Speaking of clocks, this is another one I think would make a good one. It vaguely reminds my of the logo used by the empire in Star Wars for some reason or another. If sci-fi evil empire needs a logo, let me know.
This is a five minute sketch I did in photoshop using the same brush style I used when I made the Imp. This isn’t my favorite piece because it’s so messy, but I think it has some charm.
Diligently pushing onward…
Another piece from the rotation series. I was going for a clean look that implied a sort of 3D lattice. Since there are twelve spikes, I think this would make a rather striking clock face.
I like this one because of its simplicity. The whole ribbon was a single path, stroked with a really dynamic brush that shifted size, color, and opacity. I’m definitely gong to explore this technique more because I’ve only begun to scratch the surface of what can be done with dynamic brushes.
Continuing the picture dump:
This was my attempt at creating an image that was ugly, but at the same time pleasurable to look at. I cut the grungy border off of an ancient public domain photograph and twisted it around over and over. I like how the spiraling creates the illusion of a tunnel and the texture makes it a bit hard to take in the whole form of the design. This one is pretty high res and is best enjoyed fullscreen.
Working off the same sort of shapes that I use in Bug Girl, I created this little Imp. The spiky lines were a product of a custom brush in photoshop. I crushed a large circle down to a very thin oval and set it the angle to the direction of the pen. The line is thin and smooth when painted in a straight line, but becomes wide and spiky on a curve.
Sorry for the delay. Turns out that WordPress isn’t as secure as I thought. While the actual site remained more or less unharmed, some worm managed to insert spammy links into the RSS feed. I’ve got a fresh install and database so it should be cleared up, but let me know on Twitter if anything else horrible shows up.
Onward with the art:
Here is second spiral piece I did. Using the Spiral #1 as a base, I multiplied, rotated, and scaled to achieve this blossom.
This is Bug Girl. I’ve been drawing her in the margins of notes and books for years now and she’s become a bit of signature of mine. This particular rendition was a quick scan and trace in Illustrator.
Over the next few weeks I’m going to be going through my backlog of design, drawing, and illustration work and posting some of my favorite pieces.
To start it off, here is a piece I did in early 2007 while figuring out Photoshop’s blending options:
