filed in news on Sep.17, 2009
The biggest surprise of Brian Eno’s light-and-sound installation is its modesty, both in terms of size and ambition. In other words, “Brian Eno: 77 Million Paintings” is a small show.
Despite the playful overstatement of its title, the mellow exhibition requires very little of visitors and repays their attentiveness with a perfectly pleasant (and perfectly ordinary) experience of tasteful relaxation….
filed in news on Aug.25, 2009
The Book of Inspiration
Over 190 pages of the world’s foremost digital art, design and illustration
The Book of Inspiration is a new luxury volume from the makers of Computer Arts magazine, featuring 192 pages of the world’s very best digital art, design and illustration.
It comes with a die-cut, foil-blocked and embossed cover, and features works from the likes of James Jean, Non-Format, Neville Brody, Airside, Hort, Vault49, Serial Cut, Jasper Goodall, Deanne Cheuk and many more.
As well as a huge showcase section of up and coming talent, it features interviews with the likes of Justin Maller, Trevor Jackson, Marian Bantjes and Jonathan Barnbrook – all displayed on in sumptuous art stock paper.
It’s on sale now for £14.99, and available at WH Smiths, Borders, Barnes & Noble and other good stockists.
Buy it now
via Computer Arts – The Book of Inspiration.
filed in showcase on Jul.21, 2009
filed in reviews on Jul.17, 2009
Book Review: Digital Art Masters Volume 4 | Parka Blogs.
Excellent review…
Digital Art Masters is a series of art books that feature the workflow of digital artists, both 3D modelers and painters. Having this book in hand is no different from looking over their shoulders while they work. It’s a great opportunity to learn from the top artists (full list below) in the art industry.
In the fourth volume, we get to see new artists as well as returning artists with their new projects. If you’re a frequent visitor to 3DTotal or CGSociety, you have probably seen their work. This book has 50 artists providing valuable insight into how they work, be it matte painting with Photoshop, 3D modeling with Maya or even digital sculpting with Zbrush.
All the illustrations featured have their workflow explained concisely, from conception, execution to post production. Included are multiple screenshots of their work in progress. Note, however, that this is not a step-by-step tutorial book that tells you which button to click on screen….
filed in reviews on Jul.14, 2009
REVIEW: Comic Life 1.5 – Digital Arts.
Of all the free applications that have shipped with the Mac, Comic Life is the one we’ve used least. And that’s not because we don’t make comics – we do. We just preferred Photoshop when we needed to create comic strips, dismissing Comic Life as a childish toy. Taking a fresh look as the application upgrades to 1.5, we think that’s a great disservice to a fine program.
Full details at Digital Arts Online
filed in news on Jul.02, 2009
via Newsvine – Digital images of all Rembrandt’s work on show.
I’d like to see this…
The life work of Rembrandt — all 317 known paintings, 285 etchings and more than 100 drawings — go on display next week in full-sized digital reproductions that attempt to recreate the works as they emerged from the artist’s studio rather than as they exist today.
In some ways, the high resolution images are more authentic than the real paintings, said Ernst van de Wetering, a leading Rembrandt scholar who supervised the project.
Employing computer wizardry, pieces of canvas or panel that were sliced off centuries ago have been patched back on. Colors are restored to the vibrancy they had when they came off the master’s brush. Details hidden in darkness because of aging pigments emerge into view.
“The Complete Rembrandt, Life Size” exhibition opens Sunday in the former Amsterdam Stock Exchange building and runs through Sept. 7.
filed in tutorials on Jun.01, 2009
Computer Arts – Master 3D texturing and rendering.
Another cool tutorial from Computer Arts mag.
The new version of Photoshop makes importing and handling 3D files a snap. Justin Maller shows you how to go about texturing and integrating 3D with your composition
filed in news on May.25, 2009
Korean Cultural Centre exhibits the Korean art of Manwha cartooning | Culture24.
Picture courtesy Korea Creative Content Agency
Exhibition: MANHWA 100: Centenary of Korean Comics, Korean Cultural Centre, London, until June 24 2009
When it comes to the Asian comics scene most of us have heard of the Japanese art of Manga, but in Korea they boast their own equally distinctive and highly influential form of cartooning called Manwha, which celebrates its 100th anniversary on June 2 2009.
filed in tutorials on May.22, 2009
Computer Arts – Using blends to create depth.
Working with vectors needn’t be flat, says Sara Haraigue, if you know how to breathe life into them through dynamic use of Illustrator and Photoshop
It’s important to know the possibilities offered by blends, gradients and masks for lighting your graphic compositions and adding depth of colour to detailed shapes within them.
And this tutorial will show you just what you can do with the tools available in Photoshop and Illustrator
filed in showcase on May.17, 2009
A perfect example of good work leading to an inpressive client portfolio, London-based, Japanese artist Yuko Kondo has a website full of great images and good to see she exhibits prints and murals in plenty of galleries too.
The image here is for Merrydown, other clients include Nike, Coca Cola, Eurostar, Virgin, Orange etc. etc.
