visual arts | Vivid Foundry https://vividfoundry.com Creativity emerges, even from structure. Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:05:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Solace State: 2019 Year Review https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2020/01/12/solace-state-2019-year-review/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:08:28 +0000 https://vividfoundry.com/?p=2875 Solace State has seen both challenges and growth in 2019. We've also got a chock-full of pictures to share with you. Let's celebrate our efforts from 2019 - from GDC, to Kinda Funny Games E3 showcase, to TCAF Comics x Games, and more!

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]]> Architectural Illustration: 360 Degrees https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2012/11/22/architectural-illustration-360-degrees/ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:45:41 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=559 Part of a series of 6, these architectural illustrations pivoted on a fixed point, showing different degrees of a given space. The subject was a house under construction with plywood skeleton revealed. Prismacolour Premier coloured pencils on Stonehenge.

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]]> Fashion Illustration: Narcissus, cosmetic profile https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/12/07/fashion-illustration-narcissus-cosmetic-profile/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:01:01 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=755 This is part of a series of illustrations for the mini-project ‘Narcissus’ that I am going to produce. There’s a number of styles and techniques that are utterly new to me with this little project, so I’ll try to enumerate many of these details. This digital painting was first started on December 4th, just three […]

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]]> Drink by the pump: graphite concept drawing https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/12/02/stilettos-drink/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:23:43 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=738   Just my take on the glossy magazines, the glamour, the end of the night… I have been doing a lot of sketches of different materials lately – marble, hardwood floors, now in the form of still life. I love this form of reconstructing and deconstructing paper through the pastiche of drawing. Execution took under […]

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]]> Lobby: Illustration https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/11/30/lobby-illustration/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:37:21 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=716 Progress shots and final for an interior architectural illustration, 2-point perspective. Graphite pencils. So far: 2B, F, HB, B2.

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]]> Self-Portrait: Textbook Case https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/11/23/self-portrait-textbook-case/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:17:43 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=663 Prismacolour pencils illustration on grey Stonehenge paper, sized 16″x24″. It’s supposed to mean something when I have a eureka moment, yet will I remember it as part of my identity in the tomorrows to come? This illustration “talks” about some of the key ideas that have cumulated at the forefront of one of my best […]

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]]> Death drawing: Pastel sketches https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/11/23/death-drawing-pastel-sketches/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:29:45 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=598 An illustration from a skeleton in life drawing class. I'll leave it up to you to pursue the irony.

Chalk pastel, Bristol board (we were being thrifty. I'm not sure why).

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]]> Dreams living: Sketchbook https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/11/11/dreams-living-sketchbook/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:49:42 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=619     Dreams of small, sublime (sometimes frightful) things. First illustration in ink; Second in graphite pencils.

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]]> Pencils and pastels: More figurative https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/11/06/pencils-and-pastels-more-figurative/ Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:36:38 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=799 Here is a series of figurative drawings in varying styles and mediums. First two were done with conte and pastels respectively, from live model, in 2006. This one below was completed less than two weeks ago. It was drawn on capriciously beautiful textile recycled paper, which made the whole process very unforgiving, because any erasing […]

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]]> Moving sideways from cultural hegemony? https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/08/28/moving-sideways-from-cultural-hegemony/ https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2011/08/28/moving-sideways-from-cultural-hegemony/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:54:01 +0000 http://enginetones.wordpress.com/?p=387 This post is part of an intricate conversation centring on the question of whether there is a unified and narrowed message presented dominantly through corporate media, and whether or not it inherently socializes subservience from top-down towards an ever highly-media saturated group of entertainment consumers. Very quickly, we find that we cannot escape from certain […]

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