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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Gregor Wosik’s Otherworldly Art
Gregor Wosik’s Otherworldly Art:
By now, I think it’s safe to say that most of you prefer when we feature realistic chalk drawing illusions. Below you may see a collection of otherworldly images that trick the eye. Author is #Gregor Wosik, a street artist from Poland. Although he is not as well known as #Julian Beever, #Kurt Wenner or #Edgar Mueller, his quality work is quickly earning him an admirable reputation! If my memory serves me well, he was the one who created those Jack Daniels anamorphic drawings. While the pictures work form a specific angle, they look distorted from every other angle. Whether the art pieces are composed of natural scenery or fantasy, they are always quite a sight to see! Some of Gregor Wosik’s works can be seen below, and more inside the attached gallery…
Few more examples of Gregor Wosik’s work:
Chobani “Snow Angels” by Yves Geleyn
Chobani “Snow Angels” by Yves Geleyn:
Here’s a beautiful holiday viral short by Yves Gelyn on behalf of Chobani Greek Yogurt.
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Valley View
Valley View: 
or near that street anyway. every single shape is altered, pushed and skewed in this one even though it looks somewhat real. had an interesting talk with Robert Valley which lead to this. although my stuff isn't nearly as pushed as his. i really exaggerated the rhythms of the trees, bushes and lawns as well, pushing and distorting them quite a bit while keeping the values and colors on the very real side. the shapes are very simplified and designed. the atmospheric perspective is exaggerated too to enhance the depth of the street. in reality its not nearly as strong.
or near that street anyway. every single shape is altered, pushed and skewed in this one even though it looks somewhat real. had an interesting talk with Robert Valley which lead to this. although my stuff isn't nearly as pushed as his. i really exaggerated the rhythms of the trees, bushes and lawns as well, pushing and distorting them quite a bit while keeping the values and colors on the very real side. the shapes are very simplified and designed. the atmospheric perspective is exaggerated too to enhance the depth of the street. in reality its not nearly as strong.
Concept ships by Thomas McDowell
Concept ships by Thomas McDowell: More of Tom's work on his blogspot. He gots bots!
Keywords: digital tablet concept spaceship vehicle illustrations by thomas tom mcdowell product and toy designer in london / chicago science fiction sci-fi concept art
Keywords: digital tablet concept spaceship vehicle illustrations by thomas tom mcdowell product and toy designer in london / chicago science fiction sci-fi concept art
Monday, December 12, 2011
Part 4. The Origins of Dinotopia: Dinosaurs
Part 4. The Origins of Dinotopia: Dinosaurs: Dinosaurs didn’t enter the scene until I started my next "Lost Empire" picture. I intended to portray a springtime festival of people and dinosaurs parading through the streets of a Roman-style city.
Above: The color study (6x12 inch), and below, the final painting Dinosaur Parade (24 x 48 inches).
Above: The color study (6x12 inch), and below, the final painting Dinosaur Parade (24 x 48 inches).
One of the reasons I wasn’t too obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid was that most books showed them as evolutionary failures, dull-witted cold-blooded sluggards.
When I took a fresh look at dinosaurs as an adult, I quickly discovered that many scientists now regarded them as dynamic, warm-blooded creatures who had more in common with birds than with reptiles.
Photo by Tobey Sanford for Life Magazine
Paleontologist Jack Horner in Montana had discovered fossilized dinosaur nests. He demonstrated evidence that some dinosaurs, such as Maiasaura (“good mother lizard”), traveled in herds and actively cared for their young. Instead of visualizing dinosaurs as monsters, I imagined scenarios where they might live alongside humans.
With Jack Horner at the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana. Photo by Tobey Sanford.
One of the reasons I wanted to paint images of people and dinosaurs together was simply to see how big we would be relative to them, since most dinosaur paintings had no sense of scale.
Study for architecture of Dinosaur Parade
When I showed Dinosaur Parade to my brother Dan, a kindergarten teacher, he said, “Instead of making the dinosaurs into the beasts of burden, why don’t you have the dinosaurs domesticate the humans?” This little suggestion opened up the idea that the humans and dinosaurs could have a mutually beneficial partnership.
Models for flower girls in Dinosaur Parade
Humans could contribute their cleverness and dexterity, while dinosaurs could provide the patient wisdom they would have gained from millions of years of successfully living on the planet.
I exhibited several of my Lost Empire paintings at the World Science Fiction convention in Boston in 1989. There I met two people who would be important to the development of Dinotopia: paleontologist Michael Brett-Surman and publisher Ian Ballantine. Brett-Surman was the dinosaur specialist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
He overheard me in the hotel bar talking to someone about my plans for a big dinosaur painting, and he offered to consult with me to make the dinosaurs more accurate. Like many scientists, his interests included both hard science and speculative science fiction.
He invited me to explore the Smithsonian’s fossil collection, to catch up on new theories, and to brainstorm about how humans and dinosaurs might interact. He suggested that Oviraptors — once mistakenly thought to be thieves of other dinosaurs’ eggs — might be put in charge of an egg hatchery.
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This series of essays is adapted from the illustrated afterword of the new Calla Edition 20th anniversary edition of Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
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More links:
Michael Brett-Surman
Dan Gurney, "Mr. Kindergarten"
Calla Editions
Origins of Dinotopia Series on GurneyJourney:
Part 1: Childhood Dreams
Part 2: College Obsessions
Part 3: Lost Empires
When I took a fresh look at dinosaurs as an adult, I quickly discovered that many scientists now regarded them as dynamic, warm-blooded creatures who had more in common with birds than with reptiles.
Photo by Tobey Sanford for Life Magazine
Paleontologist Jack Horner in Montana had discovered fossilized dinosaur nests. He demonstrated evidence that some dinosaurs, such as Maiasaura (“good mother lizard”), traveled in herds and actively cared for their young. Instead of visualizing dinosaurs as monsters, I imagined scenarios where they might live alongside humans.
One of the reasons I wanted to paint images of people and dinosaurs together was simply to see how big we would be relative to them, since most dinosaur paintings had no sense of scale.
Study for architecture of Dinosaur Parade
When I showed Dinosaur Parade to my brother Dan, a kindergarten teacher, he said, “Instead of making the dinosaurs into the beasts of burden, why don’t you have the dinosaurs domesticate the humans?” This little suggestion opened up the idea that the humans and dinosaurs could have a mutually beneficial partnership.
Models for flower girls in Dinosaur Parade
Humans could contribute their cleverness and dexterity, while dinosaurs could provide the patient wisdom they would have gained from millions of years of successfully living on the planet.
I exhibited several of my Lost Empire paintings at the World Science Fiction convention in Boston in 1989. There I met two people who would be important to the development of Dinotopia: paleontologist Michael Brett-Surman and publisher Ian Ballantine. Brett-Surman was the dinosaur specialist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
He overheard me in the hotel bar talking to someone about my plans for a big dinosaur painting, and he offered to consult with me to make the dinosaurs more accurate. Like many scientists, his interests included both hard science and speculative science fiction.He invited me to explore the Smithsonian’s fossil collection, to catch up on new theories, and to brainstorm about how humans and dinosaurs might interact. He suggested that Oviraptors — once mistakenly thought to be thieves of other dinosaurs’ eggs — might be put in charge of an egg hatchery.
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This series of essays is adapted from the illustrated afterword of the new Calla Edition 20th anniversary edition of Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
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More links:
Michael Brett-Surman
Dan Gurney, "Mr. Kindergarten"
Calla Editions
Origins of Dinotopia Series on GurneyJourney:
Part 1: Childhood Dreams
Part 2: College Obsessions
Part 3: Lost Empires
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