Tag: Illustration

Inspiration Fixation is on again with 5 new digital artworks for you to enjoy. As always, these artworks should only be used for inspiration and should not be used against the artists wishes.

1. This first work is titled 'Blind Mary'. As with all of Alex Cherry's creations, this artwork is based on sound. Check out the full version to understand what he means!

2. Andrew 'Android' Jones is well known for his creative style of layers upon layers upon layers, helping him to create and android look in all of his paintings. He has featured in ImagineFX with tips and tutorials for his style of art. This image is titled 'Wanderer Awake'.

3. Bao Pham (or thienbao on DeviantArt) creates stunning artworks with beautiful colours, this one is titled 'Broken Flame'.

4. Javier Alvarado is a graphic artist who creates very interesting artworks with bold colours and textures, this piece is titled 'Projector'.

5. LiaSelina (as known on DeviantArt) is a very talented illustrator who creates covers and images based on children's storytales and folklore. This piece is based on a Russian fariytale and is titled 'Oldster's Dinner'.

It's inspiration time again and we are back with more amazing digital artists for you to check out! As ever, these artworks are for shock, awe, envy and inspiration… Please do not use them against the artists wishes. Click on the artwork titles in their descriptions to see the images at full size!

1. Marta Nael creates interesting digital works based on her traditional painting background. The result is an amazing piece of art with great creativity. This work is titled 'Ari Concept Art'.

2. Daarken is a very successful concept artist who has done work for Blizzard, Wizards of the Coast as well as appearing in ImagineFX to give advice to upcoming artists. This piece 'Omens of War' was created for Fantasy Flight Games.

3. echo-x is a Deviant artist who takes inspiration from the art nouveau movement, digital style. This piece 'Coy' is full of details and lovely colouring so check out the full version to see more!

4. Bobby Chiu is one of my favourite creature artists, he puts the ugly in cute and the cute in ugly… Does that make sense? He is the creator of Imaginism Studios, an online learning school to help digital artists learn creature design and other courses from many talented artists. Meet 'Tigger'.

5. Known on Deviant Art as Randis, he creates incredibly detailed artworks with a range of different styles from realistic to cartoon. Check out the full version of 'Dragon Castle' to see all the details put into this work!

This week i've decided to put together a few digital illustrations from some amazing artists around the world. These artworks are a great source of inspiration and should not be used against the artists wishes. Click on the artwork titles to view the full sized image of each artwork.

1. First up is Melanie Delon, who creates stunningly realistic images. Melanie's artworks often appear in the digital art magazine, ImagineFX for workshops and tutorials, this one is titled 'Age'.

2. Anna Dittman (also known as Escume on DeviantArt) was recently picked as one of the top 10 Rising Stars of the ImagineFX digital drawing competition. Only 17 years of age and her artworks are already known all around the world. This artwork is titled 'Coral'.

3. Cryptwalker (as known on DeviantArt) created this extremely amazing image for a new Magic the Gathering expansion. It features all of the characters and was created to be a life size printout. This is titled 'Planeswalkers Pantheon'.

4. Chen Wei (also known as Lorlandchain on DeviantArt) is a well known digital artist and has also been featured, surprise surprise… in ImagineFX magazines. His artwork is always beautifully detailed and tells an interesting story. This artwork is titled 'The Queen of Ultima'.

5. Alexander Tooth is a member of the online community for ImagineFX aspiring artists. He often helps people out with their artworks and is extremely talented. His artwork can also been seen on DeviantArt under AlexTooth. This piece is titled 'King of the Mountain'.

I hope you've enjoyed our inspirations for the week!

Mascots are a highly useful element of branding as they enable the viewer to understand what it is your company has to offer. A good mascot design will represent the company image, so it is important to think about what type of mascot most demonstrates your service, products and/or ideas.

Depending on how complicated or detailed the mascot needs to be, we will usually create the image as a vector. This way clients can resize and reuse the image without any hassles.

To start with, we get a general idea of the character that is wanted (a human, animal or anything in between) and what it should symbolise, and we begin with 2-3 sketches.

In this case, the company specifically wanted a bull with a cowboy hat and a rope. It needed to be simple enough to print on a shirt, but also to incorporate into a logo design. The initial sketches are very rough as this enables the client to make suggestions without the artist having to spend a lot of time on something that might not get used.  

Sometimes the client might combine ideas from each sketch, or they might pick one without wanting any changes. We encourage our clients to put forth their suggestions in the sketch stage as much as possible so they will be 100% happy with the end result.

Similarly, our illustration process starts off with the same amount of sketches and is then finished off in Photoshop as bitmap image. This allows for much more complicated figures and colour, however bitmaps cannot be enlarged in the same way a vector image can be.

When deciding which format to use, consider what the image will be used for, and if it is for one use only. A vector image can be easily resized without losing any details, so it is easy to incorporate into other designs. A bitmap will lose quality if it is resized and is usually used for posters, or web.

Sometimes a client will ask for a change, and then decide that they preferred how it was before. We are happy to make these changes but we strongly encourage customers to inform us of any major changes they would like before we get to the colouring stage.

In these vector examples, flat colours have been used in order to keep things simplified. The more shading we put in, the more detailed the image looks. This isn't necessary for all mascot designs as oftentimes simplicity is key.

If you would like to find out more about our Mascot, Logo or Character Designs, feel free to contact us and get a free qoute!