The Eyes / A Moment Before The Smile

05/16/2013 by alaundre

click on image to view wallpaper sized version [ N4K3D : Black Series 002 ] Most realistic illustration I’ve made so far (out of 4) in my own little vector/gradient mesh project, also the first to only use 1 block/shape with the gradient mesh. Still not the most efficient technique, but it does yield a nice effect (it looks a lot more realistic in smaller sizes). It was originally meant to be blurrier hence the title, but I spent a […]

Categories: art | design, create, random / life, seen • Tags: adobe illustrator, art, doodles, drawings, gradient mesh, graphic design, graphics, illustration, illustrator, photorealism, photorealistic illustration, stop motion animation, time lapse, vector art, vector graphics, vector illustration

[ art book : ballpoint pen ] “57577”

04/30/2013 by alaundre

Managed to track down this illustration book by Shohei Otomo (his father, Katsuhiro Otomo is the creator/director of the classic Akira manga and anime). Amazing photorealistic illustrations using ballpoint pen as the medium. The illustrations are sized down in the book making the stippling appear like pencil shading and crosshatching. • —  • Shohei Otomo   |   Erect

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: akira, art, art books, art medium, artwork, ballpoint pen, black and white, design books, graphics, hyperrealism, illustration, illustration books, photorealism, shohei otomo