Tag " Inspiration"

Inspiration for the Week #3 – Digital Portraits

Posted on Apr 19, 2009
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For this week, digital portraits. Creating realistic portraits causes quite a debate in the art and design circles. Usually along the lines of: “Why bother? Why not just take a photo?”. Having attempted one myself, I know a lot of time goes into it. Mine was from reference (using an existing photo to look at as you draw/paint). I spent roughly 10 hours doing it with a mouse. The result: something...


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Inspiration for the Week #2 – Futuristic Cityscapes

Posted on Apr 04, 2009
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This week I wanted to feature some futuristic cityscapes that I've been looking at. Artist Alex Chin Yu Chu I found over at ConceptArtWorld, which is quickly becoming one of my new favourite concept art sites. I first discovered Gary Tonge and his work when reading his book Bold Visions: The Digital Painting Bible, which is a recommended purchase. Alex Chin Yu Chu Alex's environment concepts are awesome....


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Inspiration for the Week #1 – Environments

Posted on Feb 23, 2009
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I've been wondering how I would play out these inspiration posts for a while, but I think I've settled on a plan. Each week I will post work I have found inspiring and believe you will too. I will give it a theme each week. For example character design, conceptual art, abstract, fantasy, etc. I will then pick artwork from artists (or just one, I will decide each week) and then share them here for you to see. Tom...


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