Tag: Graphic Design

A mixed collection of talented illustration artists some using 3D programs, oil paints, Illustrator and Photoshop to produce there creations, I have placed a piece of text about each illustrator where possible as well as slightly explaining what they incorporate in to there work.

Angry Blue

About: Under the Angryblue moniker, I design posters, art prints, album art and do way too many shirt designs full of strange imagery. Though I’ve mainly done more aggressive work for metal bands, I’ve managed to do successful merchandise design for Genesis and Ashlee Simpson as well.

Skulls and bones the perfect recipe for vector art and posters this artist uses the vector lines and solid colours to his advantage producing some great poster art

Poked Studio

About: This studio produces some amazing 3d illustrations often incorporating big eyes and psychedelic colours to amaze any one who looks at them. using blender and photoshop

Destill

About: Mike is a 23 year old designer and illustrator from Torquay UK, and has gained lots of recognition world wide and is always looking to expand his skills in various fields of design

Illustration mixed with photomanipulation mike brings hisdesigns to life with movement and flow, his designs look cluttered nit are far from that as each illustation is stregically positioned for hte viewrs pleasure, he alos has some really nice typography work in his portfolio.

Birdy and Me

About: Kelly smith lives in Tasmania Australia, in 20006 she graduated with a bachelor of fine arts from Tasmanian school of art and has since gone on to pursue a freelance career in both portrait and fashion illustration

Like it says in her bio her art is like stepping in to a modern fairly tale with faint pencil lines and the odd splash of abstract colour to distract the eye using water colours and vintage colours to support her illustrations.

Dan May

Dan May was born and raised in the suburbs of Rochester, NY, Dan spends his days (and nights) painting dreamlike environments that transcend space and time. These delightful yet haunting images are often based in personal observations of both human’s and nature’s relationships with each other, blended with a healthy dose of whimsy, fantasy and cautious relevance.

The paintings and characters that Dan produces almost give you a sense of sadness due to the dark colours and mournful looks of lonely characters that he paints with such detail and texture, i think i can call myself a fan! he also has a really cool Flickr gallery

Camilla d’Errico

About: After a few years in the comic industry Camilla realized she could expand her style into a variety of other industries; snowboards, magazine covers, toys, clothes. Camilla has also begun to carve out a niche for herself in the fine art field thanks to her fiery nature, high level of ambition and persistence in following her dream

Camilla has a few social profiles in her bio including Deviantart and Behance she paints eerie characters showing different emotions on different kinds of media from pieces of wood to canvas giving each illustration a unique feel and texture.

Digital Delight

About: Niel Quisaba’s Based in tropical Philippines, produces designs for snowboards, tshirts and even web designs his style of squid like tenticles and bubbly illustrations sets his unique style apart from most illustrators.

Imaginary Design

About: Adam Koniuszewski his main passion is graphic design and illustration the tools he uses include Pencil, brush, acrylic, cut-outs, Photoshop, Illustrator.

Looking through Adams designs they are all quite abstract and almost experimental some may look unfinished or cluttered these designs ad the most interest to who is looking at them, he uses his line drawings to great effect with textured backgrounds. he also has a flickr profile and a deviant art profile

J Three Concepts

About: True vector illustration with his bright colours schemes and solid colours, his illustrations are mostly made up of smaller doodles and illustration to create a bigger picture, often looking complex to the viewer yet interesting.

Zero 13

About: A freelance illustrator, living in Bucharest, Romania. he uses all kinds of tools ranging from rotring pencils, markers, spray paint to Wacom tablet, Photoshop, Illustrator to give birth to his dreams.

Some of these pieces of work are really great master pieces with huge canvases and so much detail to take in, there is often lots of visual shapes and lines to look at and spend minutes looking over each illustration carefully.

Zenvironments

About: Zachariah Johnsen, is a young artist concentrating in watercolour, pen & ink,
And mixed media works on paper. His medium of choice is the micron pen and he uses them exhaustively to describe a world of ghouls, monsters, and misfits – the shady characters in everyday life, but just hidden from normal view.

I have a great interest in illustration and I am always looking for inspiration and new ideas and techniques that I could try and integrate in to my designs, looking at some of these illustrations you can see what makes them, whether it be blurring shapes, adding a light source or using photos in your illustrations it all has an effect on the final piece.

This collection is mixture of more traditional illustration to photography and illustration, when I look at illustrations like this I always think about how there made, such as paint splatters did the designer take a can of spray scan it in and manipulate it, stuff like that can add a whole new dimension to the illustration.

Take a look at this web site to see some beautiful designs Cool Showcase.

I have added some of the more well known illustrators in to the list to show there work with other not so well know illustrators…its all good and there all very talented.

Other Blog illustration collections

So you want to see more illustrations well check out some of the other collections that people have made

• 17 digital images you’ve probably never seen before
• Illustration learn by example
• Where photography meets illustration
• Dark illustration and inspiration
• Illustrated typography on dark backgrounds

Interesting reading material and Tutorials

What to know more or brush up on some skills to help create amazing illustrations check out some of the resources below

• How to set-up your Wacom for awesome results.
• 7 steps to developing originality in your design and illustration
• Great drawing tutorial sites
• maintaining rhythm and flow in vector character design
• 60 illustrator tutorials and best practices.
• 30 tutorials that will teach you illustrator
• 25 amazing photoshop drawing tutorials

Computer arts magazine illustration tutorials

Computer arts magazine is one of the best sources for keeping up to date with skills check out some of there useful tutorials>

• Anatomy illustrated – The essential concepts of medical illustration. The fundamentals of digital pen and ink techniques in Illustrator
• Draw a fantasy figure – Melissa Somerville uses drawing and inking techniques in Photoshop to create an enchanting anime-style fairy
• Colour your fantasy figures – Refine your Photoshop tool skills to colour your characters and situate them in magical fantasy environments
• Combining photography with hand-rendering – Create richer images by blending drawing, painting and fashion photography. Alexis West describes some invaluable techniques
• Create Striking Portraits
• Expressive lighting effects – Lighting effects are an effective way to add a detailed illustrative touch to a photo. Justin Maller demonstrates how to go about combining several lighting techniques
• Vivid colour effects – Photoshop wizard Jort Braam combines abstract images with black and white photography, using gradients, blurs and Blending Modes to create a stunning composited image that’s bursting with colour and movement
• The secrets of illustration – This month, 3D World’s panel of experts provides tips to help you produce 3D illustrations quicker and more flexibly: from the use of stock assets to vital Photoshop tricks

Off Topic – Design Competitions and Prizes

There are a few interesting things happening with in the design blogging community so why not show your support by checking some of them out.

1. Styletime Blog action day contest win some great design prizes by donating at least 1$ that will be given to the charity for poverty.
2. Myinkblog is holding a great Big Typography poster competition with some great prizes so get your design head on for that one ill see you there.