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Tape, Pencil and Resin: The Art of Brooks Salzwedel

February 2, 2010 |

I’m very intrigued by Californian artist Brooks Salzwedel’s unique style and approach to these delicate works, that combine nature and rigid human-made structures. It’s nice to see work that brings in different non-digital materials to what we’re used to. Using a combination of Staedler Graphite pencils ranging from 6H to 9B, tape and ‘Awful toxic […]

Filed Under: Hand Craft, Ink Illustration, Mixed Media, Pencil Illustration Tagged With: artist, artwork, brooks salzweder, graphite, illustration, illustrator, interview, moonape, nature, organic, resin, tape, translucent, transparent, trees

Pietari Posti Illustrations

January 16, 2010 |

I’ve been following Finnish illustrator Pietari Posti’s work for some time, and it’s been fascinating to peer into his extremely accomplished and refined portfolio. Using a range of traditional and digital mediums, Pietari’s work exhibits a profound understanding of the value of well balanced composition; using colour, varying line thickness, shape and tone to create […]

Filed Under: Digital Illustration, Ink Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Spray Paint Tagged With: alex mathers, art, artist, artwork, barcelona, composition, computer art, digital, feature, finland art, finnish illustration, illustration, illustrator, ink, Mixed Media, moonape, pietari posti, vector

Katie Kirk’s Illustration Shapes

January 12, 2010 |

Katie Kirk’s Illustration Shapes

Minnesota-based illustrator Katie Kirk and one half of design boutique EightHourDay gets it just right when it comes to creating defined and enticing shapes in digital illustration. It is the effective way in which her illustrations are composed of these shapes that makes her work special. I asked her about her work process in creating […]

Filed Under: Digital Illustration, Linear Illustration, Vector Illustration Tagged With: adobe, artwork, contemporary illustration, digital, eighthourday, eli the dog, illustration, illustrator, katie kirk, kirk art, patterns, shapes, vector, Vector Illustration, wallpaper

Illustrated Monsters of Eleanor Davis

January 2, 2010 |

Illustrated Monsters of Eleanor Davis

Georgia-based comic book artist and illustrator Eleanor Davis makes some very nice work which feature a lot of particularly cool monsters. Her strong use of deep black add a defined depth to her work too. ? Eleanor Davis, 2009 MoonApe

Filed Under: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Digital Illustration, Pens and Markers Tagged With: ape on the moon, artist, artwork, comics, contemporary illustration, creatures, digital art, eleanor davis, feature, illustration, illustrator, monsters

Ben the Illustrator Pattern

December 15, 2009 |

Ben the Illustrator Pattern

A few months ago I featured a selection of Ben the Illustrator’s special vector pattern illustrations. In an interview-style tutorial, Ben is back to teach us how he makes them, showcasing one of his brand new patterns in detail. For those that don’t know about him, Ben the Illustrator (Ben O’Brien) is based in Cornwall, […]

Filed Under: Digital Illustration, Pencil Illustration, Photoshop, Tutorials, Vector Illustration Tagged With: alex mathers, ape on the moon, art, artist, artwork, ben o'brien, ben the illustrator, bentheillustrator, contemporary illustration, digital, Digital Illustration, digital pattern, fi o'brien, illustration, illustrator, interview, lesson, pattern tutorial, patterns, Photoshop, repeating pattern, seamless, seamless lesson, seamless patterns, technique, tools, tut, tutorial, vector

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