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With over 800 participants who took part in the Character Design challenge, it’s almost needless to say that narrowing it down to our final winners from the mass of very talented and creative designs was a difficult task for our judges. Challengers had to design 10 unique characters from an ancient civilization. Each character needed to tell […]
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SilllDA is a Korean-born artist who lives in Japan. There is no more useful information about her, but it's not that important — SilllDA's psychedelic ...
Los Angeles-based illustrator and storyboard artist Victo Ngai produces layered illustrations that reveal elaborate worlds filled with unexpected details. A beautiful expanse of unencumbered nature stands guarded inside a wide-mouthed bullfrog, while a seaside city burns with brilliant flames in the fabric of a heroine’s dress. Each scene inspires the viewer to pause, making sure they haven’t missed a key character that might unlock the work’s tangled narrative. Ngai is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and provides illustrations for clients such as The New York Times and The New Yorker. More
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A fun activity for early finishers! This worksheet allows students to create their own Pokemon from their imagination. They can draw and design the look of their Pokemon, while also providing the information for its' characteristics, evolutions, and type(s). A popular activity amongst my middle-scho...
Illustrator and graphic designer Simon Prades (previously here and here) creates illusion and intrigue through old school methods of illustration, choosing to loyally stick to pen and ink as his go-to medium. Despite choosing to clean up and sometimes color his work digitally, Prades’ physical mark making remains apparent, such as in the realistic details provided in his subjects’ faces. The German illustrator tends to focus on select colors when creating work for clients such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, staying within a palette of bright greens and yellows, and muted blues. More
The Dutch artist’s visual tricks and teases continue to delight and infuriate us – here is some of his best work
If you ever wanted to study the ins and outs of character design, this post is just for you. This Korean artist who goes by the name of Rinotuna on Instagram takes seemingly mundane items, food, plants and animals and turns each one into an anime character. And it's a character that you'd love to see in an actual anime. The way in which Rinotuna presents them might teach you a thing or two about how to use even the smallest of details from the reference image to make the character look very rich and interesting. And it's not just the similarities that make them pop, it's also the clever use of color scheme, the theme, and secondary features, among other things, as well.
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A varied collection of geometric shapes. Indonesian lady_meli_art is one of out most featured artists, here on DesignStack. Her expanding drawings collection, design and the colorful precision of her work. This is what keeps us returning to her page, time after time. Concepts that have roots in booth doodle art and mandala designs, make for the ever growing and elaborate patterns we keep bringing to you. Enjoy a few of them now and more in the link below. Ps. I gave the images some titles. For more of lady_meli_art's work here on DesignStack, press this LINK. Cats in love. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Flowers and colors. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Heart alive. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Melting Heart. Press the Image to Enlarge it. A heart full of color. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Life on the moon. Press the Image to Enlarge it. A paper aeroplane. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Nature's hand print. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Abstract taking shape. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Bands of color. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Different color flowers. Press the Image to Enlarge it.
So what is a quilter to do? I think that choosing a quilting design has turned into a quest of sorts. When reading Pathways to Bette...
Easy drawing tips for beginners. Learn about the best tools to use, paper, pencil, erasers, and more. Get tips on perspective, proportion, and how to blend, and prevent smudging your work.
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