Inspirational and Brilliant Adidas Advertising Designs

Adidas is one of the world’s most recognized shoe brands, along with Nike, and in order to compete, their advertising works must be captivating and interesting.  Chris Cork and Dimitri Kalagas of Krop Creative Database did an Adidas project where they modeled a variety of shoes as advertisements for Adidas.  Along with breathtaking results, photographs from their studio reveal their brilliant and unique minds.

This post showcases 9 separate Adidas ads, along some photographs from the Krop Creative studio.  Hopefully you find them inspirational and interesting.

Check out the Krop site here: http://www.krop.com/chriscork/

Enjoy!

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35 Breathtaking Digital Artworks by Matt Allsop

Matt Allsopp is a 25 year old freelance digital artist from a small village in the English countryside.  He has been working in the field of digital art for 6 years, and since then has become a conceptual illustrator for numerous films, books, games, and others.

On deviantART, he is known as SkyBolt, and his personal website is located here: http://www.matthewallsopp.com/

This post showcases 35 breathtaking digital artworks from Matthew.  From the depths of outer space to crowded metropolises, you’ll be taken on a visual journey with each image.

Hope you like them!

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34 Surreal Character Designs by Bart Van Leeuwen

Bart van Leeuwen is a designer and illustrator who describes his work as a “pile-up of political incorrectness and more”.   His work has a surreal feel to it, with a satirical undertone to many of his works.

This post showcases 34 of Bart’s works, rounded up from his personal gallery, titled “I’mAllFake”, located here: http://www.imallfake.com/

If you like Bart’s work, be sure to check out his full gallery.

Enjoy these artworks, and have a great holiday week!

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32 Breathtaking Matte Paintings Dylan Cole

thumbMatte painting is one of the coolest types of digital art.  The combination of photography, 3d rendering, and painted effects results in photorealistic concepts that are unbelievable.  Dylan Cole is probably the most well known matte painter, with his work prominently featured in Lord of the Rings.  He graduated with a Fine Arts degree from UCLA, and after working as a traditional painter, he made the jump to digital painting.

Aside from his work on Lord of the Rings, he also has produced several Gnomon DVDs (which are really interesting, so if you’re curious about matte painting, check them out), and worked on major titles such as G.I. Joe, The Golden Compass, Eagle Eye, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift, and iRobot.  This post showcases 32 matte paintings from Dylan, some of which I’m sure you’ll recognize.

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Web Picks #24

thumbIn this week’s web picks, we have some great brush tutorials and roundups, as well as several inspirational posts.  There are also some great new tutorials from places like PSDFAN and PSDTUTS, as well as some great tutorial roundups that will hopefully help you improve your design skills.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for some great articles this week as well as a possible giveaway or two.  Have a great week everyone.

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