Computer Arts Gallery: March 2006

ADHEMAS BATISTA
LOCATION Sao Paulo, Brazil
JOB Art director, graphic designer and illustrator
CONTACT www.adhemas.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop and Illustrator

"My work consists of strong colours and contrasts," says Adhemas Batista. "I like slick forms and organic illustrations. I search every time for references and books, and look every day at design sites and other people's portfolios. I work a lot to train my skills. When I start a project, sometimes I draft something on paper, but more often I just open Illustrator and Photoshop and get started."

RODOLFO BARRETO'S BOOK "This book cover was created for a friend. I tried to mix city objects with an organic style, representing the traffic and buildings in an abstract way."

ADHEMAS BATISTA
LOCATION São Paulo, Brazil
JOB Art director, graphic designer and illustrator
CONTACT www.adhemas.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop and Illustrator

"My work consists of strong colours and contrasts," says Adhemas Batista. "I like slick forms and organic illustrations. I search every time for references and books, and look every day at design sites and other people's portfolios. I work a lot to train my skills. When I start a project, sometimes I draft something on paper, but more often I just open Illustrator and Photoshop and get started."

DESTRUCTED PDF MAG "Created for German online magazine Destructed, here I mixed graphics from nature. The elements are taking the woman back to her roots."

ADHEMAS BATISTA
LOCATION São Paulo, Brazil
JOB Art director, graphic designer and illustrator
CONTACT www.adhemas.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop and Illustrator

"My work consists of strong colours and contrasts," says Adhemas Batista. "I like slick forms and organic illustrations. I search every time for references and books, and look every day at design sites and other people's portfolios. I work a lot to train my skills. When I start a project, sometimes I draft something on paper, but more often I just open Illustrator and Photoshop and get started."

HAVAIANAS WEBSITE "I did the illustrations and art direction for this website, which has been one of my most important projects to date. It has given me plenty of exposure."

ADHEMAS BATISTA
LOCATION São Paulo, Brazil
JOB Art director, graphic designer and illustrator
CONTACT www.adhemas.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop and Illustrator

"My work consists of strong colours and contrasts," says Adhemas Batista. "I like slick forms and organic illustrations. I search every time for references and books, and look every day at design sites and other people's portfolios. I work a lot to train my skills. When I start a project, sometimes I draft something on paper, but more often I just open Illustrator and Photoshop and get started."

DESTRUCTED PDF MAG "The theme for this second contribution to Destructed was 'Perfectly Balanced'. The tattoo comes to life and leaves the body as other elements grow from the clothing."

ADHEMAS BATISTA
LOCATION São Paulo, Brazil
JOB Art director, graphic designer and illustrator
CONTACT www.adhemas.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop and Illustrator

"My work consists of strong colours and contrasts," says Adhemas Batista. "I like slick forms and organic illustrations. I search every time for references and books, and look every day at design sites and other people's portfolios. I work a lot to train my skills. When I start a project, sometimes I draft something on paper, but more often I just open Illustrator and Photoshop and get started."

HAVAIANAS "These letters were created for an advertising campaign with Marcelo Serpa from AlmapBBDO, he is a very important creative director in this market."

ADHEMAS BATISTA
LOCATION São Paulo, Brazil
JOB Art director, graphic designer and illustrator
CONTACT www.adhemas.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop and Illustrator

"My work consists of strong colours and contrasts," says Adhemas Batista. "I like slick forms and organic illustrations. I search every time for references and books, and look every day at design sites and other people's portfolios. I work a lot to train my skills. When I start a project, sometimes I draft something on paper, but more often I just open Illustrator and Photoshop and get started."

HAVAIANAS WEBSITE "An example of my vector illustration work for the Havaianas site, featuring colour, creativity and imagination."

CHARLES WILKIN
LOCATION New York, USA
JOB Principal and creative director
CONTACT www.automatic-iam.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXPress

Charles Wilkin is the principal and creative director of Automatic Art and Design and Prototype Experimental Foundry, based in New York City. He founded Automatic based on his belief that personal expression and professional application should interact as an integral part of the design process.

"This conceptual approach to design blends elements of art and design together," he says, "and this results in work that relies on instinct rather than expectation to engage its audience emotively."

T-SHIRT GRAPHICS FOR BURTON SNOWBOARDS AND ANALOG "These are various T-shirt graphics for both Burton Snowboards and Analog. The overall mood of these graphics is generally punk rock meets Asian pop culture."

CHARLES WILKIN
LOCATION New York, USA
JOB Principal and creative director
CONTACT www.automatic-iam.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXPress

Charles Wilkin is the principal and creative director of Automatic Art and Design and Prototype Experimental Foundry, based in New York City. He founded Automatic based on his belief that personal expression and professional application should interact as an integral part of the design process.

"This conceptual approach to design blends elements of art and design together," he says, "and this results in work that relies on instinct rather than expectation to engage its audience emotively."

EDITORIAL: NEW YORK MAGAZINE "An editorial graphic for the theatrical performance of Eugene O'Neill's A Touch Of The Poet, starring Gabriel Byrne - a Tony Award-winning actor."

CHARLES WILKIN
LOCATION New York, USA
JOB Principal and creative director
CONTACT www.automatic-iam.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXPress

Charles Wilkin is the principal and creative director of Automatic Art and Design and Prototype Experimental Foundry, based in New York City. He founded Automatic based on his belief that personal expression and professional application should interact as an integral part of the design process.

"This conceptual approach to design blends elements of art and design together," he says, "and this results in work that relies on instinct rather than expectation to engage its audience emotively."

EDITORIAL: AUSTRALIAN VOGUE "This piece is an editorial for a story about an odd Australian law that allows the court to put people in jail for the weekend for failing to pay their parking tickets. The problem with this law is that they put ticket offenders in the general prison population, which includes violent criminals. This story followed the tragic death of a man who failed to pay his tickets, was sentenced to a weekend in jail and then killed by another inmate."

DIOGO MACHADO
LOCATION Cascais, Portugal
JOB Graphic and multimedia designer
CONTACT www.addfueltothefire.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop

Diogo Machado is a 25-year-old graphic designer based in Portugal who studied graphic design in the IADE in Lisbon and now works in the Pkage Design studio.

"With the influence of horror 'B' movies and James Paterson from Presstube, I always try to pass along some happiness with my work, no matter how dark the theme is," he says. "But I guess it always looks a bit scary and I find that strangely cool. I always hand-draw my images, but when they are scanned and treated digitally, an evolution happens."

QUARRY-LICE LOVE DOG FOOD "This really happened! My dog couldn't eat because the quarry-lice invaded his bowl."

DIOGO MACHADO
LOCATION Cascais, Portugal
JOB Graphic and multimedia designer
CONTACT www.addfueltothefire.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop

Diogo Machado is a 25-year-old graphic designer based in Portugal who studied graphic design in the IADE in Lisbon and now works in the Pkage Design studio.

"With the influence of horror 'B' movies and James Paterson from Presstube, I always try to pass along some happiness with my work, no matter how dark the theme is," he says. "But I guess it always looks a bit scary and I find that strangely cool. I always hand-draw my images, but when they are scanned and treated digitally, an evolution happens."

MIGHTY ROBOT WAR "This is a mighty robot war. I just had to do something to let my imagination roam free."

DIOGO MACHADO
LOCATION Cascais, Portugal
JOB Graphic and multimedia designer
CONTACT www.addfueltothefire.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop

Diogo Machado is a 25-year-old graphic designer based in Portugal who studied graphic design in the IADE in Lisbon and now works in the Pkage Design studio.

"With the influence of horror 'B' movies and James Paterson from Presstube, I always try to pass along some happiness with my work, no matter how dark the theme is," he says. "But I guess it always looks a bit scary and I find that strangely cool. I always hand-draw my images, but when they are scanned and treated digitally, an evolution happens."

AIDS "This image was created for the Portuguese magazine BÃŒblia, issue 23. The feature was all about AIDS prevention."