Hand Drawn Rotoscoping Gifs and Other Animation Experiments by Matthias Brown I recently stumbled onto the Tumblr of animator Matthias Brown who shares his numerous experiments with rotoscoping and other animation techniques in quick looped gifs. In case you’re unfamiliar, rotoscoping is method where animators trace real footage frame by frame to create live-action animations with a hand drawn feel, a technique invented in 1915 by Max Fleischer who used it in his series Out of the Inkwell. While the technique is a century old it’s oddly refreshing to see it appear in today’s barrage of animated gifs, gritty imperfections and all. You can see much more of Brown’s work over on his aptly titled site TraceLoops, and he talks a bit more about his process here.
15 astounding examples of photorealism | Illustration These illustrators, painters and artists have an unfathomable talent. Creating photo realistic portraits and landscapes using only a pen, pencil or brush, the attention to detail and photo realism is absolutely awe-inspiring. Take a look at our picks of the best of the bunch. 01. Based in Cheshire, Rob Hefferan is an exceptionally talented figurative artist. 02. Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Spaniard visual artist. 03. Halim Ghodbane's attention to detail is breath-taking. 04. Michael's work has been the subject of five solo shows in London. 05. Jeremy Geddes creates other wordly and abstract photorealistic paintings. 06. Focusing on hands, water and sculptures, Rodriguez's attention to detail is astonishing. Creating each picture using colour pencils, other work by Rodriguez mimics oil paintings. 07. Italian-born Roberto Bernardi is one of the most well known photorealist artists, with his art displayed around the world. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Like this?
Des peintures de paysages marins au couteau Le peintre polonais Justyna Kopania crée ces paysages marins habités par des bateaux qui semble détaillés en quelques coups de couteau à peinture qui forment des aplats. Cromoart Desktop Calendar – January 2014 2014 begins and we are starting the fourth round of our desktop calendar series. We are looking forward to a successful New Year and wish you all the best. If you want this wallpaper at your desktop feel free to download in different resolutions or tell us if you need something else. [...] Dezember 31, 2013Toni PolkowskiDesign, Photography, Wallpaper Desktop Calendar – December 2013 It's the time of winter and christmas is coming. November 30, 2013Toni PolkowskiDesign, Photography, Wallpaper Desktop Calendar – November 2013 This days it's going to be cold outside and sometimes there is ice, fog and dark clouds. Oktober 31, 2013Toni PolkowskiDesign, Photography, Wallpaper Film Inspiration No. 115 Film Inspiration“ is a serial of short films, trailers, motion graphics and music clips by different artists from across the world introduced here at Cromoart. Oktober 14, 2013Toni PolkowskiFilm Desktop Calendar – October 2013 Desktop Calendar – June 2013
Baptiste Jeremy Geddes Raphael François | Étendard vol.1 Par le passé les territoires étaient représentés par des armoiries (blason, écu…), toujours en vigueur aujourd’hui, mais ne répondant plus aux besoins en matière d’utilisation et communication. Souvent riches en détails, leur lisibilité déjà compliquée dépend souvent de contrastes colorés pouvant poser problème lors d’utilisation en noir et blanc ou lors de mauvaise impression. Ils sont donc peu adaptés à une utilisation logotype au sens contemporain où on l’entend. Cependant ils ont une légitimité de représentation historique du territoire, Étendard est le fruit d’un long travail de synthétisation et de stylisation de ces symboles. Puisque nous ne pouvons pas techniquement, nous permettre une telle richesse de détails en logotype, projetons l’ombre de ces symboles pour en obtenir une synthèse techniquement utilisable en logotype, qui pourra faire facilement le lien avec les symboles historiques complets.
The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) The Daily Sketches of Guy Denning Every single day since November 2010, without fail, Bristol-based artist Guy Denning (previously) posts a daily sketch to his Drawing a Day blog (occasionally mirrored on his Facebook page). It’s well worth following. For more of his work head over to Signal Gallery where he had a solo show in October, and you can see much more on his website. David M. Bowers|Welcome to dmbowers.com Draw As A Maniac Swirling, Psychedelic Self-Portraits by Nikos Gyftakis Greek artist Nikos Gyftakis created this wonderful series of swirling self-portraits between 2004-2005. The works are made with oil pastels on canvas and are actually quite large, with a few of the pieces taller than 5′ (1.5m). You can see many more from this series and more of his recent work in his work gallery. (via empty kingdom)