man illustration for Rotary Magazine
Rohan Eason
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Kid and animals playing on a moving train by Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
Line art die neue vernunfit
Rohan Eason
Deer Illustration
Rohan Eason
Book Cover the kashmir garden
Rohan Eason
Children with mask face
Rohan Eason
insects Ant on rotten fish
Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
Soldier illustration for Scoop Magazine
Rohan Eason
Book Cover Illustration By Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
People illustration
Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
Children The mask
Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
Rotary Magazine black and white cover art
Rohan Eason
Tancredi book cover Marlborough Press
Rohan Eason
Black and white illustration of night beasts
Rohan Eason
Black and white Fictional book Tancredi
Rohan Eason
Drawing of drew 78 cards for Melinda Lee Holm's new deck with CICO Publishers
Rohan Eason
My first Kafka book cover for One Peace Books
Rohan Eason
My First Kafka Book Cover Illustration
Rohan Eason
Fantasy design of "The Lions Purr" book
Rohan Eason
Graphic art of box
Rohan Eason
Print Feather pattern illustration
Rohan Eason
Cover illustration of Harry Potter - A History Of Magic
Rohan Eason
Animation the fox
Rohan Eason
Reflection black and white children's book for Blackmaps Press
Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason
conceptual illustration of dinner party
Rohan Eason
A dark and intricate children's book, 'The Sagging Bridge'
Rohan Eason
Col du Galibier Black and white poster
Rohan Eason
Pen & ink drawing of naval ship
Rohan Eason
Animation story of yana for UNICEF
Rohan Eason
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