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Case Study: One Zero by Husam Elfaki
In: web resources
18 Aug 2011
Today we’re going to show a step by step process of a piece designed by Husam Elfaki for the art collective Intrinsic Nature. For the new chapter called “Experiment 10″, Husam designed this really stylish digital illustration, check it out!
Husam Elfaki, also known as Galaxy Turbo, is a designer based in UK, working with intereactive media, print, web and other medias. The designer also gave us a little explanation about the piece itself:
One Zero was created for the release of Experiment 10 by Intrinsic Nature, with the idea of celebration of the group, its achievements and a promising future for the collective. As my debut contribution to the group (and an anniversary release), I wanted it to be very expressive, free, and representative of my current works. That said, there was no preliminary sketching or concept, just a vision.
Step 1
The IN logo was the obvious starting point as I felt the final piece needed to revolve around the group; I was fixated on an idea of celebration and I decided to see how I could expand on this idea, and add my own flavour to the identity of the group. Experimenting with diagonal treatments began.
Step 2
My sentiment was that the logo needed to be central to everything that was happening in the final product, the centre of attention. Making the logo 3D was part of making it a more eye-catching element in the final composition, and so I added more colour overlays and I stuck to a blue/pink/purple colour scheme at this point.
Step 3
This piece was also about experimenting with shapes, so I created some glass forms to interact with other components in the final output. Here I added a shape outlined with the pen tool and started reducing opacity, warping portions of the image to resemble distortions you would see through a magnifying glass for example. Flat glass shapes were also introduced to complement the logo.
Step 4
After the previous step I asked for help on how I could emphasise this idea of celebration, and one member in the Intrinsic Nature artist panel shouted “fireworks, lasers, dragons, confetti!”. I added some fireworks and some lasers hoping to create something impressive, shifting my composition and adding lighting corrections to compensate.
Step 5
I got into the flow of adding more shapes and lasers to the piece and it was starting to feel more like my own piece. Unfortunately that meant the fireworks were losing place in the chaos of all this abstraction, so they had to go. In light of that, I was finding myself seeing a more interesting piece that may have been stimulated by celebration, but turned into something completely different. Now I needed to spread this mess outwards as too much was going on in the middle.
Step 6
By spreading my elements outwards in the diagonal direction I started with, the piece immediately became more interesting as the viewers eyes could now follow a false path I was creating. This wasn’t intentional nor does it have any underlying meaning, but it meant you could catch some of the details I was adding along the way.
Final Result
More magnified glass shapes were added in the end, so that I didn’t have to reconstruct them if I wanted more happening underneath those shapes. The laser closest to the foreground and the white diagonal lines would be my finishing touch to add more depth to the complete product, with colours strengthened to emphasise certain places and add points of interest.
And here a couple o links where you can find more about Husam and his artworks:
Website
Devianart
Twitter
Facebook
Behance
About the author
My name is Marcos Torres, I’m Graphic Artist from Porto Alegre, Brasil. You can get to know more about me by acessing my Personal Website or by following me on Twitter: @marcos333. You can also see some of my last projects at my Flickr.
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Case Study: One Zero by Husam Elfaki
In: web resources
18 Aug 2011
Today we’re going to show a step by step process of a piece designed by Husam Elfaki for the art collective Intrinsic Nature. For the new chapter called “Experiment 10″, Husam designed this really stylish digital illustration, check it out!
Husam Elfaki, also known as Galaxy Turbo, is a designer based in UK, working with intereactive media, print, web and other medias. The designer also gave us a little explanation about the piece itself:
One Zero was created for the release of Experiment 10 by Intrinsic Nature, with the idea of celebration of the group, its achievements and a promising future for the collective. As my debut contribution to the group (and an anniversary release), I wanted it to be very expressive, free, and representative of my current works. That said, there was no preliminary sketching or concept, just a vision.
Step 1
The IN logo was the obvious starting point as I felt the final piece needed to revolve around the group; I was fixated on an idea of celebration and I decided to see how I could expand on this idea, and add my own flavour to the identity of the group. Experimenting with diagonal treatments began.
Step 2
My sentiment was that the logo needed to be central to everything that was happening in the final product, the centre of attention. Making the logo 3D was part of making it a more eye-catching element in the final composition, and so I added more colour overlays and I stuck to a blue/pink/purple colour scheme at this point.
Step 3
This piece was also about experimenting with shapes, so I created some glass forms to interact with other components in the final output. Here I added a shape outlined with the pen tool and started reducing opacity, warping portions of the image to resemble distortions you would see through a magnifying glass for example. Flat glass shapes were also introduced to complement the logo.
Step 4
After the previous step I asked for help on how I could emphasise this idea of celebration, and one member in the Intrinsic Nature artist panel shouted “fireworks, lasers, dragons, confetti!”. I added some fireworks and some lasers hoping to create something impressive, shifting my composition and adding lighting corrections to compensate.
Step 5
I got into the flow of adding more shapes and lasers to the piece and it was starting to feel more like my own piece. Unfortunately that meant the fireworks were losing place in the chaos of all this abstraction, so they had to go. In light of that, I was finding myself seeing a more interesting piece that may have been stimulated by celebration, but turned into something completely different. Now I needed to spread this mess outwards as too much was going on in the middle.
Step 6
By spreading my elements outwards in the diagonal direction I started with, the piece immediately became more interesting as the viewers eyes could now follow a false path I was creating. This wasn’t intentional nor does it have any underlying meaning, but it meant you could catch some of the details I was adding along the way.
Final Result
More magnified glass shapes were added in the end, so that I didn’t have to reconstruct them if I wanted more happening underneath those shapes. The laser closest to the foreground and the white diagonal lines would be my finishing touch to add more depth to the complete product, with colours strengthened to emphasise certain places and add points of interest.
And here a couple o links where you can find more about Husam and his artworks:
Website
Devianart
Twitter
Facebook
Behance
About the author
My name is Marcos Torres, I’m Graphic Artist from Porto Alegre, Brasil. You can get to know more about me by acessing my Personal Website or by following me on Twitter: @marcos333. You can also see some of my last projects at my Flickr.
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Tuesday Total Textures 84
In: web resources
18 Aug 2011
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can download to use in your projects. Check out this week’s free textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.
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For more texture visit http://abduzeedo.com/tags/ttt
Suggestions
What type of textures would you like to see next week?
Rough surface
Rusted Metal
Water Drops
wood background
backdrop
backdrop
Cement texture
grunge background
Grunge background
Rough surface
About the author
Hi there! I’m Paulo Canabarro, 25 years old, Brazilian web designer based in Providence RI, USA. I’m truly passionate about design of all kinds. Finding and sharing inspiration has become part of my life. If you have any suggestions or requests just get @ me – pvpcanabarro@gmail.com For some cool stuff make sure to Follow me on twitter!
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Super Imaginative Illustrations by Victorior
In: web resources
18 Aug 2011
Whenever you see an empty canvas, you’re seeing the possibility to free your mind and go to places that you’ve never been to, experience adventures that no one else would. An imaginative mind populates beautifully white canvases.
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That’s exactly the case of Wanchana Intrasombat, a Thai illustrator better known as Victorior. His work is definitely the product of a true creative, free mind. Also, he’s very talented, and gotta love his use of colors! Great technique. For more of his pieces, you should visit his portfolio. I hope you enjoy these. Cheers! 
About the author
Hello, everyone! I’m Paulo Gabriel, a 26 year old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you… and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.
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Architect Day: Graber Und Steiger
In: web resources
18 Aug 2011
With almost identical careers, Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger created in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1995, Graber & Steiger’s office, which accumulates publications and awards to each work projected. Today both are professors at the University of Lucerne.
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Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger traveled a similar path. Born in 1968 in the city of Lucerne in Switzerland and in 1988 joined the faculty of architecture at the ETH Zurich where he graduated in 1995. During his studies internships in offices Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and Hans Kollhoff office in Berlin. Graber also studied at Columbia University in New York and Steiger studied in London.
Villa in Zugersee, Switzerland. photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
Villa in Zugersee, Switzerland. photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
Villa in Zugersee, Switzerland. photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
Villa in Zugersee, Switzerland. photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
Villa in Zugersee, Switzerland. photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
In 1995, Graber and Steiger got together and created this partnership that has been creating quality projects since then. Since 2008, both became professors at the University of Lucerne, at the Engineering and Architecture course. With several publications in books and magazines, has won several architecture awards in Switzerland. Among his works are the residential and expansion projects, always attentive to detail, work elements and focal points also describing the internal spaces.
Villa in Zugersee, Switzerland
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
Villa in St. Niklausen, Lucern, Switzerland
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
Fensterfabrik G.Baumgartner AG Expansion, Hagendorn, Switzerland
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
photo @ Dominique Marc Wehrli / architekturbild
Residential and Comercial expansion, Adligenswil, Switzerland
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
House in Ermensee, Lucern, Switzerland
photos @ Filippo Simonetti
photos @ Filippo Simonetti
photos @ Filippo Simonetti
photos @ Filippo Simonetti
photos @ Filippo Simonetti
photos @ Filippo Simonetti
Residential and Comercial Raiffeisenbank Aletsch, Bitsch, Switzerland
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
Turn- und Mehrzweckhalle, Lucern, Switzerland
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
Mittelpunktschule Obermarch, Buttikon, Switzerland
photo @ Heinrich Helfenstein
photo @ Heinrich Helfenstein
photo @ Heinrich Helfenstein
photo @ Heinrich Helfenstein
photo @ Heinrich Helfenstein
photo @ Heinrich Helfenstein
photo @ Heinrich Helfenstein
Bank/Gemeindehaus, Wollerau, Switzerland
photo @ Andrea Helbling
photo @ Andrea Helbling
photo @ Andrea Helbling
photo @ Andrea Helbling
photo @ Andrea Helbling
House in Meggen, Lucern, Switzerland
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
photo @ graberundsteiger.ch
About the author
My name is Marcelo Seferin, I’m an architect from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I’m the chief architect at Seferin Arquitetura, an office that works with architecture, interior design and sustainability projects. You can check our work at http://www.seferin.com.br and you can follow me at twiiter http://www.twitter.com/mseferin.
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