Thursday, October 15, 2009

Digimon Papercraft: Guilmon and Pegasusmon

With all the Pokemon papercraft around I have always wondered why there wasn't more Digimon papercraft. Things are looking up for Digimon fans though now that POdragon (one of the Paperpokes team) has ventured into creating some papercraft of Digimon characters. Finished so far (from left to right) are Guilmon and Pegasusmon. The Guilmon model is nice in that it comes in a optional black version and is also designed in such a way that the finished pose of the model is customisable. Template downloads of each of these are available from POdragon's deviantART site here and here.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Brio #2 /Belgian Malinois



Brio's project had compositional challenges. The client wanted to see full body and our rectangle size is the 36 x 24, which is the longest, tallest rectangle that we offer. In the bottom sample I have shown the full body and also layered in text about the Belgian Malinois breed, while also including a body silhouette to the top left. By adding these background elements I have taken what could have been overwhelming empty space in the composition and given the eye something else to play with.

Handmade moments are everywhere

Fun little video found over Etsy's Youtube channel. It has an octopus in it so you know I love it.

Christian Hecker concept ship art

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"Halloween elements"


There you go! Vectorstuff for your Halloween designs. I'll post some more Halloweenstuff later.
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"Mouse cursors"


Vectorized classical mouse cursors. Always useful.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Art after commerce

Here's a recent work made by Julius Popp, a German artist:



And here's a commercial product present since 1989:


Classic questions:
How much of the value is the originality of the project?
How much is there left for the concept? The execution? The richness of the universe that is being created? The "art codes"?
The bluff?
Should one stop/diverge a project upon realizing one is following another's path too closely?
This latter question is quite recurrent among many of the artists I know. Some opt for stopping, while others simply don't let go of their toy. After all, they say, isn't it always mine in the first place? Unintentional plagiarism? So what? If you focus on what you are, on your own path, shouldn't it always lead to an original work? In the best of possible worlds?