Koi

Well it has been a while since I actually posted something,
since I've been writing for a diving magazine these days.
Anyway, currently working on this for for a clothing design.



Made in Illustrator.

Tunic

A simple trace in Illustrator again with the Mesh Tool.
I would like to have this one actually tailer made one day.



I clocked this one and the basic Mesh was 1:20.
The colouring was 1:05. Total of 2:25.

If I have some more time, I'll add the other sides.

Kamikaze Allstars

Well here is one I had laying around from when I just got back from Lombok:



Also made in Illustrator, but not with the Mesh tool obviously.
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So I came up with this one after I came back from Gili Trawagan.
(there are 3 small islands N-W of Lombok, called the Gili's)
Where I stayed at a Dive Center where one of my friends is a
instructor. A DiveMaster there had a t-shirt with something from
Monkey Magic or something, didn't know it. But it had a Asian guy
on it dressed up and Allstars above it.

I thought it was a Kamikaze Pilot, but he later explained what it
was. But I found the idea of Kamikaze Allstars also rather appealing,
specially on a t-shirt the way that one was. So for now it ended
up like this.

Tomb Raider - Lara Croft

Ok so some of you might still remember the Dragon I posted some time ago.

Now here is the actual project I was working on:



This one is made exclusively using Illustrator. Mainly the Mesh Tool.
No Photoshop or Fireworks.



Here is the Vector view of the previous image.

If I ever get the time I might try to put together a tutorial. Also I should note
that this doesn't fall under anything with "speed".

Dragon

Well its been a while since I actually posted something here.
And I still have to scan the few things I did in Lombok...

Anyhow here is a little by product from a other trace I'm working on:


Slightly larger version here.

May 4

Well here is some more, this time in trusted Illustrator again.
I had this one, or at least a draft of this in mind for some time
so now I finally got to it.



4th of May its Remembrance of the Death again, which it is each
year here in the Netherlands. A time when we remember the fallen
from WW2.

On Pixels and Vectors.

I know this community is mainly Photoshop based, but I think a bit of side
tracking once a while won't do to much harm.

A while ago some of you requested 3D tutorials so I assume those of you
are familiar with Vector's. But I assume that there are also a lot of you
out there that have no clue what vectors are.

First thought, Pixels.
Pixels are the little squares that build up your screen. Pixels have a fixed
size. If you enlarge a small image, your computer can only make the squares larger.



While Pixels are nice when you don't scale them to much (specially important when printing).

But thats what Vectors are good for. Vectors are actually not much more than two
points, between which the computer calculates the line. The advantage is that you
can scale an image as big as you like, while keeping the sharpness of the image.

3D programs also use vectors to build up models the same way.
Personally I like to use vectors better, but most often you get very straight
illustrations with it.

Although you can make very nice work with it its very hard to get to that level.
My favorite site for such.

So well this is just some very very basic on Vectors and Pixels I just felt like
posting, but I would recommend to do more research for your self if your interested.

Specially if you want to work with Illustrator or Flash, its not bad to know the basic
behind it. Its also handy when you work as a Signmaker (from personal experience).

Some more.

This one came from some random comment a friend of mine once made.
I thought I mind as well post it, better than nothing.

9/11

With today being 9 September, I thought I might post one
of my pieces from my portfolio, regarding the WTC attack.

The text is from BBC.

I'm still working on my site but here is an animated WTC crash infographic.

Easter Mutant

Well it took some time but here is my part for the easter mutant:

Made it quick in Illustrator. I could do better but I've been ill
for about 4 days now and I'm already happy I managed to put it on
before the topic changed.

The Peoples Press

Ok, so after a few posters I thought to give it a face.
Known as: The Peoples Press.



ok, so I was a little bored today at work ;)

Dare to fight, dare to win.

Well here is the newest addition to the propaganda series:

Something new this time, a Chinese one. I tried to go with a more
field like poster than the full colour ones, which are more common though.

I think it did come out well, like I wanted.



Text reads "dare to fight, dare to win".

Also made in Illustrator like the other ones.

New poster

Well here is my latest poster:


Fighter against Fascism. This poster is made in German, since the
text is from an existing medal, issued in 1958 in the GDR.

Edit:
Just found some more stuff on my server.

These I made for the Alliance in Guild Wars (mmorpg). At the back of
each medal you see the ribbon. All made in Illustrator:

Star of the Kurzicks (name of the faction we are allied to).


Alliance Medal in Silver. 2006 is for the year we started.


The Guilty Guild Cross.