Via Flickr:
Agata
Styled by Beata Wilczek
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Chicago's Air of Supremacy
This awesome video comes straight from one of my buddies David Ayling. His friends, Nordic Thunder and Dry Ice, wanted to get some Air Guitarists together in preparation for the 2011 National contest. Enough said.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Spencer Charles
It is not hard to notice but I have an affinity for space imagery. This beautiful design, Map of the Known Universe, by Spencer Charles really hits the sweet spot. It was designed for Greenwood Space Travel Supply and I really appreciate how artistically he handled everything, such as the color scheme and style, while still making it informative.
Mitch Blunt
Recently came across Mitch Blunt's work and I am a huge fan. I love his fun subject matter and he has a wide range of styles. Check out more of his work here.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Kelli Anderson
Bonus: One of her other pieces I saw a while back was the Paper Record Player. Very inspiring!
To the Moon
Via Flickr:
Tom Corbett: A Trip To The Moon. Wonder Books, 1953. Illustrated by Frank Vaughn.
More of those retro spacesuits that I love so much! Picked this up at our local twice-yearly toy show a few years ago.
Tom Corbett: A Trip To The Moon. Wonder Books, 1953. Illustrated by Frank Vaughn.
More of those retro spacesuits that I love so much! Picked this up at our local twice-yearly toy show a few years ago.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Photo of the Day - brother brother
Cults "Go Outside"
Things like this make me really really happy. I will always appreciate a good music video. Directed by Isaiah Seret. For more music by Cults go here.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Stuntman Biff
This is a video I recently dusted off to finish. I always really liked it, but I got burnt out on it early on and just kept it on the back burner. A short story about the journey of Stuntman Biff. Created in Adobe Illustrator and Apple Motion. Music by El Remolón - La Bonita. Enjoy.
JEEZ LOUISE - SECRET SKWIRL
This somewhat mysterious piece was created by Maxime Bruneel. Maxime was approached by the artist "Secret Skwirl" to create the video for their single "Jeez Louise". The somewhat mysterious part is that Maxime was not aloud to reveal the artists behind Secret Skwirl. Regardless, I love both the music and the video. Amazing style.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Umbro Blackout
A new short animation from Buck based on the day the great soccer player, Carlos Alberto Torres, came to New York to sign a contract with the Cosmos. I really love the style of this piece. Based around a New York City blackout, the animation is done in all black with white lines. The mixture of different perspectives all at once was one of my favorite aspects of this piece.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
From Sketch to Vector
I come across a lot of great tutorials online all the time and lately I have been wanting to get in the mix a bit. Not necessarily making full on tutorials, but at least showing my process a bit. So here it goes.
My brother is getting married and he recently asked me to put together some art for his "Save the Date" postcards. His only input was for it to have a comic strip look to it. I immediately knew I could make something good in Adobe Illustrator and I was off...
My first step is to locate some good images for me to draw from. Facebook is always good for that. I don't need anything high res, just enough to get the idea.
After I find my photos, I want to think about what this person's strongest features are, because accentuating those will really help their personality shine through in the cartoon form. After that I can start to sketch.
As you can see Joe's strongest features are his facial shape and nose while Emily's are her wavy hair and big smile. Next I scan the images (with my cell phone) and bring them into Illustrator. I put the sketches on the top layer at 50% opacity so I can trace underneath with the Pen Tool. I was originally going to do them with the Blob brush but didn't have access to my tablet at the time.
Now that I have the hard part done I can really do whatever I want. I knew I wanted to do some sort of short comic but to begin I started with adding color and some text to make a really fun title.
As you can see, once you have your basic assets it really comes down to how you compose them together to make something successful. (As a side note, the hat on Joe was something I created after the sketch phase. It seemed easier for me to create something based on the final art rather than to try and sketch something from scratch). I then took it a step further and made an actual cell from a comic strip. It wasn't much more work because I already had the heads made. Just making some simple word bubbles and drawing some quick shoulders and voilá. In the end it was a lot fun to see it come full circle.
My brother is getting married and he recently asked me to put together some art for his "Save the Date" postcards. His only input was for it to have a comic strip look to it. I immediately knew I could make something good in Adobe Illustrator and I was off...
My first step is to locate some good images for me to draw from. Facebook is always good for that. I don't need anything high res, just enough to get the idea.
After I find my photos, I want to think about what this person's strongest features are, because accentuating those will really help their personality shine through in the cartoon form. After that I can start to sketch.
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