Tom Gauld is a Scottish cartoonist / illustrator. Much of his work includes very detailed textures, often in monotone. His work has been used for multiple book covers and he has a weekly cartoon in the Guardian Newspaper.
His pictures are often quite minimal, the dark and light draws attention to the subject matter. His images are dryly humorous. All of his marks are totally detailed and precise and within his pictures he manages to make them different.
His pictures often contain few words, as they manage to be self-explanatory purely through the visuals. There are however, lots of reoccurring themes that carry through his images, particularly monsters / mechanical beings and astronauts. His images are often surreal and a modern take on these widely used themes.
Gauld recently published some of his work in a series of mini comics; in each set were two sequential comics and one book. I think that the nature and characteristics of his work suits this format completely! I think Gauld shows just how much detail you can achieve through limited space.
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