The quality of the photos on this blog will be vastly improved as i have just recieved my Canon 40D!
Picked up second hand and can't wait to go Urbex'ing to get some arty shots.
I also need to pick u a 50mm macro lens to take some proper images of all my toy prototypes.
Friday, 26 October 2012
Alphonse Mucha is awesome
Ever since i was young i have admired Alphonse Mucha, definately one of my favourite artists.
I realise that the best way to admire an artist is not to butcher one of their pieces but i thought i would give it a go anyway:
This will be scanned in and painted in photoshop to go on my wall.
Traced it to make a quick colour test using Copic markers:
Hopefully i can get this worked out digitally over the weekend so i will have something a bit better to show you.
I realise that the best way to admire an artist is not to butcher one of their pieces but i thought i would give it a go anyway:
This will be scanned in and painted in photoshop to go on my wall.
Traced it to make a quick colour test using Copic markers:
Hopefully i can get this worked out digitally over the weekend so i will have something a bit better to show you.
Just a little thing i made :)
Just wandering through newcastle a few weeks ago i spotted this piece of graffiti:
As soon as i saw it i realised how cool this would look as a toy so i decided to sketch up a mesh, adding a few tweaks to make it mine:
(sorry about the bad phone pic)
And got to work rolling out an egg with Super Sculpy:
Which became this:
The green pieces are made with Green Stuff which is a bit easier to work smooth.
The finished prototype:
Abit rough thanks to the spraypaint not being fit for purpose. Luckily it sands down really well so once i decide what to mold it with i can give it a slightly better finish.
There is something so much more satisfying than working digitally when you actually get your hands dirty.
As soon as i saw it i realised how cool this would look as a toy so i decided to sketch up a mesh, adding a few tweaks to make it mine:
(sorry about the bad phone pic)
And got to work rolling out an egg with Super Sculpy:
Which became this:
The green pieces are made with Green Stuff which is a bit easier to work smooth.
The finished prototype:
Abit rough thanks to the spraypaint not being fit for purpose. Luckily it sands down really well so once i decide what to mold it with i can give it a slightly better finish.
There is something so much more satisfying than working digitally when you actually get your hands dirty.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
As an aside...
Scanner is still broken :(
But here is a quick side project i am working on for a friend.
My flatmate drew this to get tattooed and i couldn't let him go with just a sketch:
Original
Haven't finished sorting out yet but this is how far i have gotten fixing the outlines:
The stained glass is tomorrow mornings TTD as i am beginning to get square eyes lol
Eventually the line work will be sorted out and the stained glass sections will be coloured and textured. Not my cup of tea but if it keeps the flatmate happy...
But here is a quick side project i am working on for a friend.
My flatmate drew this to get tattooed and i couldn't let him go with just a sketch:
Original
Haven't finished sorting out yet but this is how far i have gotten fixing the outlines:
The stained glass is tomorrow mornings TTD as i am beginning to get square eyes lol
Eventually the line work will be sorted out and the stained glass sections will be coloured and textured. Not my cup of tea but if it keeps the flatmate happy...
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Just a quicky
Just a quick update. I promised regular updates to the blog but that didn't last long :(
I will be back to full speed now that most of the things i am doing are digital as my home scanner died an inglorious death.
Our first brief has been a packaging design project.
I chose phonica records mail order service phonicarecords.com/ and got to work.
The actual packaging design i had planned in my head appears to be a bit too complex but i will have ideas to post this week that should give you an idea of what i am doing.
In the mean time here is version 1 of a repeat pattern for some packing tape i am trying to get printed for the project :)
Edit: That image is practically invisible... Should have thought about that first.
Here is a better one.
Not perfect i know, I have a grid set u which resolves the 'wonky circles' issue but i really wanted to post something tonight.
I will be back to full speed now that most of the things i am doing are digital as my home scanner died an inglorious death.
Our first brief has been a packaging design project.
I chose phonica records mail order service phonicarecords.com/ and got to work.
The actual packaging design i had planned in my head appears to be a bit too complex but i will have ideas to post this week that should give you an idea of what i am doing.
In the mean time here is version 1 of a repeat pattern for some packing tape i am trying to get printed for the project :)
Edit: That image is practically invisible... Should have thought about that first.
Here is a better one.
Not perfect i know, I have a grid set u which resolves the 'wonky circles' issue but i really wanted to post something tonight.
Monday, 1 October 2012
Because i want to....
Unfortunately i was not up to the right level to produce a complete 3d representation of my final design for the coffee packaging but here is how far i got. My first 3d model from scratch :)
Trying to learn C4D? buy this book: Cinema 4D cookbook by Micheal Szabo
Ooh! cardboard
Treated cardboard is much more environmentally friendly, or atleast, appears to be more environmentally friendly. It also reinforces the comparison between the product and fresh coffee bought at a cafe or coffee shop.
I used exactly the same layout as the other design but switched the background with this raw cardboard effect. Ideally the design would be printed directly onto the packaging to completely remove plastic from the equation.
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