5 graphic designers that inspire me

Here are a list of graphic designers that inspire me. I have also included several artists that inspire me period!

 

1. Adam Hughes Is a huge influence in my artwork and illustrations. Everytime I see a new piece of art I am blown away…Adam Hughes pencils, and colors via photshop. His style has gotten more realistic…especially his photoshop colors. He is known for his pin-up art, but he is extremely talented!

2. Artgem I have found his artwork via deviantart. Again his colors and illustrations are too awesome! He is best known for his artwork for Street Fighter…He colors in corel painter and it is very semi realistic. Only bad thing is…he uses a PC!

3. David Airey Recently I was looking at different types of graphic designers. David is really known for creating logo’s. at his website he has very good articles about being a graphic designer…and 10 things to expect from your logo designer. check it out!

4. Tasso Believe it or not…I found Him through Myspace! Tasso creates very awesome designs through Adobe Illustrator. His style looks a lot like the film A scanner darkly. He even has some videos on how he creates his illustrations.

5. Vinh-Luan Luu I met Vinh last year when I was attending Wizard World Texas…We were both sitting in the same row. I saw his stuff and was really amazed! Its really awesome too that Vinh lives in the Dallas area. I really recommend checking out his art.

For my personal identity project? well since I am a very visual person. I am considering doing some real fancy illustrations with awesome colors and textures….thats the idea for now at least!

web 2.0

Web 2.0! what is it? Not quite sure myself! On Wikipedia it states that web 2.0 is more than just retrieving information…its about interactivity. Well it seems that this is the next logical step for the world wide web. it seems that one day the Internet we know is gonna change. What this means as a graphic designers? It means it we need to learn a new skill and to keep up with upcoming technology!

Why is web design important to my design career?

an artist does not have limitations. Although I have never thought of expanding my horizons artistically to do web designs…I know that it is very important in the graphic design field. Everyone is using the internet and people do look at websites everyday…It is very important that the websites need to look good, and maybe very artistic. I feel that web design is a necessary extension for my portfolio and understanding on what goes into web design. I personally know some freelance graphic designers who get paid really well for designing websites… this is a skill I must acquire to become successful in my field!