Artist Series - Day 158: Marc Davis

Probably my favorite of the "Nine Old Men" of Disney, today's artist created Maleficent...which is pretty much a "once in a lifetime" character for any designer.

Artist Series - Day 157: Ian McQue

I love having artist friends, because they keep showing me new inspirations :) My friend Sinan pointed out today's artist to me this week. This is the kind of concept art I really enjoy. I feel like it's taking me to worlds I haven't been to a thousand times before….and THAT my friends, is the point of concept art.

 

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Artist Series - Day 156: Gregory Crewdson

Today's artist is a little different - he's a "fine art" photographer.  He's also been hugely influential on my compositions this year....so while you can't learn brush-mastery from him, take a look at what he's doing, what he's conveying, and how he's composing his images with light.  It has certainly helped me!

Artist Series - Day 155: Shaddy Safadi

The man, the legend.  Between his brushes, his youtube videos and his art, it seemed like Shaddy was everywhere I turned when I was at CDA....and I'm ok with that.  I love his realistic stuff, but also the more stylized work, and his notes on art direction are awesome.

  

Artist Series - Day 154: Jeremy Mann

Leaving animation for “fine art”, today's artist is a painter in San Fran who does amazing things with both portraits and cityscapes. Edge control, edge control… I *think* he's fairly well known, but I have only started seeing his stuff pop up fairly recently…not the circles I run in. If you already know of Jeremy, I hope you enjoy the reminder, and if he's new to you, I hope you like his stuff as much as I do!

 

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Artist Series - Day 153: Guillaume Aretos

Today's artist is another animation industry guy who doesn't update his social media all that often :( I found out about him by doing what I do every time I buy a new “Art of Book”…scanning the credits and then looking up all the artists online. In this case, I'm pretty sure it was “Puss in Boots”.

 

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Artist Series - Day 152: Steve Pilcher

New month! I was looking at “The Art of Brave” book this morning, and reminded myself about today's artist. He was the production designer for “Brave”, and “Quest for Camelot”, and art director for “Shrek 2”. Like a lot of professionals in the animation industry, he doesn't have much of a web presence. Gorgeous work tho!

 

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