Perfectly illustrated and written by Charles Burn, the story is set in the 70’s and deals with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted disease called “The Bug” which causes grotesque mutations in teenagers.
… Burns explains to journalist Steve Appleford that he “thinks of adolescence as a disease one has to live through,” but to regard Black Hole merely as an allegory of the difficulty of teenage identity mutes how the narrative resonates with two crises of public culture: the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the rash of school shootings that became a mainstream media concern in the United States with the events at Columbine High School in 1999…
Highly recommed you check it out if you into graphic novels. I never get tierd of lookign at the beautifully crafted panels and meticulous illustration and ink work.
Been meaning to blog this for ages now, stunning work , great style and beautifully executed
Sanjay is an animator and storyboard artist for Pixar Animation Studios, where he has worked on features that include Monsters, Inc., A Bugs Life; Toy Story 2; and The Incredibles. He has also worked on The Simpsons for Fox and with legendary cartoonist John K., creator of Ren and Stimpy.
I’ve started going back to basics and doing some figure drawing via Frank J. Reilly’s method . I feel it works well for me in getting the right proportion and technique.
While searching for more resources i came across ProcessJunkie and the sexy/busty work of Lucio Alberto. Samples below.
His put up a fine posts with some figure drawing downloadable books. > The Best Figure Drawing Books Eve Check each book to form your own opinions on which technique works for you.
His blog has got a selection of his own work, wide selection of other illustrators by and a ton of books. All in a wide variety of styles.
2 artists that blew me away with their character work were:
Stumbled upon this mix, and truely love it. Gilles got some killa taste.
The set starts out with some lovely mellow old skool jazz and then develops to more improv session stuff that gets a little obscure in the build up. Building to a sort of calamity of sounds but it smooths out nicely near the end part… worth a listen.
Quality stuff for a Sunday afternoon or watching the busy world pass by.
Percussion Lab is a collective of like-minded artists, DJs, record labels and selectors. Since 2002 we’ve been curating an exclusive collection of live and DJ sets from our favorite artists, DJs and record labels which we hope will give you a taste of the Percussion Lab community.
They got some sweet sets up there and nice site design and art direction by Sougwen Chung.
After the fall of Virgin Comics and India’s Gotham Entertainment , Vimanika Comics is set to do a much better job with strong stories and stunning artwork. Can’t wait to check more of they stuff out.
12″ vinyl sleeve design for foward thinking dubstep label Deepmedi Records I was asked to design the sleeve featuring a sadhu in a transcending meditative pose for this double vinyl EP from V.I.V.E.K
The tracks are dark & subtle with deep base, space and texture laced all over.
Heres how the cover artwork developed:
Initial sadhu sketch
Edited and digitally painted + devi lamps
Stars / Cosmic background detail
Spine aged texture
Recommended typography and layout – Click image to view larger or cilc here
Labels 1 and 2 of 4 The labels were eventually changed to the generic Deepmedi labels to keep inline with the record label.
