Thomas Emmet is not only a successful commercial Illustrator, but he also has a solid collection of personal work. The images shown here are from his conceptual collection. Most works in this collection include a figure or figures in a rich, complex environment with an abundance of imagery and texture to digest.
Sketches
Jim Bradshaw is a talented illustrator from New Jersey with a massive and beautiful collection of work. Jim’s illustrations mix a vector cartoony style with grungy, dirty textures.
Today’s amazing illustrations are by artist Mel Kadel.
one could stand on its own
Ronald Kurniawan draws, paints and sculpts wild and imaginative scenes and characters.
Mooi ‘West - Group Exhibition - Academe Minerva Groningen
I was pleasantly surprised to find Lennard Schuurmans’ work in my inbox last week. Schuurmans creates some amazing, playful murals and illustrations.
Baby, It's Over - mixed media
If this work looks familiar, it might be because Gary Taxali’s illustrations have appeared in many magazines as well as Amiee Mann’s album art. Taxali’s illustrations have a rich inviting quality about them that draw me in to tell me their story.
Jim Denevan creates drawings that are nothing short of amazing. These drawings are mostly created by dragging a stick on the ground. Okay, I’ll shut up, enjoy.
With the year drawing to a close we naturally reflect on the past year. 2009 has been kind to this little blog and I look forward to what 2010 may bring. I aggregated a list of the 20 most visited posts from 2009 from the stats and this is what I found. Oddly enough, some were pretty recent, and some were from last year. I decided to include the ones from last year as well since I have many new readers.
Example from save-janos.net – this example has been placed on a painted acrylic background
With this exercise you are not going to be drawing at all. All you need is some wire and a pair of pliers with cutters. My favorite wire for this exercise is tie wire and you can get it almost any hardware store. The idea is to explore shapes and lines that you create by bending the wire. This exercise will force you to focus more on the line and less on the “drawing.” The nature of the wire also makes it more difficult to create tight corners. Don’t fight this and allow the properties of the wire to influence your piece.
