Amazing Illustration by Jeff Victor
Jeff Victor is a fantastic illustrator and graphic artist – he creates art that equals the opening credits of Pixar’s The Incredibles and nails that vintage feel of The Jetosons or Catch Me If You Can.
Check out his website at JeffVictor.com to see his portfolio of illustration, page layout, and photography. Read more >
Portal: No Escape
Here at Pixellica, we love all things special effects related, and even though we mostly focus on Photoshop, I thought I’d take a moment to share this amazing live action short film, based on the Portal game series by Valve. It takes a very creative look at the gameplay, and physics used in the game. And could there be a sequel judging by the film’s ending?
Ace of Spades: A Showcase of Card Art
We’ve all played cards at some point, but seldom seem to give a second look at the variation and art we handle so commonly. Pixellica takes a look at several iterations of card design and art, epitomized by the most common card of them all.
Focus on Shane Devries
Australia-based Shane Devries is an excellent illustrator and captures the heart of a character’s emotion. The facial expressions he put on his creations tell the whole story, even if nothing else were visible. Shane is twenty-five, and ”likes to draw.” Check out his blog (link below)
Focus on Digital Illustrator Glenn Robinson
Glenn Robinson, who works as Creative Director for Intrinsic Nature and also maintains his personal site FreshIsrael.com, is an entirely self-taught illustrator living in Sacremento, CA, USA. His illustrative style ranges from abstract to that flashy Photoshop style you can imitate yourself and just plain have fun with.
17 Examples of Animate & Inanimate Origami
Paper folding is a very hands-on art. Rather than simply making the paper sculptures, these artists created a story using origami and stop-motion animation. Art takes a 3D, time-consuming process to completion in each of these examples — some are short, but still in a way tell a beautiful tale of patience and creativity.
Video: Rooftop Scene from The Matrix in Legos™
I saw this a couple days ago on Twitter — and haven’t seen it linked up anywhere else so here it is. I’m no fan of the movie, but it’s cool seeing it done with the very Lego™ bricks and guys I used to play with when I was growing up. Video after the break…
Awesome Typographic Illustrations by Tariq Yosef
Every once in a while there’s an artist who kind of blows your mind. Tariq’s style of rendering illustrations and portraits in typography is nothing short of breathtaking. Tariq is on Behance, on Flickr, and you can check out his personal website as well.
Skateboard Art that Makes You NOT Want to Actually Do An Olly
Who knew the common skateboard could be a media for personal expression? Pixellica presents some of the coolest custom designs on the half pipe. Check out the links at the bottom for more.
Black Friday Focus on Furniture: The Symbol Chair
Granted, a chair isn’t exactly a pixel-based creation, but can you imagine a waiting room in a design agency filled with chairs like this? The Symbol is available in all the colours of the rainbow (mostly) as well the timeless classic, Greyscale. Too bad the website’s in Italian.
