Intro to Concept Art 2013

Checking out some artists today. Found Mike Corriero on twitter. I find twitter a better resource for searching key words when I want a little inspiration. While typing "Concept Art" or "Photoshop tutorials" into google will turn something up for you, the same thing in twitter will introduce you to people who are talking about those things now, and they are standing behind whatever they are posting.

Here are some great creature illustrations by Mike. I love the obvious reference to real animals, it makes them more believable.

http://mikecorriero.carbonmade.com/projects/4466932

Also, some beautiful painting and illustrations by Pascal Blanche. Very interesting and saturated colours.

http://pascalblanche.cghub.com/favorite/type:images/

Here's a couple of illustrators I also found on Twitter:

http://www.tonyholmsten.com/
http://www.juliedillonart.com/

And lastly, I really liked Neil Blevins' site because it really shows what a concept artist is, as apposed to, say, an illustrator or other visual artist. This is a great example of many of the things we will be learning how to do. These skills can easily be applied to illustration or fine art; what sets them appart is that the key goal is to present something quickly that works functionally in a greater context and is easily read.

http://www.neilblevins.com/artgallery/artgallery_thumbnails_by_category.html