Archives April 2012

FF: Would you introduce yourself to our readers and tell us how got involved with 3D/Illustration and character design?

Alessandro: My name is Alessandro Baldasseroni and I'm currently working as lead character artist at  Blur Studios  in Los Angeles. I started to do 3D more than 10 years ago, but my professional involvement with characters coincided with my work at Blur in 2007. Before that I was 3D modeling for a small game developer in Milan, mainly working on environments and occasionally some vehicles and props.

At that time I was spending a lot of my spare time ...

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Many people are confused when asked to differentiate between graphic designers and web developers, but there are significant differences between these types of creative professionals. Sure, they both deal with digital manipulation, and will likely both have online portfolios on display, but the professions require various skills and education.

One primary difference is that of the target. Graphic designers are considered artists, and looking at a few design portfolios will likely exemplify this characterization. Manipulating images, pixels, and vectors requires an artistic eye, and the most successful are those that can be imaginative with colors and type.

Web developers, on ...

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Our friends at China Design Hub (CDH) have been covering original design and art from China for a few months now and have shared with us a couple of inspiring new artists. The blog, that features art from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, has been showcasing different creative industries from industrial and architecture to interior and fashion. Their goal is simply to shake off the negative light and biased view toward Chinese Design. Here are 3 talented artists that caught our attention.

Sally Zou
Sally is a Shanghainese born in 1986 and started picking up art, design and advertising after ...

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The Benefits of Online Portfolios

There are many advantages to developing an online portfolio, including convenience, diversity, and affordability.  When presenting a portfolio, it is important to be as efficient as possible in order to both keep prospective employers interested, as well as to give yourself the best opportunity to succeed.

Many creative professionals prefer online portfolios because of how convenient they are to create.  Instead of endless time spent printing and organizing a hand held portfolio, you could spend all of your time designing it into something truly unique before the simple process of uploading your work onto the ...

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FF: Victor, tell us a little bit about your photography and your art.

Victor: I’m a 36 year old Photo Artist, from Barcelona. My college education was in the School of Architecture, as that was supposed to be my profession.
However, and due to the fact that since early years of my life there was always a computer at home, in particular, because of the job of my father and, in combination with that fact that most of the times, in my childhood, I enjoyed playing alone, using my imagination, I started to get in touch with several kinds ...

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