Miles Donovan - Analysis

Miles Donovan is a professional illustrator and a member of the PeepShow Collective.For this artwork used illustrator to create a vector portrati of the music artist. Miles has taken a picture of the music artist and with the vector pen in illustrator selected sections of the picture and colored it with values of blue to give it a stenciled spray paint effect leaving the highlights white and the other values in shades of blue, he has also added spray paint bloches in the background to futher give the illusion it was created with spray paints. I like this piece because it has stencil effect to it and it is simple to recreate using illustrator or Photoshop which has inspired me to do my own version of his work.

Blur - The Best of - Analysis

Blur are an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing

The genre of the album is Indie rock and its cover art was created by Julian Opie which creates cartoon versions of real life things in this case cartoon versions of the band members. The target audience for this type of genre seems to be mainly females from the ags of 16 - 24 year olds. The image in my opinion doesn't relate to the genre because all it has cartoon versions of the artists in the band, but i like the simplicity of the cover art because anyone with Photoshop knowledge can do it and can create their own.

The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button - Analysis

The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture. In the UK, they have had five number-one albums and 13 top-20 singles, including two number ones.

The album's artwork has been inspired by soviet propaganda posters by the first and the font on the cover, but also the color common in soviet propaganda posters is warm colors so in order for the band not seem communist they have opted for the dull almost desaturated blue. The artist for this artwork is Tappin Gofton
who has produced the last 3 Chemical Brothers covers, not to mention Coldplay’s X&Y. They commissioned Big Active’s Kam Tang to illustrate the covers. Kam was also responsible for the latest Gnarls Barkley covers too.

The main target audience would be a male audience between 30s and 40s who mostly listen to electronic dance.The cover image in my opinion doesn't relate to the genre of electronic/dance because the common
electronic/dance covers are mainly bright and colorful with and you can clearly tell that its dance or electronic music, but this cover art i would associate with rock or heavy metal because of the simple images and dull colors and also the fist giving the impression of rebellion and power which are convention of rock and heavy metal.

Rob Ryan - Analysis

Rob Ryan is a highly acclaimed illustrator specialising in incredibly detailed paper cuts. His work is the result of the painstaking hand cutting of delicate papers. These intricate works are either sold in paper cut form or developed as limited edition screen-prints, or transferred onto a variety of media including china, fabric, jewellery and cards. In the last few years he's quietly become a household name

The paper cutting above is called "I can't forget" it seems to be a father telling a story to his son on top of tree with the branches anchoring from the border and birds siting on top of the branches. The words hang of the branches like clothes on a clothesline and gives the effect of continuous line drawing. The negative space in this artwork is the black cut out giving the illusion of a silhouette, the artist has used this space smartly so that everything is linked together to look like the branches of a tree which gives the effect of an everlasting maze of branches.

I like this artwork because of the time and effort the artist has put in to create this, it feels like a visual poem and can be used for the cover of a pop-out book. The artist has made clean cuts with close attention to detail which i admire because from my experience with paper cutting its a difficult thing to cut cleanly and still be able to link everything together.

Miles Donovan Vector Portrait

My Own piece inspired by Miles Donovan

Billie Jean - Analysis

This was created by Billie Jean. The artwork shows the 30 years of nike basketball shoes starting form 1985. The work has been created using different shades of blue biro pens. The pen allows fine detail and creates effective shade and tone using cross hatching as seen on the trainer also the pen creates a sharp, crisp outline on the detail of the shoe and shapes on the page. The artist has used the pen to ccreate different marks to fill up the page and also drawn images relating to the shoe like the basketball player underneath and basketballs on the sides. The artist has drawn images of things that link in with era of 1985 like the game "space invaders". 

I like this piece of artwork because it shows you the drawing skill this artist has by making the shoe and basketball player under the shoe look photo realistic but you can also see the artist doesn't just got for realism but can create weird abstract marks to draw the attention of the audience. This piece has inspired me to try and use a pen to draw in detail to create artistic pieces and not only to write about artwork. 

Portrait Typography

Geoffroy Thooren - Inspired Piece

Geoffroy Thooren - Orignal Piece

Werner Ferrufino - Inspired Piece

Miles Donovan - Inspired Piece "Technology"

 Miles Donovan "Technology "

Werner Ferrufino "Technology" Inspired Piece

Geoffroy Thooren - Concept Art Analysis

Geoffroy Thoorens is a French concept artist who currently works at Quantic Dream, the developers of Heavy Rain and the upcoming Beyond: Two Souls.He's also done stuff for movies, TV shows and even board games, so the work  you see on his website is a mix of all kinds of work, ranging from landscape painting to concept art for games like RUSE and Sonic Unleashed.

Geoffroy Thoorens has used photoshop to paint this landscape using different brushes and textures to give it the effect of realism and also show the detail of the calm water. I chose this because i want to be able to get to this level of skill one day and become a concept artists my self and by seeing this type of artwork it allows me to see and learn how to create this help me get better. This piece has also inspired me by how much detail is put into the art and also has the element of realism and fantasy.

Miles Donovan - Technology Analysis

Miles Donovan is an Illustrator and member of Peepshow Collective. His work has been used

internationally for editorial and advertising clients including The New York Times, Creative Review,
Newsweek, The Guardian, The Telegraph, TIME, Wired and Qantas. You can find his illustrations in thebooks 'Illusive', 'The Fundamentals of Illustration', 'Pen and Mouse' and 'Illustration Play'. With PeepshowMiles Donovan has worked on design, art direction and animation projects for BBC, Nike, Channel Four, Philips, Toyota, Redbee Media, Diesel and The Victoria & Albert Museum.

The picture gives off the meaning of electronics being linked together andy that everything is connected some way or another.The work is in collage form allowing the  the pictures of the electronics to overlap each other

This piece is called Technology. Miles Donovan has used pictures of electronics and then with red stencils that have link with the electrical has painted in on top and behind the pictures giving it a stacked photo effect. I chose this piece because i was intrigued at how Miles Donovan used modern technology and made into art This artwork has inspired me by the style it is put together and the creativity the artist had to use the stencils as the background. 

Behance HandMadeFont - Game Over Analysis

Behance is a Estonia based design company HMF (HandMadeFont). It was founded in 2008 by Vladimir Loginov and Maksim Loginov. They specialize in developing unique, untraditional fonts and take inspiration from everything that surrounds them. They are interested in requests for developing new and unique fonts for advertisement campaigns, packing, magazine covers and always open to any cooperation offers.

Their work has been published among various magazines and journals and also create different visual communication solutions for a range of clients and industries and their main projects involve art direction, branding, stationery, publications, exhibitions, websites, packaging and signage systems.

The artwork gives off the meaning of old school and how one of the first games have made a big impact in history.

I chose this piece to pin because it reminded me of the classic games back when  i was younger and the fun i had playing them with my brothers and also the technique the artist has used to create the depth and contrast of the font onto a grid board to give it authenticity and allow people to recognize the concept with the classic space invader characters.