Best of the Web #43
Nov 2, 2009 Best of the Web
Welcome back everyone, hope you had a good Halloween if you celebrated it, if not, hope you had a great weekend anyways. In keeping with the season of spookiness, there were a lot of Halloween roundups last week, so we’ve got a few related posts included in this edition of Best of the Web.
Aside from the Halloween posts, there was a great post by SixRevisions showcasing some jQuery techniques, as well as a web design tutorial by @abduzeedo using Pixelmator. And as always, there are some great inspirational and showcase posts for your viewing pleasure.
Check back later this week as we’ll have some more awesome artist features!
Thanks, have a great day all!
Tags: Animation, Art Collection, Artist Features, Best Of The Web, Character Creations, Check Back Later This Week, Digital Art, Halloween, Halloween Season, Halloween Wallpapers, Lot, Pixelmator, Pleasure, Showcase, Stunning Pictures, Web Design Tutorial, Web Tutorial, Wordpress Plugins
51 Majestic Landscape Photographs by Patrick Smith
Oct 21, 2009 Featured, Inspiration, Photography
Patrick Smith is a landscape and seascape photographer from San Fransisco, California. His photography has been published in many photography magazines, and he currently has images at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. His photographic goal is to capture exactly how it feels to be there at the moment of exposure.
His photographs reveal an incredible use of contrast, light, shadow, and color. His especially vivid seascapes transport you to the very location, and his majestic landscape photographs will leave you in awe of mountain forests. In this post, it is my pleasure to show you 51 of Patrick’s gorgeous photographs, which will be sure to leave you in a state of pure euphoria.
If you like Patrick’s work, which I’m sure you will, be sure to check out his website, located here: http://www.patricksmithphotography.com/
Have a great day everyone!
Tags: Awe, Euphoria, Gorgeous Photographs, Images, Landscape Photographer, Landscape Photographs, Light Shadow, Majestic Landscape, Mountain Forests, Patrick Smith, Photography Magazines, Pleasure, San Fransisco California, Smithsonian Museum, Washington D C
29 Crazy Awesome Digital Paintings by Patrik Hjelm
Oct 6, 2009 Featured, Inspiration
Patrik Hjelm, also known as UnidColor, is a digital artist and painter from Sweden, who is incredibly talented and has quite frankly some of the best digital artworks I’ve seen. A fan of a variety of fantasy games, he lists Blizzard games among his favorites, which is evident in his fantasy themed works that often reflect Diablo, Warcraft, and other titles. Patrik is skilled at both character illustration and environment painting, as is evident from his works.
Today, it’s my pleasure to feature 29 of Patrik’s incredible works here, which were hand selected for being outright awesome. I hope you like them, and if you do, be sure to check out Patrik on deviantART here: http://unidcolor.deviantart.com/
If you like this post, please be sure to share it with your friends either directly or via your favorite social network. Thanks for reading, and see ya tomorrow! Have a great day.
Tags: Artist Painter, Blizzard Games, Digital Artist, Digital Artworks, Digital Paintings, Fantasy Games, Illustration, Painting, Pleasure, Sweden
24 Breathtaking Character Illustrations by Ryan Wood
Sep 11, 2009 Featured, Inspiration
Ryan Wood is a digital painter from Salt Lake City, Utah with an incredibly unique style and form for character illustration, somewhat resembling a caricature. His style exaggerates various features, while expressing the character’s true form and identity. From Mario to Elvis, from evil witches to abominable snowmen, Ryan’s creative and unique mind continues to dazzle his audience again and again.
Today, it’s my pleasure to share with you 24 of Ryan’s amazing works that showcase some of his work and creative style. Each piece was hand selected for it’s incredible character illustration and unique depiction of an identifiable character. If you like his work, be sure to check out his blog, located here: http://woodyart.blogspot.com/
I hope you like his work, and if you do, please share it with your friends using your favorite social network. Thank you all for another great week, and have a great weekend!
Tags: Abominable Snowmen, Audience, Blog, Caricature, Character Illustrations, Creative Style, Depiction, Digital Painter, Elvis, Evil Witches, Illustration, Mario, Pleasure, Ryan Wood, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Utah, Showcase
23 Outstanding and Vivid Digital Paintings by Wen-Xi Chen
Aug 28, 2009 Featured, Inspiration
Wen-Xi Chen, also known as acidlullaby, is a digital painter and artist from the United Kingdom. She started to paint digitally at the age of 13 and, realising the number of expensive oil brushes she’d save from the consequence of not washing, and never looked back.
Wen-Xi is a master of capturing the beauty of the human form, and many of her paintings involve a pose frozen in time, expressing emotion and feeling through the use of vivid colors and lighting. Today, it’s my pleasure to feature 23 of Wen-Xi’s beautiful paintings here. If you like her work, be sure to check out her personal website, http://www.acidlullaby.net/ and her deviantART page as well: http://acidlullaby.deviantart.com/
She has a variety of tutorials available, so if you’re an aspiring artist, be sure to check them out so you can get a glimpse into the mind of a creative genius.
Thanks for reading, everyone, and enjoy.
Tags: Aspiring Artist, Beautiful Paintings, Consequence, Creative Genius, Digital Artist, Digital Painter, Digital Paintings, Expressing Emotion, Glimpse, Lighting, Oil Brushes, Personal Website, Pleasure, Pose, Realising, United Kingdom, Vivid Colors, Xi Chen
37 Vibrant and Colorful Graphics by Adam Spizak
Aug 21, 2009 Featured, Inspiration, Web Roundup
Adam Spizak is a graphic designer and CG artist from London, UK. Adam begun the adventure with computer graphics in 1997 with the amiga computer and big impression of amiga’s art scene. Since then, he has become one of the influential minds in the field of graphic design. His use of vivid colors, contrast, and creative concepts has made him a unique and inspiring designer.
Today, it is my pleasure to feature 37 vibrant and colorful graphic designs by Adam, which will hopefully inspire you and keep you motivated in your own graphic design endeavors. Adam’s work is breathtaking, colorful, and above all, creative, so I know you’ll enjoy these designs. Be sure to check out all of Adam’s work on his website, http://www.spizak.com/ or on Behance, http://www.behance.net/spizak
I hope you all enjoy these images, if you do, please be sure to share this post with your friends that way everyone can see Adam’s inspirational work.
Have a great day!
Tags: Amiga Computer, Art Scene, Colorful Graphics, Computer Graphics, Creative Concepts, Design Endeavors, Graphic Artist, Graphic Design, Graphic Designer, Graphic Designs, Images, Inspirational Work, London Uk, Pleasure, Vivid Colors
42 Eye-Popping Digital Paintings by Snow Skadi
Aug 14, 2009 Inspiration, Web Roundup
SnowSkadi is a fantasy digital painter and artist from Russia, specializing in fantasy concept art and landscape digital painting. SnowSkadi is a master of architectural concepts, as you’ll notice in many of the digital paintings, and also is an expert at a unique soft coloring technique that provides subtle yet eye catching colors.
Today, it’s my pleasure to feature 42 of SnowSkadi’s beautiful digital paintings here, for your viewing enjoyment. Each image was hand selected for having a beautiful concept, flawless colors and beautiful details. If you like them, be sure to check out SnowSkadi on deviantART here: http://snowskadi.deviantart.com/
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Tags: Architectural Concepts, Architecture, Art, Art Painting, Beautiful Paintings, Coloring Technique, Concept Art, Deviantart, Digital, Digital Artist, Digital Painter, Digital Painting, Digital Paintings, Eye Colors, Fantasy, Fantasy Artist, Landscape Painting, Painting, Pleasure, Russia, Skadi, Snow, SnowSkadi
