07 Oct
Nebula

Nebula

Over the past week, I managed to devote some time to producing “Nebula“, a new digital artwork. I’ve also been thoroughly enjoying The Devin Townsend Project’s latest album “Epicloud“. You might say I was a little inspired by the cover art… However, I’ve also been meaning to create a space scene for some time now, and recently found a fantastic Planet PS Tutorial over at DeviantArt. I referred to this when producing the foreground elements. The texture layering really helps add depth and detail to the world’s surface.

For the nebula regions, I used the Render>Clouds and >Difference Clouds trick, tweaking the hue and saturation over several layers. I then found a source image for the astronaut and worked over it to blend into the design, adding highlights, shadow, and a reflection of the overall scene in the helmet’s visor.

I could have taken the scene further, and was even contemplating adding a spacecraft …

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05 Jun
inamo updated

Inamo – And the Winner Is…

At the beginning of May, Inamo announced the overall winner of their Digital Tablecloth design contest. (Belated) Congratulations go to Shoma Salgaonkar-Bhave for her entry. Out of the four shortlisted designs, a public Facebook vote narrowed it down to three before the final official judging declared Shoma’s would take centre stage.

“It’s beautiful and calming, it’s like a still from a BBC wildlife epic.” Dean Kissick, i-D Magazine

As well as receiving a celebratory dinner, the entry will now be available as a digital covering in Inamo’s restaurants for the next six months…

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20 Apr

Inamo Design Contest – I’ve Reached The Final Four!

Inamo announced on their Facebook Page today that the final four entries for their “Digital Tablecloth Design Contest” had been chosen by the judges, and my entry is one of them! I’m particularly humbled, especially by this sound-bite from Co-Founder Noel Hunwick…

“It ties in to our Oriental fusion theme, is elegantly and creatively designed, he’s clearly thought about the template and layout too.”

The four remaining designs have been assembled and are open to voting by the public. The two designs with the most votes go through to the grand finale. If you like my design, you can vote on it by clicking here and “liking” the image in Inamo’s contest photo album. Many thanks in advance!

05 Apr

The Third Archetype..

Towards the end of last week, I found some time to continue The Archetypes Series, resulting in No.3…

The concept I came up for this project is to explore the relationship between different types of people, the roles they have and the places they are identified with (or more simply put, with buildings for heads).  The RNLI or Royal National Lifeboat Institute is a charity which saves lives at sea around the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, and provide safe entries to harbours. I had initially planned to simply use a sailor or navy man for the piece, but this seemed somewhat a more justified combination.

I’ve a got a load of ideas for further entrants to the series, I just cant decide which to pick next! Guess you’ll have to wait and see. However, I’m also open to suggestions. Wanna see something particular? Drop a comment!