Alright, Here We Go!
Oh my gosh, it's already funded! It took only about 40 minutes!Along with my freaking talented pals Francisco Herrera, Humberto Ramos, Flaviano Armentaro and Pascal Campion, I'm part of the knock-out...
View ArticleMonsters: Transformations
Halloween is on its way, so this is my personal line-up of two quite different ends of the monster design spectrum.
View ArticleApropos Monsters, Halloween etc.
One of my most favorite takes on Frankenstein's Monsters, by the unbeatable Jack Davis, of course.
View ArticleSaul Steinberg, Forever (Updated)
Now, let's get this week started...Update (thanks to Sheila Schwartz for the research/pointer): The first photo here (see above) was not by Saul Steinberg but by Alfred Gescheidt. I confused it with...
View ArticleInspiration: 1958 Firebird III Concept Car
Designed by Harley Earl, a series of three turbine-powered cars had a very obvious aircraft inspiration.
View ArticleThe Key To The Future
This is a hilarious short film from 1956, including the Firebird II concept car plus that time's vision of the future in 1976!... and 2 years later, the Firebird III was launched: "An Experiment For...
View ArticleWaiting
This is what I love with contemporary media art, that sums up a lot in this day and age. (via Amunt)
View ArticleComplete References: Paperwalker Journal's Header
The other day, I stumbled across some reference pieces which I thought I lost in the deeps of the internet. I used those for my blog journal's header illustration long ago, take a look... (via 1924 /...
View ArticleWeekend Photo Pack: Dagobah, Disney And The Two-Headed Alfred Hitchcock
A beautiful, extremly rare behind-the-scenes photograph from the original Dagobah set (StarWars - The Empire Strikes Back). One can easily spot (from left to right) Frank Oz with the Yoda puppet, the...
View ArticleTesting
Alfred Jodocus Kwak, some rough warm-up test sketching.Kwak is such a well designed character, thought up by Dutch singer/writer Hermann van Veen, this very duck was designed and one-of-a-kind...
View ArticleMeet “Normal” Barbie
Earlier this month, I posted about Barbie-like beauty standards etc. Yesterday, I came across this here, which makes a nice follow up, doesn't it: «Meet “normal” Barbie: She’s not impossibly tall and...
View ArticlePixel Art Battle With Eric
I just dropped back home from Pixel Con in Vienna. It was so smashingly great, none more so than the art battle with Eric Goldberg. I can't even begin to tell you how much fun this all was. Mario Ucci...
View Article«Stuff To Throw At Monster»
Yesterday, I got sent the Photoshop files of Eric Goldberg's and my "art clash". One can easily see what a true master Eric Goldberg is, while I started with a lot of scribbling (monster), he nearly...
View ArticleThank You, Robert Blalack
More PIXEL Conference "family album" awesomeness, VFX Academy Award winner (first/original Star Wars film) Robert Blalack posing for souvenir photos (surrounded by the cheerful Pixel cameramen), right...
View ArticleFollow-Up Artwork: «Stuff To Throw At Monster» Monster
For today's warm-up sketching I tried to layout roughly the bone structure of the PIXEL art battle's monster.
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