I know this isnt a Design post as such but I just wanted to feature some of the awesome trailers for some Blockbuster movies that are coming out. When I say ‘design post’ I mean I am not posting inspirational pictures etc. but it is still relevant as these sorts of movies can inspire pictures to create and the detail placed into movies now-a-days is remarkable. Special Effects have blasted off and are so realistic it makes you think that there is a chance that some of things could be real. The special effects in movies are the same principal as when creating a surreal picture. You still want the picture to be photo-realistic BUT you want to convey your creativity and personal touch. It all ends up relying on how much time you are willing to spend on each picture and whether you want t0 whip a picture and pay no attention to detail or if you want to create a piece of art that really makes the viewer feel like they are there. Here are some trailers that take art to another level. Watchmen, that is coming out in a couple of days is a classic example of taking art and making into a blockbuster movie that really takes the viewer to another world. Trailers inside >>>>

Watchmen

As I said earlier Watchmen is a fabulous example of art turned to film and more and more of this happening. The special effects in this movie and the trailer alone (because I havent seen the movie yet ) is absolutely astounding. The attention to detail is flawless and because of it, the viewer really feels like they are there in that world experiencing what they are going through. The elements of design are visually coherent and are effectively used to set the tone and from just viewing the trailer it is obvious that it will be a dark, serious and complex story.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Now it is not mistaken that Transformers will have some of the best visual effects ever imployed into movies. The first Transformers movie had critics and fans wowing at the visual effects and the way that everything interacted with each other flawlessly. It was a visual phenomenon and I think people will agree that the second movie will employ the same impeccable attention to detail. This movie looks darker, hopefully more serious in its storyline, and a lot more action. By watching some other videos on transformers it looks like the director Michael Bay wanted to get the Robots to really emote, really make the audience care for them which is also a big part in bringing the special effects to life.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

The sixth installment in the Potter Franchise continues to grow darker and darker. Art had grown ever more in these movies but there is one main area I want to point out. After you watch it for the first time rewind back to the 0.45 mark and watch the sequence where they are reliving the past. I love how they have given it a smoky effect behind everything, the people walking, the man riding the bike and just the overall effect makes for a wonderful and artistic effect. The special effects in this movie and in all the movies are wonderful and I cant wait to see it!!!

Thats all for now but I should be back to do another round of evaluations of trailers in the near future, POST YOUR THOUGHTS!!!!!

In one of my Art subjects that I am doing I am doing the theme ‘Advertising’, this is a very hard theme to do for art especially if you want to explore different mediums like painting, stenciling, lino-cutting etc but I decided to incorporate some photography into my theme. Then it occured to me that I should do some advertising for my clothing brand ‘Ruse’ and this was the perfect opportunity for me to do some!!!! But I didnt want to do just some ‘average’ photography, i also wanted to do something that I have never done before and something that would be a challenge to me, then I found ‘Light Painting’ and I thought, this is absolutely fantastic stuff, it could look really cool on some advertising pieces and then it sprung the images in my head. I wanted to do a little bit of research into this so I looked around on deviantART and on behance and I have found some truly inspirational pieces. I have only compiled a short list but there are so so many pictures that have inspired. Here they are!!!!!! Here they are

1. Fabia light by JogiART

2. Still I stand pic 2 by Nicholas Creevey

3. Light Painting by pitchblacknight

4. Light Lemon by Fraggles

5. ARS ELECTRONICA by Lichtfaktor

6. Desperados by Lichtfaktor

7. Light Painting Bike – sssampo

8. Playing with light by Mike Chan and Penter Yip

9. Light Painting 1 by 3mml

10. Light Graffitit II by Taylor Pemberton

These a just a small sample of the extensive amounts of Light Painting photographs that are on the internet. These pics are just chosen purely because I like the look of them and are presented in no particular order.

If you have any Light Painting photographs then please drop a link in your comment so everyone can see!!!!

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Hey everybody,

I have decided to start a new clothing line with comic, typography and misc. designs for sale. The brand is still in the developmental stages so hang tight but hopefully I will have some designs coming to you soon. Please get the word out about this, hopefully I will be releasing graphics and images of what will be on the tees and hoodies as they come as sort of a teaser of whats to come.

The store will (hopefully, if the printers agree) host a range of tees, hoodies, stickers and whatever comes to my mind.

There will be a cool store as well provided by the awesome BigCartel.com

I have a logo that has been finalised but please note that this is not the only logo that will come out. Other, probably more creative will come out,on differant sites etc. Hope you all like it!!!!!!

Hey people,

It’s been a while since I have updated this but I have been very busy lately with school stuff and working etc.

The 2 pictures above are my latest works. The first picture is entitled ‘Chariot of Fire’. The inspiration to create this picture came about believe it or not by Pokemon. I saw on deviantart a picture of a ‘real life’ pikachu and it gave me the idea that most of the Pokemon are based upon real animals and that is certainly the case with Ponyta which is what I based my picture on. The was an experiment to see how i could manipulate fire to make it look real in the daytime. I think that the picture looks reasonably like a ‘real life’ versionof the Pokemon Ponyta.

The second picture is called ‘Cyborg Dreams’. This picture was more based on some feelings that I have had recently and wanted to visualise them graphically. It represents our desire to reach the top of where or what we want to be but not being able to. If only we had that ‘extendable arm’ to reach our goals and ambitions then we would all acheive what we want. This picture was also an experiment to see if i could make a realistic picture from an un-realistic concept per se. I spent most of the time creating the arm area as well as creating the shadows which i found to be particularly hard. I am quite happy with the end result because I was nearly about to give up on it but I gave it another go and I found my way through the problem resulting in the end picture.

I possibly might be making some more pictures along this line but I’ll have to see how time goes

Hope you like the pictures!!!

Happy New Year to everybody. 2008 has flown by so quick and I imagine that 09 will to. I wish everybody a great year and I hope that 09 will be a prosperous year for everyone and some good will come out of it!!!! Typically I have had to work on New Years Day but I get extra pay so it is all good.

I am looking forward to the New Year and the suprises that it will bring, one of the first things I am looking forward to is seeing the finalists for the PSDTUTS.com competition to design a Movie Poster. The competition has now finished (I presume) and hopefully they will announce the winners/finalists soon. I have devoted and put a LOT of time and effort into this project so hopefully some good will come of it but from looking at the other entries it will certainly be a close one!!! If you havent seen I have uploaded another couple of designs so go check em out and if you have a Flickr account then please leave some feedback or something…

I should be putting my first proper ‘art/design inspiration’ post up sometime this week so keep your eyes peeled for that. Plus I am still deciding whether to create a wallpaper for people to download in the spirit of the New Year so drop a comment or opinion on whether I shoul or shouldn’t.

Anyway I think that is all that I have to say so everybody have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Merry Christmas everybody!!!

Hope everybody had a fantastic Christmas day and hopefully everybody is looking forward to the New Year!!!!

I should have posted this before Christmas but anyway. The year 2008 has just flown by and I imagine that 2009 will be just as quick. Hopefully in 09 I will be adding new things to the blog like tutorials and downloads for people and hopefully i will be adding more stuff to the store for people to buy (maybe ill get my first sale ). Anyway I feel like 09 will be a good year and I hope that everybody else will be getting that vibe.

Please leave a comment if you have any suggestions on what I should add to this blog or if you have any news or just ANYTHING please let me know.

ALSO, I have new entries into the PSDTUTS.com competition to make a Movie Poster. If you haven’t heard about the contest then please head on over to the site (here is the link to the post: http://psdtuts.com/articles/contests/psdtuts-new-dawn-movie-poster-design-contest/), you dont have a lot of time left so be quick in order to be judged. I have dedicated a lot of time to this and I hope people like my work. I have noticed a great deal of skill and detail in everybodies entries and I am looking forward to seeing the results!!!!

Anyway… MERRY CHRISTMAS and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Hey people,

Today I have been heavily involved in doing my first entry to the PSDTUTS Contest to make a ‘post-apocalyptic’ movie poster.
After around 6-7 hours here is my final design:

Hope you all like it. All i started out with was the bounty hunter girl, the girl behind her, the hands and the monument and the rest I either manipulated or created into the picture.
Let me know what you think and if you like it or have any suggestions please leave a comment on here on Flickr!!!(http://www.flickr.com/photos/26811362@N05/3120524810/)
Thanks very much,
Tom

A new contest on PSDTUTS.com has been posted so i thought I would let people know who havent been on the site before. It looks a great chance for everybody to have a go along with some great prizes involved. It is to create a sci-fi movie poster called (fictional) ‘New Dawn’ with the tagline ‘Extinction is not an option’.
Here is a link to the competition with more details and info on entering.
http://psdtuts.com/articles/contests/psdtuts-new-dawn-movie-poster-design-contest/

Thanks everybody!!

Hey people!!!

Today i finally recieved my new t-shirt ‘Quatr – Hover’ and I must say that I am very happy with the result of it. It is just like I wanted and it makes me happy Here is a picture of it:

If you would like to purchase one then it will be available very soon at my store!!

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