Illustrator Guy-Pascal Vallez uses high contrast and vibrant old-world colors to evoke a sense of the sacred. Indeed his illustrations almost look as though they are stained glass set in some twisted — yet impeccably cool — church. (Thanks to Gorilla Artfare for featuring his work.)
Notice a trend in designers creating movie poster remakes? It may be a sign of jobless designers creating money-making side projects or an emergent theme of inspiration wafting through the ethers. Whatever the case, here’s Ibraheem Youssef’s take on some Quentin Tarantino films. We’ve been following this guy on Flickr, but have failed to feature him yet. Well, it’s about time!
Vectortuts interviewed illustrator Christian San Jose and featured some of his vibrant artwork. He may be only 20 years old, but this young artist already has a lot of work under his belt. He’s worked for Nike Philippines, Coca-Cola Company Philippines, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, and Paramore. (Yes, that’s right, those last three are names of bands you’re too uncool to know.) Check San Jose out.
Thanks to @valdezign for the story.
Illustrator Travis Pitts is a fan of vintage design and sci-fi. He’s redone a few posters for some of his favorite movies and they look great. Click on and buy a few. Don’t forget to check out his illustrations and his Flickr page, you’ll probably recognize some of these splendid pieces floating around online.
We had no intention of posting two book cover posts nearly back to back, but upon viewing designer Jim Tierney’s work, there was no avoiding it. These redesigns of Jules Verne book covers were part of Tierney’s thesis project for the University of the Arts. Visit Tierney’s walkthrough of his process on Faceout Books for more images and insights. View the video for the glory of the books’ transparency, die cuts, and pull-tab goodness.
Graphic designer and illustrator Justin Van Genderen’s Star Wars posters have been making the rounds lately and they are certainly Agogo worthy. Be sure to check out his Tatooine and Bespin posters too!
Influencing this post is the fact that the wife and I attended a prom last night as chaperones and got our prom photo taken — Star Wars style! (No Storm Troopers were hurt in the taking of the photo.)
Daniel Clarke, submitted “Just too things i did after work for fun:)” to one of my favorite blogs: Gorilla Artfare. If I may parse this nine word sentence… Although he doesn’t claim so, his casual mention of these fun projects makes these pieces all the more impressive. It’s as though they were doodles on the back of a receipt. His misspelling of “two” — well, that’s just to mock me. I am the Hulk to his Spiderman and the Ironman to his Captain America. I look forward to more from this talented artist!
In memory of J.D. Salinger, I’m featuring an illustration of the reclusive author among a few others (below). The works are from the great blog Hey Oscar Wilde! It’s Clobberin’ Time!!!, which features artists interpreting their favorite literary characters and authors.
My bookshelf is crying today.
“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.” — J.D. Salinger
Illustrator and designer Chris Thornley has good taste in movies and a lot of pent up creative energy. At least it looks that way according to this great Flickr set of black, red, and off-white cult favorite movie posters. Makes me want to take out the old VHS.
Designer and illustrator Katrin Olina draws viewers into her romanticized world of nature. Her work is crisp, beautiful, and whimsical. Check out the interior art she designed for the Cristal Bar in Hong Kong. Incredible!
