I thought I'd show you guys part of the process I went through with Michael Defeo when creating the valentine girl sculpture. Mike works in Z-Brush which is a digital sculpting tool, first he made an initial rough pass based on this art of mine. However, he made her in a neutral standing pose because we want to make a few different pose variations down the line, and it'll be easier for him just to pose one model a few times than sculpt from scratch each time. So I drew over images of Mike's first pass and made notes on how I'd like him to change it. This first one was done in a pretty strict "turn around" method as this made clear most of the important information. There was certainly a good amount of back and forth of notes and revisions but always to the progressing improvement of the piece. There were plenty of surprises for me, sometimes something looks great in a 2D drawing but when you bring it into 3D it doesn't work or it breaks something else. Definitely a great learning experience. This video shows the final standing version, the fruit of the notes and revisions. valentineFinalDefault from michael defeo on Vimeo. Then Mike posed her and we continued the revision process a little longer. And very soon we called her done. valentineFinal from michael defeo on Vimeo. You can see a bunch more of Mike's process videos here.
"[S]ince the overhead press fell from grace, I’ve never seen anyone press 75 pounds over bodyweight, or very few, for that matter, who could even handle bodyweight. Yet I know it can be done because I saw it done countless times and did it myself. It’s simply of matter of putting in the necessary work in the weight room."
Happy Earth 1 CD(2) von Bill; Parminter, Sue Bowler
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As the due date for my printmaking portfolio draws near, I found myself browsing other artists’ work online. The above two prints are monotypes, a method using a plexiglass plate to press a o…
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Both Josh Cooley and Bill Presing are super talented storyboard artists at Pixar Animation Studios who have recently joined forces on this creative project. Most recently, Josh received lots of blog and press attention for his Movies R Fun/ Inappropriate Golden Book and Emeryville-based Bill Presing is especially known for his pin-up girl-like illustrations. above: Movies R Fun by Josh Cooley is available for purchase here Together the two have designed and illustrated a new deck of sexy and sassy playing cards. Their collaboration yielded 54 Intercontinental Cuties, a real playable deck of cards, with a unique pinup girl on each face representing different places. above: one of my fave pieces by Bill Presing, Ergonomic Delight The majority of the 54 Intercontinental Cuties deck represents various countries, but they've taken some creative liberties and added unusual locations, some of which are fictional. Eden, Pangea, the Bermuda Triangle, the North Pole, the South Pole, The Forbidden Zone and The International Space Station are represented in the deck, alongside other countries and places. I've been following the process by both of them on their own blogs as they created the deck, featuring their respective illustrations. Both Cooley and Presing have blogged about their collaborative efforts since early May and the finished deck of cards was just revealed at Comic Con, soon to be available online. It's more fun to see how they went from sketches to the final art, than just looking at the final cards, so here's a look at the roughs and finished art of some of the cards in the deck. First, from Bill Presing. Bill's thumbnails in his sketchbook: and his process of getting to the final Egypt card: the final Egypt card: sketch and final of the Russia Card: the Vietnam card: and the Greece card: and more of his sketches: and a few of the finished cards from Bill Presing: Josh Cooley's process actually seems to involve bathing in macaroni and cheese to get inspired, but you can read about that yourself here. Josh's rough and final of the Cuba Card: And Josh did not post as many finished cards as did Bill, so you'll have to see those when you buy the deck. For now, here's a bunch of the sketches for the soon to be released cards by Josh Cooley: (yes, Josh is aware that Texas is not a country) The deck will sell for $25.00, soon to be available on Josh's online store. I spoke with Josh on Saturday (he and Bill are both enjoying well-earned vacations) and he says the cards will soon be available for purchase in his online store. I'll be sure to keep you posted! Josh 's blog, Cooley! Bill's blog, Daily Peril
"Ce livre est le premier chapître de la grande odyssée photographique de Michael Kenna. Certaines de ces photographies, réalisées depuis 40 ans environ,
Linocut handmade Piano Music Original Home decoration Title: "Improvisation", 2021 26 x 32 cm ***I STILL HAVE SOME READY-TO-ORDER COPIES IN GREEN. COPIES IN BLACK WILL BE HANDPRINTED ONCE THE ORDER IS CONFIRMED AND CAN TAKE UP TO 10 DAYS TO SHIP AS I USE AN OIL-BASED INK*** Linocuts are made by cutting out the "white" parts of the image on a linoleum board, then printing out the "black" (or any color really) either by hand or using a printing press. Each print is thus unique, even if several copies can be made of the same image. This print was made on Bier paper Lager 170 g/m2. It's delivered unframed. It is possible to print in different colors, but it adds around 10 days to the processing time (due to the oil-based ink drying time).
