CG characters created in z brush

Today I realized that Digital Art Empire needs to be more focused , laser focused , with that in mind over 2010 I’ll be getting out purely Digital Art Related posts which will include motion graphics and 3D graphics with the emphasis on mind blowing inspiration and tutorials.

Using z brush these characters not only have a massive amount of realism, some hard to tell apart from a photo , but also character and spirit .

These characters are all an example of what you can achieve when you practice enough 3D which boils down to having time and being patient.

Dinner Time

Big velly Sea horse

Yoda

Knight of the Temple

Chris- 3D portrait

girl head

Sweet Girl…

Kong, A happy ending

Clint Eastwood

Joker

Jason Martin – Sketchbook

Hand

Edward Norton’s head

Ma San Li

Mortal Kombat

Jason Martin – Sketchbook   Hey guys, Been a long time since Ive been out on the boards.. so long I actually forgot my old username =( Anyhow, I thought I would start up a sketchbook and post some of the characters Ive made over the last year or so at Blur Studios. Hope you enjoy!     Attached Thumbnails __________________ www.believerdeceiver.com Last edited by believerdeceiver : 2 Weeks Ago at 04:01 PM.

Afer the popularity of our previous brush sets 15 Free Space Brushes – Galaxy Nebula & Planets & 9 Unique and Exclusive iPod and iPad Brushes for Photosho it looks like Ill be doing a weekly brush set because you like them so much.

These are all amazing bushes at the highest possible size, 2500. I’m sure you’ll enjoy using theme for a variety of projects. Please retweet this and be sure to subscribe via RSS. If you would like set of brushes with a particular theme please leave a comment or email me and I’ll be happy to get them made.

Thank you to the following photographer’s russelljsmith / Lincolnian (Brian) /ruurmo /Swami Stream /tomooka /Per Ola Wiberg ~ Powi ~ back

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T shirts are and an amazing away to get your designs exposed online, as well as to an offline non design audience. T shirts are like posters that people wear, and posters are a designers dream because they allow so much creative freedom. Apart from using less colours as possible to keep costs down T shirts have a massive amount of freedom and control for the designer.

Here are some amazing T shirt facts .

- Today, ninety-one percent of Americans profess to owning a “favorite” T-shirt.

- Sixty-two percent claim to own more than ten t-shirts (that alone is 1.5 billion T’s!  Line them up, and they’d circle the globe 34 times!)

- Thirty-four percent say white is the color of their favorite T-shirt, nearly doubling the votes received by the second and third choices: blue and black, respectively.

- Overall 70 percent of men and 54 percent of women have more than 10 t-shirts.

- Of the younger crowd (18-24 years old) 79 percent have more than 10 t-shirts.

- 19 percent of that younger group owns more than 30 t-shirts.

- Results were tallied from a survey sponsored by Jerzees Activewear(a division of the Russell Corporation) and conducted by Opinion Research Corporation International, which posed t-shirt questions to 1009 adults.

Personal Trainer T-shirt : source

Gun Holster graphic T shirt : source

Play Be tough : source

Zombie Sign : source

Bikini T shirt :

Capcom Comic Zombie T shirt : source

Marshall Music: Experiential T-shirts : source

Photoshop Eraser – Invisible T-Shirt : source

Iconic Envelope Makes for Catchy T-shirt : source

ZOO SAFARI: Zoo Safari T-shirts : source

Hair Formula T-shirt : source

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Blogging has its highlights, one of them being networking with some incredibly talented designers. Through blogging and social networking I had the chance to meet Chris Spooner of Blog Spoon Graphics and Line 25. Chris has the ability to create consistently appealing resources for designers and has created a very popular and friendly community at his blogs, I’m sure this is due to his nice, easy going attitude.

1 Hello and a warm welcome to Digital Art Empire, Chris thanks for this interview why don’t you tell us about yourself, your blog and background in design?

I’m Chris Spooner, a designer and blogger who runs Blog.SpoonGraphics and Line25. I write random design related articles for inspiration, as well as plenty of tutorials covering Illustrator, Photoshop and website design.

2 Your exposure and activity online is huge this is where a lot of designers aspire to be, how would you say you have reached this stage, was it your intention?

I started out blogging purely as an experiment and to check out the Wordpress application in more depth. Since a couple of my posts gained some exposure I’ve simply continued churning out posts I hope people will find interesting. I guess the more you pump out design related content and links the more you become associated with that topic.

3 How do you stay on top of web design trends? Is client work enough to stay fresh or do you still follow tutorials, if so which ones?

Being active in the blogosphere helps keep you on top of the latest changes. If there’s a certain topic I find interesting, I’ll take the time to follow tutorials to learn more about the subject. The most recent example is probably a bunch of HTML5 tutorials I followed to get to grips with the new features. Client work on the other hand helps you stay fresh in other areas, usually the topics you wouldn’t choose to follow otherwise, which makes it great to broaden your knowledge outside of your comfort zone.

4 What are your favourite areas in graphic design? Who and what keeps you inspired?

I enjoy a wide range of design related subjects and I’m always keen on trying out new things. There are many designers out there who I’m inspired by, I basically keep myself inspired by browsing what others are doing. This always motivates me to put in more practice and experiment with new techniques.

5 Please tell us about how you landed the work with Fall Out Boy, were you headhunted or this something you planned for?

I never expected to land such a job. This was another great example of how blogging can raise your profile. A few days before I’d taken the time to write a tutorial based on skateboard deck design – Which wasn’t really a popular type of client work beforehand, it was just something I developed an interest in. One day one of the guys from the merchandising company who were dealing with the Fall Out Boy merch spotted my tutorial, liked what he saw and got in touch. I helped out design a skateboard deck, couple of T-shirts and a hoodie.

6 What are the core things that you think made you successful blogging wise and freelance wise?

For blogging I think that taking the time to develop in-depth tutorials and articles that will help people out has definitely helped out. There are lots of quick and basic tutorials out there, but only a few gems that can really help you master a topic. I also think concentrating on Illustrator tutorials helped out, as these were very rare at the time. With freelancing I guess a similar mindset also helps out; I’ll always aim to fulfill the project requirements and come up with a good solution to the client’s problems.

7 Blog Spoon Graphics is a one-man show how do you juggle work commitments with what can easily be a full time occupation & would you hire more writers and expand; what are your plans for the future?

Simply managing my time is all it takes. In the past I always used to make sure I took the time to write blog content, as this was what brought in the client work in the first place. Nowadays I’ve cut back on client work to concentrate more on writing blog content. I’ve always stuck to writing every post myself on Blog.SpoonGraphics, but I’m thinking about opening up Lien25 to more guest authors.

8 What’s you typical routine for coming up with ideas, writing and then publishing them?

Whenever an idea springs to mind, I’ll either jot it down or take a photo to keep a record. When I have some time to schedule up content I’ll pick out some topics I’d like to focus on then spend a day or two creating the post. Posts are often scheduled up a week or two in advance, which often helps relieve any pressure of deadlines.

9 Finally thanks for this interview with Digital Art Empire do you have any advice for our readers?

Thanks for the opportunity! I always advise anyone with an interest in design to keep practicing, experimenting and trying out new techniques. Follow your inspirations and just do what you enjoy!

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11 Free Web Design Icons Digital Art Empire

So after a comment from one of our readers , Faith , for some pink web icons I put together this set in a fresh awesome coloration . Hope you enjoy them .In the future Ill be creating more icons so if you have requests again leave a comment or email me and Ill get some made.

I really hope you find theme useful  and enjoy them , if you like leave a link showing us where you used them.

There are 3 different sizes : 256 x 256 128 x 128, 64 x 64  – PNG

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‘Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century.’

Marshall McLuhan

After the popularity of our Eye Catching & Unique Packaging Designs from Tuesday I realised you guys love advertising design, so here is a collection of absolutely amazing designs from advertising. The depth of creativity on these is awe inspiring.

Advertising and design go hand in hand , designers will often have their own department in an advertising agency. Looking these ads gives you a greater sense  of how a message is conveyed visually with humor and very simply.

Y-Plus Yoga Center

Nice award winner direct mail advert for a Yoga Center.

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Fan advert

A building that’s presumably already shaped as if its moving in the wind is used with amazing creativity to advertise fans.

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Nike Run Through The Wall Optical Illusion

Nike Run Through The Wall Optical Illusion is a pretty neat advertisement. The add spans two buildings. The first building has a cracked image of the building in the shape of the running man.  The second building has the actual Ad of the runner with the Nike logo.

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Nike Football

One of my favorites, its interesting to think how you could create this concept digitally.

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Nike Run

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Nivea Beauté: Calcium Power

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Lego’s “Crane” Outdoor

Lego’s ad agency in Santiago (Chile) used cranes to hang giant Lego blocks. Very impressive. Previous Lego’s outdoor ads in Santiago include this billboard, and its giant bricks were used before, too.

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Nissan

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Mercedes-Benz: Gullwing

Mercedes-Benz asked us to get people excited about the release of the SLS AMG at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. We worked with JCDecaux to modify the doors to open further. Result: The media truly became the message, and the launch of the SLS AMG became the talk of the town.

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Football Kicked

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FedEx Kinko’s : Streets

When coming up with an ad campaign for FedEx Kinko’s, the innovative minds at advertising agency BBDO were inspired by the streets of New York. The agency installed oversized bottles of correction fluid, highlighters, and, in one case, an office lamp, on the city’s busy thoroughfares for a couple of days earlier this year.

Fed EX Delivering UPS

Amusing Fedex ad that features UPS inside the Fedex truck. The words on the UPS truck are German. Competitive advertisement at its best.

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Axe : Schedule

As wrapping the female students’ dormitory in the shape of calendar and using Axe for a month throughout March, they aimed for the expression that a new female can be met on a daily basis, to promote the brand image and preference for Axe.

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Heineken

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Bags from YKM

Allstate

This idea for Allstate auto insurance features an actual car teetering on the edge of the parking garage in Marina Towers, a famous landmark in the center of downtown Chicago.

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I recently made some fractal brushes for Little Box of Ideas . They had a good response so I thought I’d make some for you guys too .

These are all made at 2500 pixels and should work in photoshop CS and above. If you enjoyed use them please feel free to link to them but please don’t redistribute as your own.

It looks like we’ll be publishing a new brush set every week so if you have any requests for brushes leave a comment saying what type your interested in or email us. Please retweet this and be sure to get out RSS feed.

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These packaging designs are a great source of inspiration. This is a showcase of the most creative and cutting-edge designs from the world of packaging. Package design is a very important design element due to its direct relationship with the environment and therefore climate. A recent calculation estimated that if Coca Cola didn’t use paint on their cans in just one year they would save around 24 billion cans worth of paint.

This is an excellent example of how innovative and forward thinking package design can literally help save our planet, which is always a very good thing. Other ideas include doubling the usage of a product, for example the dumbbell packaging that is originally a drinks bottle.

Although most of these incorporate recyclable materials and are environmentally conscious designs some of them are purely aesthetically pleasing and great for design inspiration. Please retweet this and remember to subscribe via RSS

Prototype Packaging

Prototype Packaging: This is a product named the Wine Can and took the 2006 Swedish packaging design award. This product, designed by Jens Andersson and Jonas Forsman, has a beautiful matte finish and a lot of appeal. Image Source

Resealable Soda Can

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Resealable Soda Can: This really interesting packaging concept that allows for a soda can to be resealed called Soda-Seal. Image Source.

Reebok Exta Grip

Reebok Exta Grip: Packaging : Packaging idea for Reebok climbing shoes. Image Source.

The 360 Paper Bottle

The 360 Paper Bottle is the first of its kind in the world, and a true environmentally-friendly solution to the problem of plastic water bottles: Image Source.

Meat Shorts

Weird packaging for Weird Clothing :

Internet-shop Weird Clothing offers bermuda shorts with meat print. The appropriate package not forgotten with “Human meat” label. Image Source.

An­ti-Theft Lunch Bags

An­ti-Theft Lunch Bags are zip­per bags that have green splotch­es print­ed on both sides, mak­ing your fresh­ly pre­pared lunch look spoiled. Don’t let a sticky-fin­gered cowork­er or school­yard bully get away with lunch theft again.Image source.

Fruit Juice Packages

Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a series of creative fruit juice packages that have the look and feel of the fruit they contain.Image Source

Dumbbell / Cleaner

Tommaso Ceschi designed this lovely innovative packaging which can act as a water bottle, a cleaning detergent container and a dumbbell!

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CHAIR/CHAIR

CHAIR/CHAIR
An inspiration from the American contemporary artist Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chair. Instead of giving new definition, I redefined the concept of a chair by using alphabet. One is able to construct a chair by assembling the redesigned alphabets.

11 Free Web Design Icons Digital Art Empire

Introducing another icon pack exclusive to Digital Art Empire. I spent the some time answering emails from a few readers and put together this set. I really hope you find theme useful  and enjoy them .

I find creating these packs very useful for my designs too. Again if  you would like to request any icons please leave a comment or send me an email.

There are 3 different sizes : 256 x 256 128 x 128, 64 x 64  – PNG

OMG I love these icons

Like em , would you like to say thankyou ?

Apart from a retweet and a comment for these icons the best way to show your love is to donate via paypal.

License/Usage : Free for personal and Commercial work , please use an attribution link back to ‘ http://digitalartempire.com/‘

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Here we present the second ‘weekly best of the web’. This is a weekly post that showcases news, inspiration and interesting offerings from the design community.

If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via contact us , the image with the link from where you found it , leave your  name and we’ll credit you too.

We have worked hard at collecting all these from around the interweb and really  hope you enjoy them.Have fun, be inspired  & remember to subscribe via RSS to get our latest posts.

The legendary Higpnosis

Lamborghini Ankonian Concept

COLOR STATE by Malene Landgreen

Lenancker Romain’s Paper Installations

Echo is the next generation commenting system.

Instrumental Video Nine

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My cars (showreel) Pantural

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