Thursday, 18 October 2012

Chris Dent.





The hand drawn work of Chris Dent takes a unique and fresh approach to modern architecture. In many pieces of his work he focuses on only using 2 or 3 colours, this makes his work seem familiar and memorable. 
In this piece of work titled London 2012 it shows a blank space where 'The Shard' is. This shows that he left a space for the upcoming building. This is a very clever way of producing modern work. 





Tommy Penton.





Tommy has been working as an artist for the last 10 years. During this time he has worked extensively as an illustrator and painter. Tommy's paintings show an intelligent yet fresh approach to perspective art. His style is bright and fluid with a gentle sense of humour.Tommy Penton is best known for his Cover Artwork in the music Industry.
In this picture it shows 2 cows with human hands for feet. This is unrealistic but it looks very effective. The simple use of black and white reflects the stereotypical image of a cow (black and white).
I like his work very much as it look like he hasn't taken his pen off the paper while drawing the cows. The background in his image is a photograph, this mixes the real life and cartoon together. His choice of colour appear to be black, white and sepia.




Olivier Kugler.




Olivier Kugler was born in 1970 in Stuttgart, Germany. He grew up in Simmozheim, a small village, in the Black Forest. Influenced by French/Belgian bande desinĂ©es and Otto Dix. Olivier studied graphic design in Pforzheim (Germany). 
Oliviers work is simplistic and uses minimal amounts of detail. He sometimes plays with the perspective and mixes the foreground and background. 
His use of block colours makes the images look cartoon like as there is no shading there to make them appear 3D. 

I prefer this piece of his work to many others as it is simple and it is easy to tell images apart. In many of his other images his work is rather messy and it is quite difficult to see what the main aim of his work is. The colours he uses in his work are a bit unrealistic as they are block and have no variation within the image. I like his work as it shows that simple can sometimes be better than complicated. however some of his work can be intricate.



Thursday, 27 September 2012

Featured Blogger - Abduzeedo.


Abduzeedo is a collection of visual inspiration and useful tutorials.

Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. Of course there are other forms of software used like Pixelmator, Fireworks, and web design tutorials.

Featured Blogger - The Art Cake.

The art cake is an art blog where I share my favorite art/design finds. I'm Christi, a girl originally from the south, but now living in the wonderfully quirky and perpetually rain-drenched city of Portland, Oregon with my cat Gizmo. I love discovering new art and sharing it with other people. 

Featured Blogger - 50 Watts.

Will Shofield’s blog is quite possibly the richest source of book-related design and illustration in the universe. Will displays the fervour of the most dedicated historian whilst time and again proving he has an eye for exceptional images.

Featured Blogger - Burlesque Design.


Burlesque Design. We have completed design and illustration projects for a diverse range of clients including Nike Sportswear, Target, Arcade Fire, Rhymesayers, KidRobot, Walker Art Center, Conde Nast, Stones Throw Records, Numero Group, and many others. From logos to album packaging to posters to stage design, we would love to create the visual elemtents to help you develop your brand, promote your event, and add excitement to your business.