Illustratorations...

[compilerbitch]

Learning Illustrator is going quite well, so I thought I'd upload a couple of things that I've liked. Both started with tracing photographs, then diverged into a certain amount of hand drawing.

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[ewx.livejournal.com]

I really like the second one.

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

have you thought of making a living as a holiday brochure designer? *ducks*

[chard.livejournal.com]

I think these are both intrinsically appealing, interesting, and the second is intriguing too. The only thing I'd say is that I would avoid using plain old gradients, mainly because it makes your art look like it was made in Illustrator.

I picked up this wonderful book called "Illustration for Professional Communicators" by Vicky Squires. Actually, it's a terrible book. But it's wonderful because it shows you everything you shouldn't do, in my opinion, not only artistically, but also in order to communicate clearly. Vicky Squires illustrated the driving manual for the Ministry of Transport, and her Illustrator creations are a million times less clear than the photographs they replaced.

And you definitely don't want your artwork to end up like an airplane safety card.

Are you using any special tools, or just mousing?

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Love them both. :)

[x-mass.livejournal.com]

um wow
tempted to steal and them and get them printed up on A3 - very cool

has the sort of feal of that out gay guy who is british and famous for his modern stuff he did in la and florida - cant recall his name though

[talisker.livejournal.com]

Hello there. I was browsing for LJers who live in Cambridge, as I will be moving there for work, and ran across your blog. I love your artwork. Mind if I friend you?