Drawings & Sketches » Props http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog Illustration Sketchblog of Brad Fitzpatrick Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:47:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Illustrator Peter de Sève is Now Blogging! http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1966/illustrator-peter-de-sve-is-now-blogging/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1966/illustrator-peter-de-sve-is-now-blogging/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:29:46 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1966/illustrator-peter-de-sve-is-now-blogging/ peter-deseve-blog I’m happy to announce that a long time favorite of mine, master Illustrator and character designer Peter De Seve has started blogging!

I actually had an idea for a blog post a while back that would have been titled: “5 Illustrators I Wish Were Blogging” and Peter De Seve was at the top of that list. He’s just one of those artists that I can never get enough of. I want a new post from him EVERY DAY. :-)

Maybe I should pretend that I’m like Peter De Seve with fans who want me to post everyday…

A Sketchy Past, The Art of Peter de Sève

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1966/illustrator-peter-de-sve-is-now-blogging/feed/ 1 Don’t Be a Tooler! by Von Glitschka http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1955/dont-be-a-tooler-by-von-glitschka/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1955/dont-be-a-tooler-by-von-glitschka/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:27:43 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1955/dont-be-a-tooler-by-von-glitschka/ My PhotoHere’s a great little write-up on “Toolers” by Von Glitschka over at his blog: Art Backwash. What’s a Tooler you ask?  A Tooler is basically a self-proclaimed creative professional with little to no skill and/or talent who relies heavily on computer tools to create art & design. A polite way to say “Hack.” :-) In Von’s own words…

A Tooler however dwells in the realm of "Marginally Bad" and only enters "Good" by accident or by deriving or copying another persons work. Because of this modus operandi and the current trend with prefab design methods, our industry has legions of zombie designers that choose to feed off the corpse of incurious creativity.

And I loved this paragraph on creativity…

Creativity is all about exploring. If you don't fail, that means you're not trying hard enough. Some however seem to think a process shouldn't involve any risk? When sharing a process like my tutorial there is a mindset that thinks it should enable everyone to do it via some method that doesn't require any learned skill, just the knowledge of what to click next. I'd call that creative communism, red art if you will.

It’s an entertaining read and it would be even more entertaining if it wasn’t so painfully accurate. Good comment discussion as well. Go check it out and see what I mean. And if you aren’t already subscribed to his blog, do yourself a favor and sign up, he’s one of the Greats to watch in this field.

Source Link: ART BACKWASH: Don't be a Tooler

More sites of the Vonster…

Glitschka.com
FederalBureauofIllustration.com
VonsterBooks.com
IllustrationClass.com – Tutorials
Keyboard-Characters.com
HappyAfro.com
Annoy-O-Matic.com

and on Twitter: @Vonster

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A Black Fire Breathing Dragon Painting by ~ErcronHartingtonn

Fire Breathing Dragon Drawings 

Sitting Dragon by *Tacimur

Drawings of Dragons | How to Draw Dragons

Dragon Concept Drawings by *imaginism

Drawings of Dragons

Black Dragon Drawing by ~rinpoo-chuang

Dragon Drawings & Dragon Sketches

A Walking Winged Dragon Sketch by ~ErcronHartingtonn

Dragon Drawing Dragon Sketch

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1938/the-beatles-rock-band-animated-trailer-promo-intro/feed/ 1 Incredible Photo Manipulation – 40 Examples http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1934/photoshop-image-manipulation/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1934/photoshop-image-manipulation/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:56:59 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1934/photoshop-image-manipulation/

Vie Web Designer Depot…

Combining certain elements to create a unique image, that can convince even the most experienced set of eyes, requires a very creative set of skills.

Because the manipulation of a photo gives a realistic view of an unreal picture, you should have an open mind when gathering ideas on how to get creative with your images.

Photo manipulations are a great source for inspiration, generally because designers are able to express their creativity through various aspects of design.

Several of the following images contain illustrative elements, while others display a more realistic approach.

Check out all 40 Examples of Incredible Photo Manipulation here.

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1934/photoshop-image-manipulation/feed/ 4 Chris Cornell Sings “Peace, Love and Understanding” Live at Lollapalooza 2003 http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1926/chris-cornell-sings-peace-love-and-understanding-live-at-lollapalooza-2003/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1926/chris-cornell-sings-peace-love-and-understanding-live-at-lollapalooza-2003/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:53:19 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1926/chris-cornell-sings-peace-love-and-understanding-live-at-lollapalooza-2003/ Off topic, but I really dig this song. It's Chris Cornell currently of Audioslave, previously of Sound Garden singing "Peace, Love & Understanding" which I actually think is officially titled "Sign of the Times." Whatever you call it, it's a pretty sweet tune. 

Video shot at Lollapalooza 2003

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1926/chris-cornell-sings-peace-love-and-understanding-live-at-lollapalooza-2003/feed/ 4 Video of Mark Kistler’s Secret City Mural! http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1783/video-of-mark-kistlers-secret-city-mural/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1783/video-of-mark-kistlers-secret-city-mural/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:52:56 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1783 Mark Kistler shares the drawing of The Secret City mural created on Public Television in the mid 80's. Man I loved that show when I was a kid. Enjoy...

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1783/video-of-mark-kistlers-secret-city-mural/feed/ 4 The Art of Coraline – Artist Panel Video Playlist! http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1772/the-art-of-coraline-artist-panel-video-playlist/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1772/the-art-of-coraline-artist-panel-video-playlist/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:46:53 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1772

AWESOME Video playlist of the Coraline production artists panel at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles:

Artists include:
Dan Krall
Shane Prigmore
Shannon Tindle
Andy Schuhler
Jon Klassen
Chris Appelhans

[*Special thanks to Twitter bud @flux41 for helping me find the youtube embed playlist code!]

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Watch Disney Pixar's "Up" Trailer!

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1579/watch-disney-pixars-up-trailer-video/feed/ 10 Video of Tom Woods Speaking at the Ron Paul March on Washington DC http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/506/tom-woods-speech-ron-paul-march-washington/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/506/tom-woods-speech-ron-paul-march-washington/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:36:13 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=506 Video of the great speech Tom Woods gave at the Ron Paul March on Washington DC. Get Ron Paul's new book NOW, it is awesome.

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