This week I turned 50. The day after my birthday, I took a stroll down memory lane. I revisited projects that I had forgotten and refreshed my memory with the stories behind each. I tweeted 50 stand out projects one at a time and then collected them into this post.
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character design
“Let’s Live” – NFT by Ksenia Grigorash
Let’s Live
by Ksenia Grigorash
Listed
First buyer:
BigRob
Digital Artistry from the Ukraine
I’m not an artist. I’m an appreciator of art, but I know nothing about the technicals or terminology of art. That’s why my first thought when I saw this piece was, simply, ‘wow’, and my second thought was, ‘how can I own this!?’
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How to make a 3D Motion Lenticular
A what?
Lenticular printing is a specialized image process that uses bevelled lenses to create the illusion of depth or motion. Although the original process dates back to 1896, this process has come a long way.
I’ve been fascinated with lenticulars ever since I pulled one out of a Frosted Flakes cereal box in the 80’s. I could not understand how an image could move simply by the way that I moved it in my hand. Years later, I would be given the opportunity to design several of my own. One for Miller Genuine Draft. Looking back, that was almost 15 years ago:
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(Video) The Mighty Grand Piton
Japanese-style Anime + The Island of St. Lucia =
by Wesley Louis
“A young English girl, Connie, who travels to the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia for her school holidays with her family. There, she accidentally awakens a giant robot buried under the Twin Piton mountains on the south of the Island. This robot seems compelled to protect Saint Lucia but his origins are mysterious. No one knows where he came from or how long he’s been there. During the many years he’s lain dormant, The Mighty Grand Piton, became nothing more than the stuff of legend.”
Raya and the Last Dragon | Official Teaser Trailer
In a land called Kumandra, split into five different regions, a warrior named Raya searches for the last dragon in the world.
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SOLD – “Office Portrait” – Painting by Adam Jarvis
Traditional Illustration to stay sharp
My wife bought me some wood panel canvases that have been sitting in my studio all week. Last night, this image popped into my head and I could not shake it loose. So today, I pealed myself off of my computer and decided to make it a thing.
The greatest threat to North American jobs is not immigrants. it’s AI.
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