Monthly Archives: June 2012

Blended Collage and Digital Imagery, and the Colourful Flora and Fauna of Bozka

Posted at 6 pm on June 29, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Digital Illustration, Photoshop, Vector Illustration

Using a blend of collage and digital imagery, Bozena Rydlewska aka Bozka, creates fantastical forms of life, filled with colour. We like the intensity created by layering so many elements together. The birds and insects found in her imagined forests are hybrids of multiple ruffles, tufts, patterns, and feathers. But, as much as they are bright and powerful, they are delicate and feminine. Here, she describes her work and what she does.

Paintings, Vectors and Wolves: Interview with Sebastien Feraut aka Niark1

Posted at 3 pm on June 27, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Painting, Spray Paint, Street Art, Vector Illustration

The different talents of French artist, Sebastien Feraut aka Niark1 are as multiple as are the eyes of the weird, wolfish creatures that inhabit his work. His trippy imagery, which manages a sense of darkness despite its beaming colours, fills illustrations and graphics as well as his own large paintings. The strong individual character of his work moves unscathed from his tactile, hand-made mark-rich paintings to crisp edges of his vector-based work.

Exploding Colour: Interview with Mimi Leung

Posted at 6 pm on June 24, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Animation, Character Illustration, Comic Art

For most of us, the entire skin of a man flying off might be a bit gruesome, but when the talented Mimi Leung does it, it’s an explosion of fun and colour.

Eni Turkeshi Creating Ethereal, Haunting Images through Experimenting with Photography

Posted at 2 pm on June 20, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Mixed Media, Photographic Illustration, Photography

The artist behind this series of ethereal, experimental photographs describes herself as a digital and analogue photographer with a huge love for alternative printing processes and all other avantgarde mixed media techniques. We’re glad Eni Turkeshi’s approaches her photography in such a way because the results are beautiful, haunting images.

Illustrational Storytelling from Patrick O'Leary

Posted at 6 pm on June 19, 2012 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Character Illustration, Digital Illustration, Photoshop

We like the fun illustrations of Bradford, UK-based Patrick O’Leary who creates work that is rich in strong colour and exhibits plenty of personality. Patrick tells us a little more about his background and his work process for these below.

'A Fantastic Fear of Everything': Interview with Co-director, Chris Hopewell

Posted at 10 pm on June 17, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Animation, News, Reviews

‘A Fantastic Fear of Everything’ is out now on general release in the UK.

‘A Fantastic Fear of Everything’ is a new film starring Simon Pegg as Jack, “a paranoid children’s author whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck”. We were invited to have a look at the film by the co-director and production designer, Chris Hopewell of Collision Films.

Duncan Sham's Hand-made and Digital Typography with an Inventive Approach

Posted at 2 pm on June 14, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Digital Illustration, Paper Illustration, Typography

Duncan Sham’s experimental approach to materials in his typographical work brings a real physicality to them, which is original from one project to the next. Whether they are slick, digital designs or meticulously hand-made, the scale and level of details often makes them mini sets.