I just finished doing interviews for a design position and I can’t tell you how nice it is to see a high quality portfolio that is actually thought through. I saw a small sample of Mr. Koh’s portfolio quite a while ago on Engadget and finally got around to checking him out.  He has some great examples of the design process in action and each visual element has a reason for being there.

So, if your a student working on your own and need an example or your just curious go check him out.

All credit goes to Donn Koh, Tracy Subisak, & Herlinda for the above Renew project.

Here’s a blog full of  wonderful artwork by concept artist Charles Liu.  Enjoy and keep sketching!

Ready for a new Wacom product? I am. They just release a new “real” pen that will record and transfer your wonderful sketches to the computer…kinda like a livescribe for artist. Sounds fun. I just hope the pen part last long enough so i’m not shelling out a fortune for replacement cartridges that only last a day. Blah!

You can find out more here.

Thanks to shiroc for posting this in the forums

This guys artwork is prime for inspiring a wicked robot sketch session.

Heres more of  Theo stylianides.

With spring comes the busy season so the only time I have to draw is either really late at night or during really really really boring meetings, which there hasn’t been to many of . However, I always make sure i’m sketching. It gives me a break and lets my mind relax while my hand does all the work. So, with that, heres a gallery with snippets of the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy!

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Check it out – Here’s an interesting concept and project from Matt Marrocco and Adam Hubers. I’m a big fan of any sketching book that does a good job teaching the basics and I DRAW CARS seems to be no exception. I know many of you are interested in car design, and if you’re one of those guys (or gals) that has a hard time getting the proportions and techniques down, check out I DRAW CARS on Kickstarter and pitch in to make this book happen.

I DRAW CARS Sketchbook & Reference Guide by Matt Marrocco & Adam Hubers — Kickstarter.

Its been sometime since we posted…more excuses…blah blah blah. Anyway heres a cool site. Lots of stuff. Lots of very nice stuff. CGSociety

You guy and gals really need to check out these amazing illustrations by Si Scott Studios. Ive seen them before but just came across them again. I really would like to get a vector file of the gold fish and cut it out of vinyl so it will cover 1/3rd of my bedroom wall. That would me SWEET!

You can check out some lower res versions here but if you want the biggies just hop over to the company site and browse the work section.

Enjoy!

Just saw this little post on Engadget.com. Apparently, Wacom has just released a BAMBOO stylus made for capacitive screen devices. Don’t get your hopes up just yet. If you were hoping to turn your favorite digital sketching platform in a pressure sensitive sketching machine, You’re out of luck. The sylus seems to add no additional capability to existing devices to detect pressure sensitivity to give you sexy lines when sketching. So for now, you’ll have to fake it. I’m holding out for the MORE/REAL Stylus I pitching in for over at kickstarter. If anyone picks one of these up, send us a review and we’ll throw up some insight.  Oh, and if you don’t have an iPad, the pen should work on pretty much any capacitive touch screen.

Wacom announces capacitive stylus to replace puny human fingers — Engadget.

Heeellloooo Rendering Challenge #2! Its not up yet, probably Friday , but while your waiting click past the break and you can check out a gallery of the past few challenges.

The rendering challenge will follow the same method as last month. Ill post a sketch and you rendering it. On Friday ill be posting the sketch in the forums and updating this post so keep a look out.

Edit: As promised Here are the files for this weeks challenge.

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