Monthly Archives: January 2012

Will Long's Atmospheric Illustrations from Pencil to Digital

Posted at 10 am on January 12, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Digital Illustration, Pencil Illustration, Photoshop

There are some really beautiful textures being woven together in Will Long’s illustrations. Using a mixture of pencil work, scanned-in surfaces and Photoshop elements, he creates these moody, often chilling scenes. We’re enjoying the cinematic quality and sense of stillness in them. He tells us more about his process.

Drawing Lines and Colourful Printing with Marie ERR

Posted at 5 pm on January 10, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Hand Craft, Screen Printing

Here are some fun illustrations from Marie ERR, showing off her great passion for colour. She was kind enough to give us a backstage look at some of the printing processes she uses.

Line Drawings to Colour Animation: 'Tiji Colour' by Akama Studio

Posted at 5 pm on January 6, 2012 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: After Effects, Animation, Digital Illustration

I stumbled on this wonderful animation sequence by French animation studio ‘Akama‘, based in Paris. The opening few sections made me think of ‘colour by numbers’ painting as a child, and has got me itching to get drawing and painting again. Hopefully this short video will inspire you too.

Pete Fecteau Creating a Mosaic Entirely out of Rubik's Cubes

Posted at 3 pm on January 1, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Galleries and Exhibitions, Hand Craft, Mixed Media, Pixel Art, Toys

I could never get the hang of the Rubik’s Cube, still can’t. That has obviously never been the case for Pete Fecteau. Being more than comfortable with a Rubik’s Cube in his hand, Pete goes one step further in Rubik’s fluency, using them as his medium in his large-scale piece ‘Dream Big’. He took a little time to tell us about himself and this impressive project.