{"id":6402,"date":"2014-12-16T03:18:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T01:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/?p=6402"},"modified":"2019-02-20T23:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:09:22","slug":"fantastic-satirical-illustrations-by-john-holcroft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/en\/illustration\/fantastic-satirical-illustrations-by-john-holcroft\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic satirical illustrations by John Holcroft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Holcroft is an English illustrator who creates illustrations for many medias and magazines. <!--more-->The artist is notably known of his style retro, vintage, with minimalist shapes but very efficient. He excels in conveying messages. The satirical works below are the perfect illustration of that. The problems of our worlds are perfectly and simply described. You can see his other works on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnholcroft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">portfolio<\/a>, his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/johnholcroft\" target=\"_blank\">Behance<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.holcroftillustrator\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-1d91f7d520ce6f5dd881caf931b75625-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2014\/Decembre_2014\/16-12-14_John_Holcroft\/John_Holcroft_01.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2014\/Decembre_2014\/16-12-14_John_Holcroft\/John_Holcroft_01.jpg\"\n               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