Monthly Archives: January 2011

Mixed Media Realism by Steven Tabbutt

Posted at 10 am on January 31, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Digital Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting

To create his images, Steven Tabbutt uses everything from paints and pastels to digital imagery, and to a point where you’re unsure where one medium starts and another begins. This fits perfectly with his illustrations, where highly realistic portraits sit surrounded by fantasy.

Pencil Fashion Illustration by Carine Brancowitz

Posted at 3 pm on January 30, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Pencil Illustration

Carine Brancowitz‘s pencil is fine and soft, but at times dark and strong. What draws me into her style is her decisions as to where her drawing will be full and descriptive, and where it will be stripped back and simple.

Last Lunarize Gallery Spaces

Posted at 5 pm on January 28, 2011 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Digital Illustration, Mixed Media

There are 30% or so gallery spaces left over at Lunarize. Lunarize is our promotion service for visual artists, which sees us promoting your creative work in the form of an online gallery for 4 months. Lunarize will get your work in front of a targeted audience of art directors, designers, creative buyers and more.

Joshua Meyer's Passionate Paintings

Posted at 4 pm on January 27, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Painting

The figures in Joshua Meyer‘s paintings seem to appear slowly out of the ensemble of chaotic marks. For me, even though each brush stroke has a visible energy and emotion driven into it, there’s a kind of serenity in the way that the images come together.

Eric Nyquist's Sketchbooks in Detail

Posted at 10 am on January 26, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Linear Illustration, Pens and Markers, Sketchbooks

Eric Nyquist‘s design and illustration work often consists of highly detailed, focused drawings. He has created his intricate work for a range of big clients such as Heineken and Disney.

In his commissioned work, you can see that he can produce carefully thought-out, considered designs. In contrast to that, I thought that it would be interesting to have a look at his sketchbook pages, where he allows his pen to run free across the page.

Christian Montenegro's Sacred Animal Designs

Posted at 3 pm on January 25, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Events, Photoshop

Christian Montenegro recently took part in Animania, presented by design group Design Temple. Animania was a group exhibition curated by Divya Thakur, featuring 7 international graphic artists chosen to create pieces representing sacred animals in India.

Nostalgic Illustration by Asako Masunouchi

Posted at 10 am on January 24, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Photoshop

The work of now Greece-based Japanese artist Asako Masunouchi reminds me of the kind of illustration that might make a strong impression on you as a child. The sense of nostalgia in her work is probably most apparent in her personal projects, which are often like snapshots of fond memories.