Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Stories Illustrated

I remember first seeing Daniel Lieskes work this image which was created for a CGSociety challenge.  I loved the design, the detail and of course the delicious colours used.  

 It was another image The Journey Home created for another CGSociety challenge which was an early seed of another brave and imaginative project.  Daniels graphic novel The Wormworld saga was launched on 25 December 2010.  This is the first chapter of the story.  

Go along and check it out.   Digital media and the new ways of delivering content such as the iPad  are revolutionising the graphic novel. 

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Let it snow - artfully

As the frost and snow continue here the Telegraph ranks his pick of the Telegraph ranks his top ten winter scenes. 

Limbourg Brothers - "Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - February" (ca. 1410) was number one. You can find a copy of the image here.   The image is discussed as an example of art without shadows plus the author makes another very amusing observation, ha, ha. 

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Lunch Time Doodle

As the temperature dropped to below zero (coldest December on record).   I swapped out my usual bottled water for something hotter- tea making.  This offered a welcome subject change to the usual fruit.  This is the used tea bag - a pyramid.  About 30 minutes in Photoshop.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Reference Images Copyright

So when I am using images other than my own as  references  there is a nagging question.

The law is that copyright remains with the creator of the image unless you have an instruction from the creator saying otherwise.

Using the image as reference means I will no doubt recreate elements but how much is necessary so as not to infringe on copyright?  How derivative must the image be ? 

This has proven to be a difficult question to answer. The famous case of Rogers v Koons  demonstrates some of the key elements of infringement.  A really interesting commentary on the case is included on the American Society of Portrait Artist Site.

3D model of an ebike

  Its been a while.   I have been working and practicing.  The latest personal project was modelling this ebike.  I wanted to do a more comp...