No, these are not photos, they are oil paintings by Doug Bloodworth.
Tag: Artists
Realistic Wildlife Art
Outstanding realistic wildlife illustrations by Romanian artist Cristina Penescu.
“I work primarily in acrylics and scratchboard, alternating between the two as needed to realize my visions. Scratchboard is a little known medium made up of a 1/8″ masonite panel that is covered with smooth white clay and coated with a fine layer of india ink. I use a sharp knife to scratch every single detail and hair by hand.
A single scratchboard piece can be made up of tens of thousands of tiny scratches layered atop one another. Additionally, I airbrush thin coats of india ink back onto my boards before beginning the scratching phase all over again for a second time. This allows me to achieve additional tones that are not otherwise possible.”
The Creepy Paintings Of Xue Wang
London based artist Xue Wang has a fantastic, albeit dark, imagination which comes spilling out onto the canvas. Her influences seem to be classic cartoons, Mark Ryden and the surgery channel, with scenarios that seem like they came straight from a David Lynch movie.
You can entertain your eyeballs with more of Xue’s incredible imagery at the link below, the insight into her influences and process alone are worth checking out.
Amazing Illustrations Brought To Life
“It all began with the ominous death of a fox:” so begins the beautifully illustrated book Pincel de Zorro. An whimsical tale from Spanish author Sergio A. Sierra, the Japan based tale is complimented by wonderfully complex illustrations by Meritxell Ribas using a unique technique called grattage: paint is scraped off the page with a pointed tool, leaving only the canvas beneath.
Now the two creators have teamed up with music composer Albert Alay and animator Hug Codinach to create a short concept animation for the book. The look of this motion graphics piece is simply astounding, but it’s just a taste of what may follow: the team hope to one day bring the characters to life in a feature length film. Head to pinceldezorro.blogspot.com for more on the book and for future progress on their film work.
The technical secrets behind the piece: All illustrations were camera projected in C4D and composited in After Effects. The ink was generated with Turbulence 2D from Jawset and Hug Codinach used a Canon 5D MrkII to shoot the brush footage.
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