With an extensive library of impressive vector work, it’s easy to forget that James White of Signalnoise is also an accomplished artist. I was initially drawn to James’ work by his collection of skull composites. Relying on traditional technique is a great way to ensure that your designs will be unique and keep you from falling into design trends. The technique in these pieces if very impressive, walking the line between hard and soft (soft textures, hard lines, whispie greens contrasted with deep reds).
Connect with James at signalnoise.com or by his twitter and facebook.
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I opened my inspiration folder of amazing album work collected over the last year and pulled out these colourful selections. It’s not always easy to use a lot of colour on a piece and still have it come together and speak efficiently as a piece of design. A plan in mind and careful consideration in your colour choices can lead to some beautiful work.
The Miles Davis cover at the bottom is a great example of a great concept and execution of colour. Cool hues emerge from the centre and quickly transition into warm yellows, reds and oranges. When expanded, you reveal they are being contained inside the cool tones that emerged and faded from the centre.
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Tennille Heinonen is an illustrator, painter, graphic designer and photographer from Sudbury Ontario Canada. Her technique is one part traditional illustration and one part digital technique.
In her own words, “I am a die hard fan for Digital Art in every way. I usually start out with sketches, move onto rendering a scanned version of the sketch in Corel Photo-paint and then put it through a myriad of tricks in Photoshop CS3 for finishing touches.”
She cites her major sources of inspiration are Frank Frazetta, Michael Turner, HR Giger, J.Scott.Campbell, Joe Mad, and the talented Adam Hughes. It’s not uncommon to see one of Adam’s works showcased as Tennille’s profile picture on Facebook.
For more info on Tennille and a more extensive gallery visit her DeviantART page.
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Tara is a fashion designer in Montreal and painter in her spare time. She was always a gifted illustrator, but she only began painting about 8 years ago while still in design school. Since then, she’s developed her skills and put together an impressive collection of work. Her paintings depict strong women in beautiful backgrounds. From a distance the colours draw you in, but then it’s the patterns and textures she’s meticulously created in her pieces that leave you speechless.
You can view more of Tara’s work on her website.
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Retro-futurism has become a popular style for many modern designers, including myself. When researching some reference material, I came across a wide collection of eye-pleasing illustrations by artist Frank Tinsley. Tinsley is the man behind some great science-fiction renderings for Mechanix Illustrated in the 60’s.
Frank’s illustrations reminded me of being a little kid again. Cruising around my parent’s house with my Lego spacestation brickset they bought me for Christmas one year. Maybe that’s the draw I have towards the retro futurism style.
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I’ve had a collection of Mitch’s work in my inspiration folder for months now. His talent at capturing the heroic comic characters of our generation creates a rotting, boiling, green jealous-monster in my belly. His talents with the digital tablet are truly very impressive.
I chose to highlight more of his spot illustrations as they have a certain vintage quality and character to them that I love. His polished works are truly amazing. But the imperfections of what look like marker lines is what sells me on these pieces. I would love to see a lot more in this style.
Visit mitchbreitweiser.com and Mitch’s DeviantART page to see more of his work.
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