While I always look at (web) design and illustration for inspiration I’ve also often been inspired by totally different things. At first I thought I was just a weird one, but when I was over at fellow blogger Liam’s site I noticed that I’m not the only one with a knack for different inspiration sources.
This pulled me over the edge to do a showcase on digital painting, something I’ve been following for years now. Even if you don’t know the first thing about digital brushwork you can still be greatly inspired by the awesome color choices, composition and sometimes totally unique angles these paintings have.
So forget about your doc types, drop that Wacom pen and simply get inspired by something totally different. Digital painting at it’s best.
Note : I need your input! Please read the note at the bottom of the post.
01. Artgrerm | Visit site
02. Roboto Kun | Visit site
03. Omen2501 | Visit site
04. Aneyeoni | Visit site
05. Alexiuss | Visit site
06. Chris de Lara | Visit site
07. Gunner Romantic | Visit site
08. Jason Chan | Visit site
09. Jesse van Dijk | Visit site
10. Jo Yang | Visit site
11. kheleksul | Visit site
12. Kunkka | Visit site
13. Rado Javor | Visit site
14. Marc Brunet | Visit site
15. Marta Dahlig | Visit site
16. Pavel Lagutin | Visit site
17. Rozefire | Visit site
18. Ruan Jia | Visit site
19. Enayla | Visit site
20. Tea Young Choi | Visit site
21. Michael Oswald | Visit site
22. Wen M | Visit site
July 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
extremely powerful
July 28th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Awesome!
Much better if you have a link to a wallpaper size
July 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
@Shift : Glad you like them.
@Lokii : Wish I had wallpapers to all of these, now that would be an article!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Great stuff. I’m in the CG Animation degree path at the Academy of Art University. I love this stuff. Hopefully, I’ll do some digital painting in my lifetime as well. I’m sure this post took you awhile, thank you.
July 29th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
@Will : I envy you Will! You’ll end up doing some painting for sure on the University. Glad you like the post.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Amazing selection!
July 30th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Hey :-)
whats with Anry?
http://anry.deviantart.com/art/Hello-7397700
http://www.anry.ru/
July 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
@Fubiz : Thanks!
@ Clubkatze : Definitely nothing wrong with Anry’s awesome work, just didn’t come across it as I was preparing the showcase. He’s bookmarked in case I do a part 2 though;)
July 30th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
i love the colours in these types of graphic work get me inspired, good post,
id love to see a typography showcase, cant get enough of good typography work especially if its colourful.
Max | Design Shard
August 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Wow, Very Amazing!!!
August 1st, 2008 at 6:23 pm
@Max: I’ll keep your suggestion in mind, thanks!
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 am
awesome!!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
the piece “05. Alexiuss”, was a collaboration created by a fellow classmate I know.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:30 am
@Penutbutter: Wow once again proves it’s a small world! So who was the other artists in the collab?
August 14th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Beautiful stuff, really nice collection.
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
awesome stuff dude !!!!