tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29997863363704228842024-02-18T18:16:24.778-08:00Chris Thompson IllustrationChris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-90915682714528792082010-05-07T06:18:00.000-07:002010-05-07T06:21:27.103-07:00The Economist...<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This was an absolutely wicked brief. Although i didn't really take that much to the concepts of the article, the process of creating elements and nurturing my designs was thoroughly captivating and enjoyable. Even though we have been spanked into relieving the focus of working in a distinctive style, in order for myself to really claw my creativity into this project i concentrated on taking influence from David Hughes. He tends to construct his illustrations with multiple elements and subjected layers. I took the tool of initiating more textural parts to fill the compositions. All in all, i think they turned out pretty well but the only negating aspect is the lack of communication alongside the text.</span><br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-57969858540024112652009-12-16T15:34:00.000-08:002009-12-16T15:40:08.100-08:00Door(WAY) Project Retrospective...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over the course of this brief i unfortunately suffered a hefty lot of absence due to winter eczema </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">inflammations. After approximately one or two weeks of apologetic phone calls and hopeful promises, i managed to join the rest of my group and get up to speed. At this point, it was really a matter of flowing with the propositions the rest of the guys made and as i fully agreed and was satisfied with their outlines, everything subsequently fell into place. After group meetings and minute sessions, we all progressed well with our separate roles and our intentions came to fruition smoothly. As a group we accomplished a hell of a lot apart from just the work. We huddled comfortably and harmoniously, giving each other helpful feedback as well as consistent support.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The concept of the brief was very open-ended leaving plenty of room for our adventurously creative tendencies to run wild. From the beginning, the rest of the guys brainstormed, coming up with numerous ideas; looking at the essence of what could be lurking on the other side of a door, another world, a monster, time travelling through a doorway, working with things like dreams and emotions, how the experience of walking through a doorway can affect the senses and so on. There was also a key emphasis on a dollhouse. These all began as brief components to snowball with. We settled for a while on the concept of a doorway being part of a psycho ward and how we could initiate it as the envelope to some form of paranoid experience for the viewer. This led us to divulging in reference to films such as `Being John Malkovich`, `The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe` and `Alice in Wonderland` as well as various others.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This was quite an intense period. All that needed to be done was to place and construct our door within our designated space, attain some black curtains and set them up as a backdrop for our door, collect shit-loads of garbage to scatter around our exhibition space, attain a plinth to display our research book and our mask, install a disco ball for behind our door, edit the footage we received and form a video, </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">attain a Mac to display within our doorway tunnel and present our video...and be satisfied with it all. Throughout this time i think we all pulled our weight and managed very well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">His illustrations are delicate but filthy and grungy at the same time. He'd be that kinda guy that you'd spot drawing you from across the coffee house when you look your worst. I could see him caricaturing someone perfectly with his eyes closed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the exhibition there were these really nice Obama posters by a man named Deroy Peraza. I have no further information really as i've dug as far as i could on the net and there isn't anything of anymore clarity.Posters are dope though...<br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-49375796068252961862009-12-08T06:57:00.000-08:002009-12-08T06:58:37.979-08:00The Society of Illustrators pt.2...<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mr. Steve Bullock. This guys alright i suppose, i hold no major fondness for him really but i thought he'd be worth at least a mention as his range of stuff is pretty eclectic within the commercial realm. Not my favoured type of work but i congratulate his malleable talent being able to deal with the particular pressures of industrial needs. It is something that feels evermore elusive in my own world...malleability?</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.stevebullockdesign.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">check out his personal website... </span></span></a>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-87222798788421330882009-12-07T09:06:00.000-08:002009-12-07T09:08:56.192-08:00Dead Leaves...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the trippiest film i have ever seen in my entire life. Despite being undoubtedly sober when first watching it, by the end, i actually started questioning whether i had taken some form of narcotics because it just made no fucking sense. I cannot fully express how awesome it actually is. I never thought there would be a human being on this planet that could conjure up such farcical, west things like a dude with a drill as a dick, crazy robot pregnancy-inducing sex, mixed with a shit load of guns, gore and big fucking explosions, and actually managing to pull it off. Surprising how i actually get my ha-has out of this kind of thing. I recommend seeing it for yourself...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first thing I'd like to mention is this new Nokia Vine application. I didn't manage to catch who it was done by exactly but there was this smooth little video showcasing the application's many benefits. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I find it quite surreal how far advanced this kind of technology has expanded so quickly and efficiently. Although, personally, i hold no major reliance upon this kind of thing and generally hate the type of convenience it encourages. I find it simply a money marketing scheme. Saying that, i do hypocritically comply with the people behind these kinds of ideas, only to the degree of attaining such an ability to nurture the aesthetics of appeal and public interest in the interest of broadcasting inventions that invite a positive change. </span></span><br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-82609160768136028242009-12-02T16:32:00.000-08:002009-12-02T16:32:42.722-08:00David Hughes...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">DH is a brilliant man. He owns the line. He is the puppeteer of the pen. A mark is made and a world is undone. A page is blessed. A composition announced. A face unveiled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">He is the character within all of his drawings. He lays bare who he is with what he draws. You see him pasted over his stories. Not many people show it all right away. He is exuberant to reveal himself. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">He makes me whimsically laugh. I exalt him immensely. </span><br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-83140881928829640362009-12-01T09:47:00.000-08:002009-12-01T09:47:04.568-08:00Midori Goto...<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have always been a fan of classical music. Just recently i have had a sincere craving to try something new, to learn something new i wouldn't have even thought of trying, and i've just been looming over the idea of practicing the violin. A strange choice i know, especially out of the blue. Over the years i've just had a really keen likeness towards the instrument and seen many prodigies and proteges who look so expressive when they play it. They look magnificently infused by their own playing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here she is at her best... </span></span><br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-51192738709928602552009-11-29T17:48:00.000-08:002009-11-29T17:50:26.508-08:00Cherry Reynolds...<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I came across this awesome Birmingham illustrator in an issue of NEO so i decided to send a quick e-mail her way and find out a few things...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I studied art and design as soon as I left school because I knew I wanted to be involved in the creative industry from an early age. I went to college to do a national diploma in graphic design. But from being unsuccessful of getting into university at Manchester Metropolitan because my portfolio was shit, I studied a foundation degree at my home town to find my muse in illustration, there I built a style I enjoyed working with. And in 2007 I went onto studying a Degree in Visual Communication at the Birmingham Institute Of Art and Design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yup, even though it bored me to almost death! I found them invaluable. I have been taking life drawing classes regularly from 2004 until last year, and now I find I understand the human figure enough to draw many poses in my own style without reference. Although I do still have trouble drawing different perspectives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved Japanese Anime from the day I discovered it. And I always drew and drew it in my spare time, despite the criticism I received for it (my college tutor advised me to bin all the anime drawings I did). I dropped it for my foundation year to focus on drawing more abstract. Dale Chihuly’s glass sculptures inspired me in my past work, I still use structural forms in my recent work as well as being inspired by organic forms such as shells and leafs. My other inspirations include Egon Schiele, Marcos Chin and Joao Ruas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Most of my illustrations come from my mind. I picture how I want it to look, and begin drawing thumbnails to revise which composition would work best. My figurative style is built on experiments, what I enjoy and is comfortable doing. I work a lot in traditional, and move it into digital. Filling in Colour and playing around with the composition in Photoshop. I always like my illustrations to have a traditional feel, although its finished digitally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I use traditional media, and then transfer it into Photoshop. I use Copic Markers a lot, and ink. But I find I work more detailed in pencil. Right now I’m experimenting with getting a silkscreen print effect with colour, digitally and combining it with my style. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Thanks again Cherry...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em><a href="http://pink-syrup.blogspot.com/">http://pink-syrup.blogspot.com/</a></em></strong></span>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-84257162560183440432009-11-29T17:31:00.000-08:002009-11-29T17:31:53.483-08:00A little bit of MoMA pt.6...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Although, as surreal as it was to gaze upon this piece with my own eyes, i thought it possessed something quite inexplicable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In this case, you would assume that there would be quite a pertinent change when baring witness to something like this that attains such a dexterous calibre. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately from my own personal perspective, i thought it was rather wank. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Strange but at the same time illuminating at how my own perception of such a great piece can instinctively change when perceived in the flesh. </span><br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-9801340225390624872009-11-29T11:52:00.000-08:002009-11-29T11:52:37.884-08:00A little bit of MoMA pt.5...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Hypnotising...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Profusely visceral...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Intensely evocative...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Magical...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">...and huge!</span><br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-56916753236775536942009-11-29T11:28:00.000-08:002009-11-29T11:28:29.301-08:00A little bit of MoMA pt.4...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've seen this photograph many a time before and i really kinda like it. The perspective is unusual and the model fits the movement, it is an unorthodox frame but moulds well as a composition, also considering the monochrome palette. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">This was pretty much the only photographic image in MoMAs collection that really caught my eye as the majority were emphatically portrait-based and seemingly mundane but this definitely brightened my day. </span><br />
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</div>Chris T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488820795366995374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999786336370422884.post-43176546640142941792009-11-29T11:10:00.000-08:002009-11-29T11:10:36.855-08:00A little bit of MoMA pt.3...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This guy is high on my hero list. He's some kinda Santa Claus. After studying him for quite some time i found out, it is said that he was allegedly shot down from a warplane, crashed unconscious and was revived back to full health by a couple of locals who pasted his body in animal fat and then wrapped him in felt in order to keep him warm. This was considered the epitome of his artistic pioneering. Ever since then the way his work has expanded is a matter of momentum so it seems. No matter how much of a necessity there may be to negate his past, it becomes irrelevant in relation to the way in which he has cleverly mastered the logistics of the era in which he was present and eveything he did to make such a hardened mark as a political activist. Beautiful work to see in the flesh, never thought i'd see the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He combined his life with art...quite a sincere sacrifice if you ask me! </span><br />
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