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Showing posts with label Graphic Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graphic Design. Show all posts
15 Aug 2012
14 Apr 2012
Artist 137: Alvarez Ortega Bianchi
A great treat now for IR followers and fellow creatives,with the fabulously playful work of Argentine creative Alvarez Ortega Bianchi. Alvarez is a multi-talented professional who illustrates and directs his own collaborative studio which creates work with a unique house style and hands on attitude. Alvarez excels in bringing the kind of complex packed images familiar from tattoo and outsider art into the limelight and giving them a great and unique twist, keeping things current and fresh but still preserving that great and saleable style. His work and that of his studio has a warm feel and is instantly evocative of Christian symbolism twisted with an autre charm that gives it bite and relevance. Cucacolor's work brims with tension and colour, vivid neons crackle against black backgrounds, like a fear and loathing style hallucinogen Cucacolor is a world of vivid shocking images and work that can't sit still on the screen. It's great to see alternative culture being so fresh and raw, after a while pushed to the sidelines of creativity. So with great respect here is Alvarez in his own words.
I´m Alvarez Ortega Bianchi. from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
What do you do:
I´m a director in my own studio, cucacolor, where we develop graphic design, art direction and illustration.
How did you start:
well I started drawing since I was a kid. a little obsessed with dogs, chuwaka, alf and furry creatures alike… then I started to read comics and to try to make some of my own, but the simpsons came in to my life and change the whole perspective. the only thing I wanted to do was to make something that big. then I grew up a bit and thought I wanted to be an architect. that was just a short period of a year. didn´t like it that much, but I learned about technical drawing and it´s tools. specially rotring pens. that was love at first draw! I moved to graphic design that felt much closer to the things I wanted to do. and it was! learned a lot in the university, but wasn´t enough for me, so right in the second year I started to work in a graphic design studio. since then I been working in different places, always trying to bring new stuff and love to the things I was involved. in the last six years I focused much harder in my drawings and painting murals, because they bring me lots of joy and happiness!!! also theres my studio, in which I have a profound love to work to make it possible. Not easy, but sure it is an awesome project to be in! My partners come form different backgrounds, such as photography and tattoo, but all together became one thing, with one style, that often makes impossible to others to recognize which thing it´s made by who, and that it´s probably because we try to put everybodys hands on it!
A Personal statement about you or your work:
The things I love, hate, like, watch, everyday stuff, etc. everything that make me felt something. I like to make crowded drawings, full of ideas, hybrids characters and feelings mixed up lying randomly in there. lots of details, just to stare at them a big amount of time. I love the idea of seeing something new every time I look at something, so I try to bring that too. salud!!!!!
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27 Feb 2012
Magazine feature:Typographic Revolt by HypeForType
It's feature time now and we are lucky enough to have the wonderful HypeForType with the launch of their brand new magazine Typographic Revolt which is the latest creative effort from graphic designer Ryan Atkinson and is a real slick showcase of their Exclusive Faces work. So here is a snippet from their press release and if you cant wait you can get hold of a copy here!
Press Release
In an effort to bring their Exclusive Faces range to a larger audience, HypeForType approached graphic designer Ryan Atkinson to produce their first magazine release Typographic Revolt. The brief was to produce a 16 page A2 magazine with a twist. Instead of following the traditional convention, Ryan designed a quick read through A2 magazine which also doubles up as a set of 4 Exclusive Faces posters. Each page folds out to create a double sided poster perfect for your studio or home wall space. Typographic Revolt is printed as a limited litho run on 90gsm wood free paper, giving everything a premium newspaper feel which absorbs the inks to create a beautiful desaturated look and feel. Typographic Revolt is available now through Amazon.
Links:
www.hypefortype.com/
@hypefortype
facebook page
13 Dec 2011
27 Mar 2011
22 Dec 2010
Artist 56: YONIL
Illustration Rally is lucky to have YONIL, aka Jonathon Lax all the way from sunny Tel Aviv! YONIL is another one of those amazing people who excel both in the feild of illustration and graphic design, loving both disciplines equally. Not one to beat around the bush, he strives to keep away from boring work and keep with the projects that interest him. YONIL's work has an immediate pathos which really grabs you and seems to give a vitality and strength to his muted palette. His work has a diagramatic, scientific quality straight out of texts and this is teamed with a beautiful sinuous blood like quality that gives the work a different paradigm. Compositionally his work is also strong with his tender palette and sharp eye for structure bringing you a fuller more satisfying flavour. Tasty work, freshly served, Its YONIL.
Who are you:
I am YONIL and I am also Jonathan Lax, depending on the occasion. I’m an illustrator and a graphic designer living and working in Tel-aviv, Israel. I’m also a cat person (not at the moment unfortunately, but as a general statement).
What do you do:
I do anything that involves graphic design or illustration and that interests me (Like many others - I’m not a big fan of boring work). I illustrate for newspapers, I design t-shirts, often work with the music & arts industries for posters, album covers etc. The general idea is to do whatever is fun, so I can keep loving the profession as much as I do.
How did you start:
I was in London the winter of 2003. I saw tons of bands, saw music posters, bought many records and tees and pretty much got inspired enough to know that this is what I wanna do for the rest of my life. I then studied for four years in the department of visual communication at the Holon institute of technology (H.I.T.) in israel, graduated a little over a year ago, and here I am.
A personal statement:
Whenever I do a graphic design work – I miss illustrating so much and vice versa.
This is probably the best thing about it all, I was fortunate enough to actually work in two different jobs that really fit well together and which both I absolutely in love with.
Labels:
2010,
Digital illustration,
Graphic Design,
Jonathan Lax,
YONIL
29 Sept 2010
Here comes Halloween!
Illustration by Natsuki Otani
Hello everyone, this is the first ever news post on this blog!
Before announcing the news, I'd like to thank you all for the support you've given to our blog, we couldn't keep this blog going without you readers, followers and amazing artists. I'm so so proud of how this blog turned out and the wonderful community around Illustration Rally. I really hope that we can keep making you happy with our posts and give the opportunity to share fresh artwork from artists all over the world.
Well, enough of that, here is our news!:)
Halloween event
This will start from the 1st to the 31st October, you can send us any Halloween related artwork eg. Illustration, Photography, Graphic Design, Animation and I will post artwork I get with the links to your website/blog daily! You can share your Halloween related products even, so this is the perfect opportunity to promote your stuff.
There is no restriction for the submissions as long as it's Halloween related, it can be new work or something you've made already, and anyone can join this, pro, amateur, students or your kids!:D
This is to enjoy and share the joy and the terror of Halloween and give artists an opportunity to share their fantastic work with everyone.
Please send your work to illustrationrally [at] hotmail.co.uk with the link to your portfolio site, we are really looking forward to seeing your art!
Thaaaaanks and get cracking,
Illustration Rally x
Labels:
Animation,
Events,
Graphic Design,
Halloween,
illustration,
News,
Photography
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