Artworks of the Week – May 22nd 2009
With this new article series I’m going to start a new series of weekly articles with a selections of the most outstanding Artworks I will find browsing the web!
In this week’s collection we have 2d Illustration by Marta Dahlig, Meirou, Jana Schirmer, Algenpfleger and Sara Biddle.
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Exposè 7
Exposè 7 is finally out! The seventh book of this famous series published by Ballistic Publishing is now avaiable for preorder! The book is published in three different editions: Soft Cover, Hard Cover (my favourite) and Limited Edition.
This time, Exposè 7 shows 391 digital art masterpieces by 288 artists in 51 countries! The Soft/Hard Cover Editions show 224 pages, while the Limited Edition has 240 pages and a black leather cover!
This time, the front cover is “Touch of Gold” an image by Bente Schlick, and, in my opinion, this is one of the most amazing covers ever published on this series. If you are ont of the first 300 lucky people who preorder a copy of this book (or either if you preorder or purchase a Limited Edition copy) you can download a 30 minutes video walkthrough on the making of this cover! Also, if you buy a Limited Edition, you will receive 8 amazing high quality prints!
I must admit, I’ve preordered my copy as a selfmade “gift” for my last exam result on 30rd April (that’s why I haven’t updated in a while) and I can’t wait to see it! Expect a review from me!
The book shipping will start Mid-June!
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Brush Pack From Dan Luvisi (Adonhis)
Yesterday, browsing my DA Message Center, I discovered a new interesting deviation by Dan Luvisi, known as Adonhis. He’s a talented digital concept artist, who works in the video-game and comic books industry. If you take a look at his gallery, you can immediatly see the complexity and dynamism of his illustrations, the effects he achieves and the realism of his conceptual images!
Well, yesterday he decided to share with the Artists Community at DeviantArt his own Custom Brush Pack, so that everyone can try it! This can be a great occasion to learn something new from a great digital illustrator.
In this article you will find a link to the download, an image with the brushes preview and their description by Dan Luvisi.
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Video Tutorials IV – Bobby Chiu
Here’s another article of the video tutorials series! This time, I choose some video tutorials from the amazingly great illustrator Bobby Chiu. He’s a really expert artist, with a lot of talent, his drawings are really particular, with a great study on volumes. I truly suggest you to look at his gallery, he’s an incredible inspiration source.
Bobby Chiu illustration experience grows every day, because he constantly draw, paint and sketch. He should be an example for every beginner (and advanced) artist. He also shares his knowledge with others, so everyone has the chance to learn something from him: he has a blog, a youtube podcast, galleries in the most important art communities. He’s also part of the Imaginism Studio and is a illustration teacher at Schoolism, with an online video courses about Digital Painting.
In the video tutorials I’ve choosen from Bobby’s youtube podcast, he explains the techinques he uses for painting his fantastic creatures.Videos are long, from 20 to 40 minues, and have been a bit speeded up to match Bobby’s vocal explanation.
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