WILD APPLES “Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits”

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Art Inspiration

My colleague Augustus and I are working on an animation series for the “Five Senses.” We think with my illustration and graphics mixed with his genius in science and talent in video and voice, we’ll have a nice collaborative piece to show. The first sense we’re addressing is sight — “The Apple of My Eye” — hence this post is a visual study for apples The next post will focus on the eye (pun intended!). To see the results for this collaborative project, stay tuned!

Facts and Info: The Apple Drawing

The first apple on the left shows an “outline” of how the green apple to the right  is constructed with vector lines and objects. (The red apple is essentially the same outline as the green apple but with different coloration and no water dews.) The last apple shows the outline of how the graphic-like apple is constructed with fewer lines and objects.

As a side note: Creating images in Photoshop are great but are not easily scalable or editable when it comes to details. If you have a project that requires the creation of images or graphics, consider doing it in Illustrator first… the results are fantastic! And too, if you are doing animations in Flash, for example, it is always better to work with the vector vs. the pixel.

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TECHNICAL RENDERINGS “A Bolt”

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What is a Technical Rendering?

A technical rendering — also referred to as  technical drawing — is a standard output from professionals that design and / or depict objects and environments. The basic styles for illustrations are shown above: (1) Raster, (2) Line, (3) Line and Gray Shading, (4) only Gray Shading or, (5)  Line and Hatching. Any one of these various styles are appropriate for technical specifications and / or  patent illustrations for real-world and digital projects.

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CHAIR: Hans Wegner design, 1951 “Papa Bear Chair”

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Art Inspiration: The Tapestry

My friend Augustus suggested I create another version of Turkish Kilm (seen in the previous post) to re-emphasize that the original image is an Illustrator file (a vector graphic), versus photographs being morphed in Photoshop (a pixel image).

Having changed the colors and  background pattern of what was originally the rug, the object along the wall now looks like an intricate screen printed tapestry (Do a comparison and see which patterns I changed on the panel — at first glance it looks like a subtle change but a good portion of it has been changed).

Facts and Info: The Chair

To move the visual journal along, I drew into this environment the chair — Hans Wegner’s 1951 “Papa Bear Chair.” This beautifully designed chair is suppose to be a very comfortable sit, while also being a high price item for collectors; they can cost between $2-5,000. Although a piece like this is not within my price range, I am a big fan of furniture designed during the 1920’s-1950’s.

For more information about the chair: Christie’s

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TURKISH KILIM

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Art Inspiration

This illustration ~ with Mediterranean motif ~ was inspired by a delicious dinner at “Tuba,” a Turkish restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission district. I highly recommend this restaurant for its quality food, reasonable prices and cozy environment! (link to restaurant)

Facts and Info: About “Kilim” from Wikipedia

The name ‘kilim’ or ‘kelim’ is Turkish, and comes from the Persian gelim (گلیم) ‘to spread roughly’, which is probably of Mongolian origin.^[1] Various forms of the word are used in other languages (e.g. Greek κιλίμι, Albanian qilim, Ukrainian: Килим, Kylym, Lithuanian kilimas). In Kurdish, they are called ‘berr’.

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BOTTLES

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Art Inspiration

“Bottles” feels like Istanbul… maybe because I’m going out for Turkish dinner tonight!

Tuba Restaurant
1007 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

http://www.tubarestaurant.com

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