Aubrey Beardsley

Bill

Aubrey Beardsley is a British illustrator who is (at least from my perspective) pretty much noted for his highly distinctive line works. He was somehow underestimated at his time; most of his drawing and illustration made their first appearance on books and magazines "with relatively limited subscription." With a strong handling of lines, Beardsley's black-and-white illustration creates a revolution of line techniques and textures unquestionably.

  Many of the black-and-white drawing he did represents figures of witch in different forms, but all of them somehow visually possess a dark tone.  Compare to artist who has very distinctive line works like Joan Miro or Sergio Toppi (Italy illustrator), Aubrey Beardsley's line looks more solid in shapes but more soft on the outline (contour) of human figures; also, his line gives a sense of movement.