Computer Arts Gallery: October 2005
Irene Jacobs 1
Irene Jacobs
LOCATION Rotterdam
JOB Illustrator and designer
CONTACT www.im-jac.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
Born in the Netherlands in 1969, Irene Jacobs studied Fashion Illustration at St Joost Art College and graduated in 1993. She has worked as an illustrator ever since, winning the BNO-Illustration Advertising award in 2000.
"My Grandmother used to be a seamstress," she says. "I always drew while she was working and designed clothes just for fun. So friends and family said I should become a fashion illustrator, and that's exactly what I did."
So why not become a fashion designer? "I thought about it, but I couldn't express myself that way. I was never very good at drawing - I'm still not - but I love it, and with a computer anything is possible."
1 "These illustrations were created for Jewels, Fashion & Watches magazine. I was given complete freedom to do what I wanted, they just asked for a lot of jewels! The images ran across four spreads in one issue so I decided to illustrate the seasons. I did all the sketches by hand, scanned everything in and then drew all the paths in Illustrator. I then imported everything in Photoshop and added the jewels."
Irene Jacobs 2
Irene Jacobs
LOCATION Rotterdam
JOB Illustrator and designer
CONTACT www.im-jac.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
Born in the Netherlands in 1969, Irene Jacobs studied Fashion Illustration at St Joost Art College and graduated in 1993. She has worked as an illustrator ever since, winning the BNO-Illustration Advertising award in 2000.
"My Grandmother used to be a seamstress," she says. "I always drew while she was working and designed clothes just for fun. So friends and family said I should become a fashion illustrator, and that's exactly what I did."
So why not become a fashion designer? "I thought about it, but I couldn't express myself that way. I was never very good at drawing - I'm still not - but I love it, and with a computer anything is possible."
2 "These illustrations were created for Jewels, Fashion & Watches magazine. I was given complete freedom to do what I wanted, they just asked for a lot of jewels! The images ran across four spreads in one issue so I decided to illustrate the seasons. I did all the sketches by hand, scanned everything in and then drew all the paths in Illustrator. I then imported everything in Photoshop and added the jewels."
Irene Jacobs 3
Irene Jacobs
LOCATION Rotterdam
JOB Illustrator and designer
CONTACT www.im-jac.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
Born in the Netherlands in 1969, Irene Jacobs studied Fashion Illustration at St Joost Art College and graduated in 1993. She has worked as an illustrator ever since, winning the BNO-Illustration Advertising award in 2000.
"My Grandmother used to be a seamstress," she says. "I always drew while she was working and designed clothes just for fun. So friends and family said I should become a fashion illustrator, and that's exactly what I did."
So why not become a fashion designer? "I thought about it, but I couldn't express myself that way. I was never very good at drawing - I'm still not - but I love it, and with a computer anything is possible."
3 "This image was created in response to an advertising brief. A range of illustrators and artists were asked to submit an image and then the advertising agency came up with a story to accompany it. The bird is a reed warbler. Over here birds are named after the sound they make. I wanted to recreate the feeling of love, gossip and misunderstandings."
Still Calm Venus
Irene Jacobs
LOCATION Rotterdam
JOB Illustrator and designer
CONTACT www.im-jac.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
Born in the Netherlands in 1969, Irene Jacobs studied Fashion Illustration at St Joost Art College and graduated in 1993. She has worked as an illustrator ever since, winning the BNO-Illustration Advertising award in 2000.
"My Grandmother used to be a seamstress," she says. "I always drew while she was working and designed clothes just for fun. So friends and family said I should become a fashion illustrator, and that's exactly what I did."
So why not become a fashion designer? "I thought about it, but I couldn't express myself that way. I was never very good at drawing - I'm still not - but I love it, and with a computer anything is possible."
Still Calm Venus "Still Calm Venus was created for the Italian Glamour magazine. They wanted three goddesses for a quiz entitled "What kind of a goddess are you?" I combined Illustrator and Photoshop and scanned some images before using paint effects and splatters to add structure."
Irene Jacobs 5
Irene Jacobs
LOCATION Rotterdam
JOB Illustrator and designer
CONTACT www.im-jac.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
Born in the Netherlands in 1969, Irene Jacobs studied Fashion Illustration at St Joost Art College and graduated in 1993. She has worked as an illustrator ever since, winning the BNO-Illustration Advertising award in 2000.
"My Grandmother used to be a seamstress," she says. "I always drew while she was working and designed clothes just for fun. So friends and family said I should become a fashion illustrator, and that's exactly what I did."
So why not become a fashion designer? "I thought about it, but I couldn't express myself that way. I was never very good at drawing - I'm still not - but I love it, and with a computer anything is possible."
5 "These images, further commissions from Jewels, Fashion & Watches magazine, were for a winter issue, so I kept the colour palette cold and worked with ink and pencil, using the jewels as inspiration. I did the sketches by hand and then scanned everything in. The rest I finished off in Photoshop."
Irene Jacobs 6
Irene Jacobs
LOCATION Rotterdam
JOB Illustrator and designer
CONTACT www.im-jac.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
Born in the Netherlands in 1969, Irene Jacobs studied Fashion Illustration at St Joost Art College and graduated in 1993. She has worked as an illustrator ever since, winning the BNO-Illustration Advertising award in 2000.
"My Grandmother used to be a seamstress," she says. "I always drew while she was working and designed clothes just for fun. So friends and family said I should become a fashion illustrator, and that's exactly what I did."
So why not become a fashion designer? "I thought about it, but I couldn't express myself that way. I was never very good at drawing - I'm still not - but I love it, and with a computer anything is possible."
6 "These images, further commissions from Jewels, Fashion & Watches magazine, were for a winter issue, so I kept the colour palette cold and worked with ink and pencil, using the jewels as inspiration. I did the sketches by hand and then scanned everything in. The rest I finished off in Photoshop."
Billyboy
Graham Higgins
LOCATION Co. Cork, Ireland
JOB Graphic designer
CONTACT www.sircharlesgraham.co.uk
SOFTWARE Photoshop, After Effects and Final Cut Pro
"I've just completed a four-year BA (Hons) Multimedia degree at Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland. The course was great because it allowed me to explore several different creative mediums - web design, graphic design, photography and film.
"But it was only in my final year that I began to bring them all together and animate them. Wow, when I found After Effects I discovered so many new creative possibilities.
"Billyboy was created with a combination of video and graphics. After persuading a friend and my uncle to play the bandit and town sheriff, I dressed them up in costumes and shot them against a blue screen in the kitchen. They were keyed out in Final Cut and later added with the Photoshop files in After Effects.
"My uncle's barn provides the scene for the newspaper pages being turned. Then, by following Billyboy's boots across the pages, and adding Nancy Sinatra's These Boots are Made for Walking, the chase unfolds.
"Does the sheriff catch up with Billyboy? Do the town folk get themselves a hangin'? Take a look at my website to find out and then let me know what you think by emailing me at sircharlesgraham@hotmail.com. Yee haw boy!"
Billyboy
Graham Higgins
LOCATION Co. Cork, Ireland
JOB Graphic designer
CONTACT www.sircharlesgraham.co.uk
SOFTWARE Photoshop, After Effects and Final Cut Pro
"I've just completed a four-year BA (Hons) Multimedia degree at Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland. The course was great because it allowed me to explore several different creative mediums - web design, graphic design, photography and film.
"But it was only in my final year that I began to bring them all together and animate them. Wow, when I found After Effects I discovered so many new creative possibilities.
"Billyboy was created with a combination of video and graphics. After persuading a friend and my uncle to play the bandit and town sheriff, I dressed them up in costumes and shot them against a blue screen in the kitchen. They were keyed out in Final Cut and later added with the Photoshop files in After Effects.
"My uncle's barn provides the scene for the newspaper pages being turned. Then, by following Billyboy's boots across the pages, and adding Nancy Sinatra's These Boots are Made for Walking, the chase unfolds.
"Does the sheriff catch up with Billyboy? Do the town folk get themselves a hangin'? Take a look at my website to find out and then let me know what you think by emailing me at sircharlesgraham@hotmail.com. Yee haw boy!"
Guitar Violence
Rox
LOCATION Paris, France
JOB Illustrator/graphic designer
CONTACT toothpixx@yahoo.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator
Guitar Violence "My huge interest in music motivates and changes my mood and the way my final images look."
Smoke Effects
Rox
LOCATION Paris, France
JOB Illustrator/graphic designer
CONTACT toothpixx@yahoo.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator
Smoke Effects "Smoking endangers your health - the smoke monster will tell you that. I am always influenced by animation, it defines my ideas."
Hunny Bunnies
Rox
LOCATION Paris, France
JOB Illustrator/graphic designer
CONTACT toothpixx@yahoo.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator
Hunny Bunnies "My initial idea for this image was someone being manipulated by sweet devils (the bunnies) but still striving in happy misery."
Gong Gong Po Po
Rox
LOCATION Paris, France
JOB Illustrator/graphic designer
CONTACT toothpixx@yahoo.com
SOFTWARE Illustrator
Gong Gong Po Po "Here I used my grandparents' wedding photo - taken in the fifties - as reference, and added elements that were related to them throughout the background."
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