tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72351837697025965462024-03-12T23:08:23.912+00:00illmaticA man and a pen.Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-26083417112363794512013-06-13T21:15:00.000+01:002013-06-13T22:31:33.774+01:00Ladies,Gentlemen. It's been an Honour...<div style="text-align: center;">
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3rd year Honours Project</div>
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Ian M Banks Culture Novel Book covers.</div>
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I have always been a fan Ian Banks' work, Particularly his science fiction books and thought it would be interesting to illustrate pieces of "genre" fiction without resorting to the stereotypical imagery associated with, in this case the science fiction genre (spaceships,planets,aliens etc).<br />
Having read most of Banks' "Culture" series I thought that would put me in a good position when it came to designing a series of covers.This was true to a certain extent,though sometimes when illustrating a subject,the less you know the better. I found that a single phrase is more helpful than 500 pages of description.<br />
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One of the main characters in this<br />
story is a Dyslexic teenager hence the<br />
slightly run together title and the mis-copying<br />
on the paper plane.<br />
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Reading just the dust jacket can help<br />
sometimes,but not always,often focusing on<br />
one aspect of the story,which does not help<br />
when one is trying to give the potential reader<br />
a visual clue to the books entire contents.<br />
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All of my images were taken<br />
straight from my sketchbook,<br />
except this one which was a purely<br />
digital composition,drawing this<br />
many perfect circles is beyond most people,I find.<br />
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My sketchbook work is typically small in size<br />
and so needs to be scanned at a relatively<br />
high resolution of 600dpi (dots per inch).<br />
It is then transferred to Adobe Illustrator<br />
software to be vectorised,coloured etc.<br />
This has the effect of making my work<br />
appear more graphic than illustrated<br />
good thing or bad thing?<br />
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This is probably my favourite<br />
cover. The story concerns a<br />
particularly brutal regime that<br />
decides its leaders based on what<br />
seems similar to the game RISK<br />
but with many more bells and<br />
whistles,and very brutal forfiets<br />
if one loses.<br />
Hence the slash of black and the<br />
eviscerated dice image.<br />
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The Denouement to this story<br />
takes place on a wintry forested<br />
planet,and I like the image too.<br />
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A story of a many-layered world<br />
one in which a pivotal passage<br />
in the book takes place on an<br />
airship.It took a while before I liked<br />
the look of this cover,now I like it a<br />
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Tunnels and hiding and identity<br />
where my inspirations for<br />
this cover. A character who can<br />
change his appearance at will,<br />
and a desperate supercomputer<br />
on a collision course.<br />
The book is a lot better than my description<br />
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With this cover I tried to convey<br />
the notion that to really hurt<br />
someone,you target the object of<br />
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The weakest cover<br />
Planets and chords?<br />
This cover had<br />
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A week after I proposed my Honour's project, the author Ian Banks announced he had terminal cancer. Shortly after I completed this project he passed away. For what it's worth, I would like to dedicate this project to his memory.<br />
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Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-17794703700443100902013-03-01T12:02:00.001+00:002013-03-01T12:02:32.679+00:00Raymond Chandler Book CoversAs part of the Penguin Book cover Prize to create a paperback cover for Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep", I made covers for 4 of his books in an effort to 'bulk up' my portfolio.<br />
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Big Sleep cover</div>
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The High Window cover</div>
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Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-34187899169753469722012-12-15T16:08:00.000+00:002012-12-15T16:08:33.687+00:00The Iron Man Part3 - Arms Legs,The Final Piece<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Iron Man</div>
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Once the torso and head were designed and built,it was time for limbs to be made. My intention was to stick with the"steam age" influence for his arms and legs,so connecting rods and simple hinges were the chosen forms.</div>
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Fig 1. Torso with limb attachment bosses</div>
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Fig 2. Digger style arms</div>
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Fig 3.Con-Rod thighs and piston calves<br />
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All the parts were Prototyped in Balsa foam from which Silicon rubber moulds were made,these were then filled with polyurethane casting resin to make the final pieces. the fore-arms and "digger" hands were made from plastic-card.</div>
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The figure was primed as 9 seperate parts Head,Torso,2 upper legs 2 lower legs 2 upper arms and 2 fore-arms with hands. At this point I discovered that Halfords brand primer does not like to adhere to Resin (it flaked off once dry!!) Therefore a specialist resin primer by Vallejo was used (after an extensive tooth-brushing of the cast parts first).Once the primer was dry,everything was sprayed a Mid-Dark Grey. At this point I embarked upon the dark art of weathering,adding dust rust and wear and tear to the figure,There is a Bi-Monthly magazine available devoted solely to this subject.<br />
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Fig 4. The Iron Man with rust,scratches and metallized highlights added.</div>
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I also realised I would need a companion for Mr Iron to give him scale and a little context,so a tiny Hogarth in Duffel-coat was made from Fimo and painted with acrylics.<br />
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The Iron Man. </div>
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Complete with Battleship Chain "wings" on his back</div>
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His feet are supposed to look like Ingots of "pig" Iron.</div>
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So there it is! I hope you have enjoyed looking at the "build" progress and as always any comments or criticism's are welcome...</div>
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Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-37352287618450751402012-11-22T19:28:00.002+00:002012-11-23T13:07:01.263+00:00The Iron Man. Part2 - Beginning construction Ok I said I would be going over RTV moulding and Resin casting..Well I decided just skim the subject coz it's..<br />
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The Masters(in grey)</div>
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Assembled master and cast.</div>
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Having decided I wanted to make my figure("Irons" from here on in) a pose-able figure, I would need multiple joints for hips,shoulders,knees and elbows(8 in total) the quickest and easiest way to do this was to make a "Master" and cast copies.Once a prototype hinge joint was made,it was split into its component parts and cast in RTV rubber,a pourable slow curing mould compound. Once the RTV had cured,Masters were cut from the mould. Polyurethane resin was used to make the joints I will use on "Irons" for speed and because the casts are single pour moulds they are also structurally stronger.</div>
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I'm going to use a Bessemer furnace as a torso(see previous post),I decided to make a scale model of said furnace,and being a bit strapped for cash right now I rooted around the house for scrap(plastic) and any forms/shape that I thought would fit in with my design("Iron's" belly is a hangable Tent light,and his head is a base from a pencil sharpener). Necessity IS the mother of invention after all. </div>
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The inspiration.</div>
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Rough Marquette Sans legs/arms. </div>
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Torso and head construction.</div>
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The torso needs more work and lots of detail to be added before I feel satisfied,but watch this space as next time I will be making legs and arms for our hero..</div>
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Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-41309460447992273202012-11-20T15:27:00.000+00:002012-11-22T19:30:23.242+00:00The Iron Man. Part1 - DesignThe Iron Man by Ted Hughes. A short story for children about a mysterious Iron giant roaming the English countryside,and a boy called Hogarth's fascination with said giant. A favourite book of mine when I was a child,that having re-read recently I still found charming now I'm a grown up.<br />
I decided I would construct an actual figure of the Iron Man in the style of an "action figure/collectable",this meant a character between 8 and 12" in height and painted to look like huge Iron/steel man.<br />
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I started by sketching various Iron men,not the muscles and spandex type of Marvel(TM) men but figures made of chunks of steel and scrap metal.<br />
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Random Iron Men</div>
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After a little work with various solid forms I did what I should have done from the start,and researched Iron and steel properties and manufacture.</div>
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A Bessemer furnace(early means to make high quality steel)</div>
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The hay-days of steel and Iron were in the Victorian era,steam power,iron bridges,ships,trains,which led me to the Steve Jobs/Bill gates of engineering Isambard Kingdom Brunel.A real Iron Man!</div>
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I now KNEW I wanted a Victorian steam age feel to my figure. Now I needed to worry about construction,Will he stand up? can I make him pose-able? will my 2D designs look ok in 3D?<br />
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Hogarth and Iron Man.</div>
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Tune in tomorrow when I'll be ranting about RTV moulds and resin casting.<br />
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Ed Allen 2012Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-43765189628278444322012-09-14T12:53:00.001+01:002012-09-15T17:03:33.607+01:00You know what I did this summer? What I am posting today is a piece of work "evolution". From sketchbook roughs to finished piece. A process which many illustrators/creatives do not tend to divulge freely.<br />
I have been reading Homers Odyssey over the summer,which begins with the sacking of Troy,If you are unfamiliar with the tale of the Trojan horse look here=><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Horse">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Horse</a>. This was where my initial inspiration ignited.<br />
The tale tells that,after besieging Troy for 10 years,the Greeks boarded their boats and seemingly set sail for home,leaving behind them,at the gates of Troy,a giant wooden horse. The Trojans dragged this apparent tribute within the walls of the citadel. Unfortunately for them,when night fell the Greek warriors hiding within,leapt out and took revenge on the inhabitants of Troy,murder,rape infanticide,desecration of holy sites,in-fact every war crime you might think of was perpetrated by the "Heroes of Greece" that night.<br />
On to the pictures..I started with the idea that any wood the Greeks could get would have to be salvaged from their own ships,and the wooden horse usually portrayed in art as a sculptural piece,would,I speculated, be made roughly from planks and nails.<br />
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Initial Horse thumbnails</div>
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My Initial designs for the horse look more dog or bull-like than "horsey".But I liked the many planks and nails appearance of the first sketches,so on I went...</div>
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My lovely horse(thanks Father Ted)</div>
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My next effort was more "designed" and horse-like.The reason the horse is kneeling and bowed is to give it an appearance of passivity or defeat. All the better to fool them cocksure Trojans. I felt I had a piece strong enough to work with. Following an extensive clean up in Corel Painter to remove the sketchbook crease-line and sharpen/redraw blurred elements of the scan,it was time to vectorise in Adobe Illustrator.</div>
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The Trojan Horse</div>
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I used the "high detail illustration" preset from the live trace menu,then spent the next few days tweaking anchor points,once this was done I selected various Earthtone colours to fill in the myriad planks.</div>
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In hindsight I should really have placed it within its own environment,to give it scale and an obvious context.</div>
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Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-42490421158895746822012-04-18T22:29:00.001+01:002012-04-18T22:33:44.865+01:00Can you say Pecha-Kucha? Character DevelopmentPecha Kucha is an informal fast paced presentation technique 20seconds on each slide 20 slides(or 10 in this case.I presented a series of slides on the development of characters for a children's book called "Sparky get's a friend" its about an bored old cat coping with a new kitten being thrust into his world by his owner.<br />
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The starting point.</div>
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Any journey starts with a single step or in this case with a blank page,the bane of my life,quick fill it with anything! Cats! Partially anatomically realistic cats,this didn't float my boat so a re-think was in order.</div>
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Cat Re-work.</div>
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After taking a peek at Ali Grainey's Blog <a href="http://www.drawarama.blogspot.co.uk/">http://www.drawarama.blogspot.co.uk/</a> I decided simplifying forms was the way to go,settling on a sausage shape for one character and a more rigid cone shape for the other.</div>
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Next I tried to breath some life and personality into my creations(in Frankenstylee) everything inhabits somewhere,even germs in a petri-dish have an environment.(context to you and me) I also started to figure out personalities and colours suited to each character too.</div>
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Environment and stuff.</div>
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"Sparky" re-design.</div>
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At this point,during a crit it was decided that Sparky needed to to be made to look more decrepit and old,to create more contrast to the kitten character,I floundered for a bit until one evening "Dads Army" was on the TV and BINGO!! Arthur Lowe fit perfectly with the character of old staid Sparky the cat.</div>
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More re-work and expressions too.</div>
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Now I felt I had 2 characters I liked to draw and could carry a story for me,from here on it was a matter of composition and making a "nice" series of drawings,oh and telling a story too.</div>
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Research research research!</div>
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Draw Draw Draw and when you think you've done enough draw some more!</div>
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Put your'e creations into their world,environment their interactions and (ahem)motivation.</div>
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Play with scale,colour,line qualities.</div>
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Google people who's work you admire in your chosen field of interest and see how they do it (thanks Simone Lia .<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2011/aug/02/how-to-draw-bunnies-simone-lia">http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2011/aug/02/how-to-draw-bunnies-simone-lia</a> and <a href="http://www.simonelia.com/">www.simonelia.com/</a>).</div>
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Take advice and criticism wherever you can get it,(thanks to my tutors,Steve Wilkin and Chris Harper) take notes and mull them over at your leisure.<br />
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Upon entering this wing one notices a figure of perforated steel suspended above the stairway,this is a piece by Anthony Gormley entitled "filter",as with a lot of Gormley's recent work it's a piece based on a cast of the artist's nude figure.Some of his work can be very effective,less so this piece possibly due to it's placement or possibly because Gormley's figures are basically the same,just with a variation in construction methods.<br />
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For reasons of brevity I shall pick on the pieces that caught my eye . Micheal Craig Martin is a contemporay artist who is also an advocate of conceptualism,in the 1970's he produced a piece called "Oak Tree" which was a glass of water on a shelf,but next to it was a text asserting that the artist's intention is superior to the art itself.This is a concept which dates back to Marcel Duchamps Dada-ist piece "Fountain"of 1917(which was actually a urinal)</div>
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The piece exhibited here is "Inhale (yellow)" A large canvas of everyday objects painted in vivid colours,the black lines in the piece have the appearance of being mechanically drawn due to their regularity.</div>
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Martin's conceptual approach was a big influence on Damien Hirst,Tracey Emin and Julian Opie.</div>
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Inhale(yellow) by Micheal Craig Martin.</div>
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Release is piece by Mark Francis that catches the eye because you know instantly what is about even though it is an abstract piece,it is a large monochrome canvas which though it was painted with acrylics has the appearance of a photographic plate.The image itself is of a cluster of short black bent rods with nodules on each end,are they sperms? are they invading viruses? and though they are in monochrome one gets the feeling they are of a biological nature,this may be because such things are always presented in an abstract way in the media anyway.</div>
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Peter C by David Hockney,this is an example of early Pop Art which is hung directly opposite a piece called Zephyr by Bridgitte Riley an example of Op Art,so called because it causes ocular confusion when viewed. Neither of these pieces could be described as contemporary today but both artists still work with Hockney recently having a retrospective and current exhibition at the National gallery in London. Peter C is a portrait on 2 joined canvases of a friend of Hockney's whilst at art college,Peter Crutch. Hockney had a crush on Peter who was by all accounts "straight",Unrequited love has motivated people to do many creative and destructive things,here it helped produce a piece of work that put David on the "art-map" before he had even left Art-School. </div>
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I personally believe Brigitte Riley is one of the UK's most over-looked artists,her work has influenced both the work of fine-artists(Damien Hirst's Dot Painting's anyone?) and graphic designers. This piece is starting look its age,with the linen discolouring at the edges,yet this seems to add another dimension to the piece,It's fading waves of colours still make one feel queezy if viewed too long,there are not many artworks which you remember for there physical,rather than aesthetic effects.</div>
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To conclude,though the are non of the "Greatest hits" of modern/contemporary art in the exhibition(there mostly in Mr Saatchi's Gallery) there are lots of interesting modern works by significant practitioners in the world of Fine Art,and in the main gallery works by local artist Liam Spencer who seems to catch the sodium lights and gloom of Manchester perfectly. </div>
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Ed Allen</div>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-18776194307718750462012-04-16T21:42:00.003+01:002012-04-16T21:42:39.045+01:00DD2000(Design Discourse). David Pearson & Jim StoddartThis a rare interview to see <a href="http://www.gestalten.tv/motion/fully-booked">http://www.gestalten.tv/motion/fully-booked</a>,an interview with both the person who commissions art-work and the designer himself talking about the state of book cover design in the new publishing era. Jim Stoddart is the art director for Penguin books and as such is responsible for the "look" of their current run of products. David Pearson is a Graphic Designer and Typographer <a href="http://www.davidpearsondesign.com/">http://www.davidpearsondesign.com</a> charged with the re-launch of Penguin's Popular Classics,Great Loves and Reference series.<br />
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Pearson has taken care not to make the covers too "trendy" as this would quickly date the appearance of the graphics on what are literary classics,he also revels in the lack of space with which to make an impact. David endeavours to set the book apart from the new world of E-books(kindle etc) by making a book a desirable object not just for its contents but also for its visual and tactile qualities. Penguin still publish books with it's classic cover design,which usually looked like the above image on the left,but it also makes these more desirable "designed" covers which are aimed at a visually discerning book-buyer who would buy a series of David Pearson designed covers because they would look good on their bookshelf at home.<br />
Modern book design must also take into account that many books are bought from online booksellers where there is no tactile element and only the graphical qualities are on show,here it will not be possible to see if a book has an embossed or offset printed cover,Only the shapes,colours and typography sell the book(and of course the text within). It will be interesting to see where the E-book goes in the next few years,with the next generation of Kindles allowing Graphic elements to be displayed.</div>
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David's own publication Fully Booked deals with book cover and book design,many of the examples within probably fit more within the artist book genre,where content is subsumed to the overall design of the piece,perhaps this is where books must look to in the future,as objects for committed Bibliophiles.<br />
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The subject of his video on Gestalten.tv <a href="http://www.gestalten.tv/motion/christoph-niemann">http://www.gestalten.tv/motion/christoph-niemann</a> was not so much his working method as his philosophy of communication and role of an Illustrator in today's media. How people relate to his work,weather it is possible to relate visually speaking,with someone on the other side of the world,a joke he says,is only a joke if your audience laugh. Cristoph believes insecurity is helpful in the work of any designer,it forces you to re-think and sharpen your work,this never being completely satisfied with your work philosophy,is extremely common amongst practitioners in the creative industries,he also states towards the end of the interview that the constant appraisal of one's own work can make the designer somewhat neurotic (that's our future folks, paranoid and disappointed.......joke!).<br />
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On the industry, Cristoph was adamant that his clients were key to his becoming a better illustrator/designer though he does say it is natural for the creative to bitch about the demands/constraints of the clients briefs,he enjoys the process of having someone to "bounce" idea's off, but I think this probably because he has had some very good art-director's to work with (I don't think the New Yorker Magazine employs crap art-directors). Speaking of which,Cristoph believes it important for the art director to KNOW their readers and what they will "get" and what they won't.<br />
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When Cristoph moved back to Germany he wanted to try new things (tiling bathrooms using the tiles like pixels to create pictures/patterns,making a book Illustrating life in New York using LEGO). He also began a weekly visual blog on The New York Times webpages <a href="http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/">http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/</a> on which he makes voodoo dolls,witty observations and visually dissects the ephemera of modern society,one of the side efffects of this weekly blog is some of the blog viewers believe Cristoph to be suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder or more bizarrely bladder problems,(Yank's eh). I heartily recommend it for its simplicity and creative use of the graph-chart.<br />
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A pictogram needs to to be succinct and obvious,yet there always seems to be an ambiguity in any pictorial representation. Noma uses the eyes desire to "find" a meaning in symbols to great effect in his portrait work.<br />
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Although Bar assemble his images with the use of computer software,this is only after many hours of sketchbook work,he lives in a flat overlooking a wooded area in London and spend up to 5 hours a day sitting on the park benches sketching life as it passes by. He stated recently in an interview in the New-Yorker that a portrait of Fever Pitch/High Fidelity author Nick Hornby required over 200 drafts before Noma was happy with the result. At first glance this may seem like a lot,but the pare-ing down of an original idea into a succinct and coherent final image must require many hours of "tweaking".</div>
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Some critics see Noma's work as little more than "logo's" for the celebrity age,akin to the Nike swoosh or the golden arches of Mc'donald's. I think this is a miss-reading of the images,yes they are easily recognizable(a feat in itself) but they also seek to comment on a subject purely using visual language. When given the brief of the Bush administration's complicity in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal, not many illustrators</div>
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would have come up with something as succinct and sly as Noma Bar's response,perhaps it is too clean and too static for the subject matter but it works on the level of tie-ing the two elements of the story together into one coherent final piece.</div>
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</div>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com2United Kingdom55.378051 -3.43597336.641164 -43.8656605 74.114938 36.9937145tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-67887643351332721002012-03-28T09:53:00.001+01:002012-03-28T09:53:35.752+01:00DD 2000-The Fig Taylor Portfolio rules.Recently the Illustration course had an informal lecture from the AOI portfolio advisor Fig Taylor,this was an eye-opening and entertaining talk on how to present your work to potential clients. Fig came across as no-nonsense and pithy,but also as someone who cares deeply about the Illustration industry and those who seek to make their way in it. What follows is a list of "The Rules" of portfolio construction,and getting jobs.<br />
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THE PORTFOLIO:<br />
-No sketches/life drawings. (we know you can draw)<br />
-Don't get attached to old work. (even if it is good)<br />
-Be honest with yourself. (be objective)<br />
-Concentrate on YOUR strengths.<br />
-Your Unique,show it!<br />
-Don't do BIG. (A0-A1)<br />
-Your portfolio should be relevant to the client (portfolio full of cats but your pitching to dog-owner weekly?)<br />
-If you do 3D work get it Professionally photographed.<br />
-Don't mix and match your styles. If you have 2 distinct styles get 2 portfolio,s. (and a split personality)<br />
-Pieces should be finished.<br />
-Don't put in work YOU don't like. (if the client likes it..you're fucked!)<br />
-Include a variety of subject matter done in YOUR style.<br />
-Take your sketchbooks in-case the client wants a shufti.<br />
-ipad your stuff (you hear that? that's the future approaching)<br />
-Don't present on a laptop PC coz they're shit.<br />
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THE INDUSTRY:<br />
-The Art Director is always busy.<br />
-Getting a face to face meeting is hard.<br />
-Clients don't like risks.<br />
-Assume you're potential clients are lazy and/or stupid.<br />
-The client doesn't know you,so you will be judged entirely on your portfolio(for good or ill)<br />
-Research your potential clients thoroughly.<br />
-Don't E-mail them(you'll just get deleted/blocked)<br />
-Write a letter to potential clients and follow up with a phone call.<br />
-Editorial have very short deadlines. (bare this in mind if you take a month to finish a piece)<br />
-Advertising pays well but it's high stress and you will need to work with a committee of meddlers.<br />
-Graze all the magazines you can find to see where your style may fit in.<br />
-There are over 5000 trade magazines. (this is a good thing)<br />
-All publications need "A look" to distinguish them.(this is also good thing)<br />
-Move to Australia! There's hardly any illustrators out there...<br />
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Got that? Good.<br />
Fig also had a few anecdotes from within the industry about bonkers Illustrators("I only want to work for The Times or the Observer") and seemingly disinterested Art directors(Stressed out and tired is their lot apparently,bless em).<br />
But It was good to hear that there is work to be had,you just gotta find it and pitch for it. Make sure your'e portfolio is up to scratch first though.<br />
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This short essay is a subjective look at the work of Geoff Grandfield <a href="http://geoffgrandfield.co.uk/editorial.html">http://geoffgrandfield.co.uk/editorial.html</a> who is currently director of Illustraion and Animation at Kingston University in the UK. At first sight his work is reminiscent of the work of Saul Bass's film and poster work of the 1960's and the "Film Noir" cinematography of John Alton.</div>
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Geoff uses a "chiaroscuro" technique which originated during the Renaissance,it literally means light-dark in Italian. The artist would work from solid black to pure white or vice-versa,within the image to create depth or to make the main focus of the picture stand out. "Google" Carravagio to see this technique executed by a master painter.</div>
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Geoff's editorial work can be seen in The Guardian,The Times and The Big Issue amongst others. His style of work is well suited to the small scale allowed in most newspaper editorial pieces,having both visual punch and wit which in itself is no mean feat to combine the two.His compositions are beautifully balanced with his use of colour being key to the overall impact of the images,primary yellows reds and blues predominate.</div>
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It's hard not to see a nostalgic influence in Geoff's work. The art of Saul Bass(1920-1996) who was primarily a Graphic designer but who also worked in film titles and posters seems to "channel" through Geoff's editorial work. I think the correlation of film poster and an editorial piece is close. A poster needs to entice someone to see a particular movie and hint at the films content/mood,similarly an editorial illustration must do basically the same thing to entice a reader to read what could be a dry editorial by the use of a single image.</div>
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Geoff works in pastels and gouache predominantly using photoshop to digitise his images for transmission purposes, though he now says the use of photoshop is increasingly influencing the way he produces images.(a common tale from all arms of the creative industries). He is also known for his book-cover work,his style fits "noirish" subjects like a glove.<a href="http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/2008/10/grandfield-on-chandler.html">http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/2008/10/grandfield-on-chandler.html</a></div>
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If you would like to hear more from Mr Grandfield on the subject of Illustration,I suggest you listen to this <a href="http://www.graphicdesignontheradio.com/">http://www.graphicdesignontheradio.com/</a> click on listen and select "The state of illustration" where you can listen to him,Roderick Mills and Darren Clifton discussing where illustration is likely to go in the next few years. A very interesting listen if you aim to work in the creative arena </div>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-81868238951693799252012-02-13T14:47:00.000+00:002012-02-13T14:47:13.256+00:00DD2000 - Editorial Illustration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh594-8hNloshD_n9NR5yw8hKo1Zomv3WbDeUagst1EzBYOglskhMdfxHOuDTAtQOizIOWXLnQ5HDeyXlBOnsI3wRRweKxOzUgBAc_pkzi2zLa0cMfbzgJ74wVJCcQ38AgiHj9giVOpruc/s1600/nick-dewar-couple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh594-8hNloshD_n9NR5yw8hKo1Zomv3WbDeUagst1EzBYOglskhMdfxHOuDTAtQOizIOWXLnQ5HDeyXlBOnsI3wRRweKxOzUgBAc_pkzi2zLa0cMfbzgJ74wVJCcQ38AgiHj9giVOpruc/s320/nick-dewar-couple.jpg" width="242px" /></a></div>Nick Dewar(1973-2010).<br />
The bulk of this short essay was gleaned from an interview with Nick Dewar in 3x3 magazine(<a href="https://www.3x3mag.com/index.html">https://www.3x3mag.com/index.html</a> )shortly before his death.<br />
Nick studied illustration in Glasgow where his tutors had a specific idea of what illustration should be "Quentin Blake-inspired drawings of newts done using Quink and bleach. Conceptual illustration was dismissed as design masqeurading as illustration". Upon leaving art school Nick began building a new portfolio from scratch,he wished to tell stories with his own voice. His editorial work was used by all the so-called "big names" <em>Harpers Bazaar,New York Times,Wall Street journal etc.</em><br />
Nick and his wife travelled extensively and he believed his experiences whilst doing so had a profound impact on his work and the way he would approach a brief,having, he said "met all humanity had to offer: love;hate;humility;curiosity;humour;honour and deceit."<br />
His drawings were a combination of line work(to define form) and solid tonal areas(to define volume) his compositions often appeared glacial and calm,inhabited by well tailored chaps and coiffered ladies,but this was a concious ploy by Nick to lull the viewer into a false sense of security which would be pricked by closer observation of the image,defined by the line work. His colour pallette had a muted 1950's tone to it which added to the 50's all American appearence. Nick worked initially in ink and gouache and laterly in ink and digital,which is ideal for his use of large areas of block colour.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q7RBR-IIUJWWqNFV1SIYZCcuMj3jkXfPo8L4p8hBPQELumjOUCEPLKMFotf72jGIRQTy2Nctwd2YNfKXcMVE6WEha9jbIxFT3nQqdmZAhSB8du0K6bMFrON3_JjLBs18AZSmjfmZFOk/s1600/20110730_30.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q7RBR-IIUJWWqNFV1SIYZCcuMj3jkXfPo8L4p8hBPQELumjOUCEPLKMFotf72jGIRQTy2Nctwd2YNfKXcMVE6WEha9jbIxFT3nQqdmZAhSB8du0K6bMFrON3_JjLBs18AZSmjfmZFOk/s320/20110730_30.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div> Ed.Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-27781474427728662772011-07-17T15:31:00.000+01:002011-07-17T15:31:58.256+01:00Face only a mother could love.. A quick Pastel sketch using techniques from the book Drawing and Painting People-A Fresh Aproach by Emily Ball.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkmTXNEyd794b_nZYy0-XNDTBIlr3Up8uQE8VfPcNggnyT9ZE3SZckhBrLJP3gfmg0pIpUCkkVSWtymKrsfLrRzpU0dKheaDkiim5IKO3xoG0GUndVqy-HzBf7NL_mUyq9cK2VDllxeI/s1600/scan0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkmTXNEyd794b_nZYy0-XNDTBIlr3Up8uQE8VfPcNggnyT9ZE3SZckhBrLJP3gfmg0pIpUCkkVSWtymKrsfLrRzpU0dKheaDkiim5IKO3xoG0GUndVqy-HzBf7NL_mUyq9cK2VDllxeI/s320/scan0006.jpg" width="229px" /></a></div>Gross detail was done,not looking at the Paper at all but staring at the mirror instead,extra details were done by starting at the nose as a jump off point,then not looking at the image until that particular colour layer was complete. I cheated by blocking in the background afterwards(a cardinal sin according to Ms Ball!). I Think next time will try not looking at all and using random colours then see how that goes.Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-32722044676436583262011-07-15T14:00:00.000+01:002011-07-15T14:00:44.554+01:00BOTH by Tom Gauld and Simone Lia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTaUwf-b8h_qR4dAvLeI1V8itCDXQOeeQCItBIhfgTJDwzq0LwAHSlFk5qSqtJM3e5aAolcLHndus7Jc7MzVfWYzFRGwNqX7e1AFVs9kRa1yzgAFbR-DMq9xNzlFA5dEwHcKHGohcbA8/s1600/Cover1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTaUwf-b8h_qR4dAvLeI1V8itCDXQOeeQCItBIhfgTJDwzq0LwAHSlFk5qSqtJM3e5aAolcLHndus7Jc7MzVfWYzFRGwNqX7e1AFVs9kRa1yzgAFbR-DMq9xNzlFA5dEwHcKHGohcbA8/s320/Cover1.jpg" width="236px" /></a></div>An early Birthday present from Sarah, Tom does what he does best here,mixing the mundanity of daily existence with extraordinary circumstances. A pair of peeved astonauts stuck with each other for company on an Alien world. Masked wrestlers trying to have a day out without being recognised. Low key but witty in its execution and beautifully composed.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjpw6zMY1by47nBSBS3F-iuGCX962V3XfmKEWbNYUhJ9xgjiWSJw_YNmt69Ql5jH6CpFedmeJpBYYzGMgBsreQ-XhYDznOzsUG77Et4El_rDnlyPb9AEkGJMz-PCLbQ7BIMESd8LeQ94/s1600/scan0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjpw6zMY1by47nBSBS3F-iuGCX962V3XfmKEWbNYUhJ9xgjiWSJw_YNmt69Ql5jH6CpFedmeJpBYYzGMgBsreQ-XhYDznOzsUG77Et4El_rDnlyPb9AEkGJMz-PCLbQ7BIMESd8LeQ94/s320/scan0004.jpg" width="220px" /></a></div>Simone Lia's niave drawing style is always(for me) a pleasure to look at. Her humour is more surreal(woman wants to go out with a fence....? A prudish sweetcorn kernel..) This book also contains the first appearance of Fluffy the Rabbit who thinks his/her owner is its daddy. Fluffy got a book all of it's own in 2007,which I recommend reading also.<br />
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My apologies for the fuzzy picture edges but the book was slightly to big to fit on the scanner without overhang,hence out of focus at extremities.Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-78910931705470062242011-07-11T13:47:00.002+01:002011-07-15T13:07:32.620+01:00UCLAN Drawing & Image making Degree show 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJI0WqIwrqOiCOPGduR2b0LDnadjf_dnSQvNHGSSkcl7S-lWFf2UvZfM1Qdh_sCZmP15RrLSIqKhvM0KMXix8qgwRcqaxKlAZ6umb3UEmWpBP6m3B_TkaETcXaEFolPND0J48WvIscj0/s1600/D%2526IM+ex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJI0WqIwrqOiCOPGduR2b0LDnadjf_dnSQvNHGSSkcl7S-lWFf2UvZfM1Qdh_sCZmP15RrLSIqKhvM0KMXix8qgwRcqaxKlAZ6umb3UEmWpBP6m3B_TkaETcXaEFolPND0J48WvIscj0/s320/D%2526IM+ex.jpg" width="228px" /></a></div>Recently Visited the UCLAN Degree Exhibitions. The D&IM Show caught my eye for it's Illustratyness(?). Where the 2D image is still King. Though there was a wide variety of mark-making techniques used, Charcoal,Ink,photography and sewing onto fabric to name a few. All bar one(see bottom) resulted in 2D finished pieces. Not that I dont like a bit of installation work myself, just it's nice to see how the other half do it within the self initiated brief structure of Fine Art.<br />
Visit: <a href="http://www.drawingandimagemaking.com/">http://www.drawingandimagemaking.com/</a><br />
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See more at <a href="http://www.markmooreillustration.com/">http://www.markmooreillustration.com/</a><br />
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Needlpoint and Animal carcasses.<br />
See more at <a href="http://www.emmarowell.tumblr.com/">http://www.emmarowell.tumblr.com/</a><br />
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Collages of Artists own drawings.<br />
No link sorry.<br />
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This piece was based on the concept of escapism. During the exhibition it contained soil and plants,like a minature jungle in a tent, In my opinion it could have possiblybenefitted from being much larger as it was only about 1 metre tall, something that the viewer could actually enter and explore would have had more impact I think.<br />
More of Rebecca's stuff at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/beckiboos">http://www.flickr.com/people/beckiboos</a>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-12250844742925707662011-05-05T17:56:00.000+01:002011-05-05T17:56:17.690+01:00 Guardian Review cover project.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xbSzRtOdwOIXT_jFO3AwPeGbKatw5YyQtXn7Ci3sWVoIBiMd85kfl7g_PYSU83XmnIL3IgYXVCxMVfxkuM4ubFYhJ1kijKoXIBeMzwlqTQCLI76oRbu5srRM7mE5B2dOiuELWv0S84E/s1600/Cover+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xbSzRtOdwOIXT_jFO3AwPeGbKatw5YyQtXn7Ci3sWVoIBiMd85kfl7g_PYSU83XmnIL3IgYXVCxMVfxkuM4ubFYhJ1kijKoXIBeMzwlqTQCLI76oRbu5srRM7mE5B2dOiuELWv0S84E/s320/Cover+1.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div>Thanks to Chris Shaw for the Photography. Image was then tweaked with Photoshop.<br />
Figure was made from FIMO and the helmet was made from the cap of a hair product whose name escapes me.Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-4616137704293710642011-04-12T20:26:00.003+01:002011-04-28T00:03:13.198+01:00My First animation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_EgtmlJ2m_zC0_DdnK9Qf6IzlfJ4Zae_z5IC9nxeXBiRIEs9uC-W3Q03VG56cv78oVPAo6a6zFty_Go-ZeNUrCrRnnQSi9LW99yGZRWepIQMOR1Tqs6Tb92T3VVy-ivaeFgfPYpQ9LA/s1600/vlcsnap-2011-04-28-00h02m14s137.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213px" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_EgtmlJ2m_zC0_DdnK9Qf6IzlfJ4Zae_z5IC9nxeXBiRIEs9uC-W3Q03VG56cv78oVPAo6a6zFty_Go-ZeNUrCrRnnQSi9LW99yGZRWepIQMOR1Tqs6Tb92T3VVy-ivaeFgfPYpQ9LA/s320/vlcsnap-2011-04-28-00h02m14s137.png" width="320px" /></a></div>Ariadne. She was the girl who gave Theseus a ball of thread,when he entered The labyrinth to fight The Minatour.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fm4lQGaA6sY">http://www.youtube.com/embed/fm4lQGaA6sY</a>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-67365450788076720922011-04-12T16:58:00.002+01:002011-04-28T08:32:11.312+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnkjeyX3nsx7KHU6Z1bN_e_lYf-vYXR-3xAAiE-Cv7PnK43cBOBu9szaMtEogG1gqlasx3FSUlJryRIijSit2W6KBcHL20LerAZL9gTORfwgyEzp_stRacdkocnB3S6-1RPimyvSfg8U/s1600/Catch22a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnkjeyX3nsx7KHU6Z1bN_e_lYf-vYXR-3xAAiE-Cv7PnK43cBOBu9szaMtEogG1gqlasx3FSUlJryRIijSit2W6KBcHL20LerAZL9gTORfwgyEzp_stRacdkocnB3S6-1RPimyvSfg8U/s200/Catch22a.JPG" width="199px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jChi1E3uSnmTJKNRpIOd22kVryoI5f1GX0l8BHXTDIz1tP5Du0lNdSIeiUuuXbjtZydqc3ME4x5IZFXbL8oOgMPfHRNam_6pJzaBqK7PNZk2cPGZPVsdtIaoRjXXtYkWwaBWi7hcMWw/s1600/catch+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198px" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jChi1E3uSnmTJKNRpIOd22kVryoI5f1GX0l8BHXTDIz1tP5Du0lNdSIeiUuuXbjtZydqc3ME4x5IZFXbL8oOgMPfHRNam_6pJzaBqK7PNZk2cPGZPVsdtIaoRjXXtYkWwaBWi7hcMWw/s200/catch+22.jpg" width="200px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Book Cover Project: Catch 22</div>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-28760591343753131252011-04-11T16:09:00.000+01:002011-04-11T16:09:24.605+01:00Cool website of Modern illustration<a href="http://www.4wall.co.uk/">http://www.4wall.co.uk/</a>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-42935654711893575602011-04-11T14:49:00.000+01:002011-04-11T15:00:46.568+01:00Chartreuse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5AIlTUhWr2HeKW0NDXcST_iC3x2czyZelfBHRZQ3wGxSrFQbcCjBojS8u_66mEUey4EWQnD7SJGHiFZAuoZQDal1DZLcDTlEp9mKpqH8GCrYQNLtS7daCHE-LH2xCAMdHZs6YzwSXGE/s1600/ChartreuseA1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5AIlTUhWr2HeKW0NDXcST_iC3x2czyZelfBHRZQ3wGxSrFQbcCjBojS8u_66mEUey4EWQnD7SJGHiFZAuoZQDal1DZLcDTlEp9mKpqH8GCrYQNLtS7daCHE-LH2xCAMdHZs6YzwSXGE/s320/ChartreuseA1.jpg" width="230" /></a>These 2 Pieces were inspired by my favourite decade. THE 70'S<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXx_W7HbmozCAy_z_8fVSBefSN_GMZ_32VyM-GHoMy7yFZixFSZ-UD_QrSCDvZwv5w6mEkzwfEdmotw7YZSH1RDfgcyOeRBho2471AqW7v31yLXVSrPTcHUlcrOcrGZsh-EGXfJOxBQM/s1600/ChartreuseB1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXx_W7HbmozCAy_z_8fVSBefSN_GMZ_32VyM-GHoMy7yFZixFSZ-UD_QrSCDvZwv5w6mEkzwfEdmotw7YZSH1RDfgcyOeRBho2471AqW7v31yLXVSrPTcHUlcrOcrGZsh-EGXfJOxBQM/s320/ChartreuseB1.jpg" width="220" /></a></div>Eduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235183769702596546.post-4930895535614083952011-04-11T12:55:00.000+01:002011-04-11T12:55:09.519+01:00Day 1Better upload some stuff thenEduardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12644746135155777698noreply@blogger.com0