stillontherun graphic designer

REFERENCES

REPRESENTATION :
colagene.com

CLIENTS :
Alstom/ Vivendi Universal/ Ubi Soft/ Toyota/ Honda/ Adidas/ Swatch / BETC / MacLaren McCann / Brand New School/ Advanced Photoshop / Young & Rubicam / Ferrero Rocher / EMI Music / Sony BMG / Knorr / TBWA Toronto / Exo7 / BBDO Montreal / FPLQ / Suzuki / Direct Relations Limited / Damart / The KDU / 4 Westmount Square / Gustav Mag / Bran Van 3000 / The Canadian Globe & Mail / Zoumarmada / Vin d'Alsace / Bak mag / Ins2one / Unicef / Apag

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS :
Advanced photoshop 67, (unreleased)
Computer Arts Project Digital vs. Handmade, March 2010
Graffiti Art Magazine: issue 7, European release, 2009.
DesignAndDesign Book of the Year: Index book Editions, Worldwide release, 2009.
Computer Arts Projects magazine: (Next edition, worlwide release, unreleased yet).
Illustration Now, Taschen Edition: (Next Edition, Volume 3 , worldwide release, unreleased yet).
Advanced Photoshop Magazine: Uk Edition, issue 55, 2009 ( Double page interview).
Advanced Photoshop Magazine: International Edition, issue 46, 2008 (Cover).
Advanced Photoshop Magazine: French Edition, issue 3, 2008 (Double page interview).
Fashionize 2: International Fashion Illustration Book, 2008.
Applied Arts, Canada, 2 awards for Self Promotion and Corporate Category
Gustav Magazine: Trend magazine Switzerland, 2008.
Mex Magazine: Trend Magazine Switzerland/Germany, 2007.
SVM MAC: French Edition, 2008 (4 pages interview).
UNICEF, Unite for Children: International Illustration Book for Unicef, 2008.
2006: Concours L’original Fesival, France, 3rd place.

Breedmag.com: online design magazine, issue 2, 2007.
Designdiary.org: online design magazine, issue 1, 2007.
Bakmagazine.com: Cover + interview, issue 08, 2007.


Online features include:
Joshspear.com, Cpluv.com, Woosta.com, Digitalabstracts.com, Behance.net, Formatmag.com, Fubiz.net, Reformrevolution.com, Trendsnow.net, Smashingmagazine.com, Newwebpick.com, Artskills.net, Kanyeuniversecity.com, Feedmecoolshit.com, Abduzeedo.com

NETWORK :
The KDU, DepthCore

DES GENS BIEN :
Vincent Cadena, Loic Sattler, Justin Maller, Perttu Murto, Henrik Rypkema, Nikola Tamindzic, Magomed Dovjenko, Théo Gennitsakis, Fabrice Bats, Sam Hayles, Julien Morel, Jerico Santander, Aerosyn Lex, Nelson Balaban, Gennaro Lewis Grassi, David Fuhrer, Damien Vignaux, Nicolas André, Julie Vergez.

official website:
http://cargocollective.com/

DEPTHCORE

About Us

Depthcore is an international art collective focused on modern and abstract art, incorporating design, photography, animation and audio. Established by Justin Maller and Kevin Stacey in 2002, our membership is comprised of artists of all ages from all locations around the world and all walks of life, united by their love for art, and their passion for innovation.

The group was established to provide a showcase for the best in modern craftsmanship, with the primary goals of breaking design conventions and pushing the boundaries of artwork created or enhanced digitally. In a medium inundated with repetition we aim to bring something unique and innovative with every release we put forth, as we illustrate, orchestrate and visually represent the thoughts, hopes and dreams of all corners of the globe.

Chapters

Every three to four months, the Depthcore Collective puts forth a collection of digital media and modern artwork contributed by our members in what are colloquially referred to as "Chapters" (formerly "packs"). Chapters contain anywhere from 50 to 150 selected works from various mediums, including digital art, photography, music, animations, and collaborative works. The releases are themed, and require each member to contribute their own interpretation of a central idea or concept. The themes are only as binding as the members imagination allows them to be, and artists are free to project any construction of the subject they desire. Accompanying each Chapter is featured content, consisting of a detailed interview with a featured member and several spotlighted artworks. These selections are made by the staff, and aim to promote artists and artworks of outstanding merit and theme relevance. They also give the public an insight into the true nature of the release, and give recognition to a member who has made an exceptional contribution to the group through their artwork and participation.

Our Artists

Many of the original artists from the group's inception still release with us today. We still occassionally invite artists from around the community to join our collective and help to keep our releases vibrant and fresh. We are currently not accepting applications; although we have in the past, the majority of our artists gain membership via private invitation as opposed to their own request.

The People of Depthcore

Justin M. Maller

Co-Founder & Creative Director
Justin co-founded Depthcore, and actively works with the group by coordinating chapter releases. Justin also provides representation for our artists and handles media/press-related functions.

Justin is also a contributing artist to Depthcore's chapters.

Brian D. Smith

Development Director/Office Mngr.
Brian sustains Depthcore's operations by administering and maintaining the website. Brian also coordinates our physical office, business logistics and financial compliance so that we can conduct business.

Brian is also a contributing artist to Depthcore's chapters.

Kevin J. Stacey

Co-Founder & General Advisor
Kevin is one of the original co-founders of Depthcore, having been with the group since the beginning and provided much of our technical infrastructure. His contributions early on sparked the groundwork we needed to keep Depthcore moving forward.

Kevin currently serves Depthcore as a technical consultant and our general advisor.


















website:
www.depthcore.com

ESCAPE- Fuse Collective

Makeing video:

Making of "Escape" illustration from mOsk on Vimeo.

Maciej Mizer "MOSK" graphic designer

Maciej Mizer is a 2D and 3D graphic designer from Poland living in my home city, city of Lodz. The works he is doing are so vivid and colourful which stands in big contrast with overall quite grey and sad look of the city he lives in. Probably the passion of colours has something to do with another passion of Maciej, graffiti. On his website you can also see some examples of his graffiti arts.













Clients
Ecko unltd, Sony, Honda, Garnier, Vichy, TP SA, Orange, Ceramika Paradyż, Aquaform, Mercor, Avon, Prosper, Viaguara, Nowa Gala, Organika, NU Horizons...

Behance:
http://www.behance.net/mOsk_

digital portfolio:
http://www.mosk.pl/

deviantart:
http://mosk.deviantart.com/

Design a Contemporary Poster Photoshop Tutorial

Create this simple poster created with layers of photos and shapes. In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to use a combination of Photoshop brushes, images, and custom shapes to create this contemporary poster.

Preview of Final Result



Step 1

Create a new document with dimensions; 1500 x 2000px. Now change the foreground color to a light grey, I used #e5e5e5. Go Edit>Fill and select foreground color. This will fill the background layer with a light grey.



Step 2

Now go here and copy the image into your document then scale it down until it looks like the image below. Select the magic wand tool and change the tolerance to 40. Now click outside the skull then hit Delete to get rid of the white background from the skull image, do the same for the other white bits like inside the eyes and the mouth. The last thing to do is to make sure the layer is selected then hit Shift+Ctrl+U, this will desaturate the layer.



Step 3

Next go and copy another image from here, this time of a sword. Place it into the document, first desaturate it in the same way that we did with the skull then scale and rotate the sword. Now get rid of the white background using the magic wand tool, this time with a tolerance of 10. Now duplicate this layer (Ctrl+J) then go Edit>Transform>Flip-Horizontal. Then move this layer so the swords form an X shape.



Step 4

In the layers panel select both the sword layers using Ctrl then hit Ctrl+E to merge these layers. Now we want the swords behind the skull, so just drag this layer down below the skull layer in the layers panel. I also increased the brightness of the layer by going Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast and increasing the brightness a bit.



Step 5

Create a new layer between the skull layer and the swords layer then select the brush tool then in the main toolbar click the arrow next to the word brush then click the other arrow within the box that pops up and choose the architectural ornaments brush set. Change the foreground color to black then add a few of these into your image, I ended up only putting one in as you can see in the image below.



Step 6

Now change the opacity of this layer to about 60% just to tone it down a bit.



Step 7

Create a new layer below the swords layer then select the brush tool and choose the splatter brush set in the same way we did in step 5. Make sure the foreground color is black then add a big splatter just below the skull. Now change the opacity of this layer to 75%. You'll notice i also added some drips to the horns, this was just with a small round brush and is optional.



Step 8

Select the type tool then choose a grungy font if you have one, also change the color to the same color as the background. Now just type your text and position it over the splatter and resize it if necessary.



Step 9

Now that we've done the foreground, we'll move onto the background. So we don't get our layers mixed up, it is a good idea to create a new layer group, do this by clicking the button at the bottom of the layers panel that looks like a folder. Drag the folder so it is directly above the background layer. Now we need an image of smoke, the one I used can be found here so paste it into your document and desaturate it in the same way we did with the skull. Scale and position it as shown in the image below.



Step 10

Change the blend mode of this layer to multiply, now you'll notice that this smoke image has some sharp edges at the top, we need to get rid of these. We can either use the eraser tool or the layer mask tool, I recommend using a layer mask, but if that’s too complicated for you then just use the eraser tool. Click the layer mask button at the bottom of the layers panel (circle inside a rectangle) then change the foreground color to black then select the brush tool. Choose a soft round brush with a diameter of about 400px and an opacity of about 40% then just brush over the parts of the smoke that you want to hide and you'll get something like in the image below



Step 11

Next I added a few more splatter brushes behind the skull, I did this in a new layer above the smoke layer, I think I used three different brushes then I changed the opacity of the layer to about 70%.



Step 12

Now we're going to add a bit of color to the skull, so create a new layer at the very top of the layer stack then fill it with black (go Edit>Fill). Now go Filter>Render>Lens-Flare, hit ok then change the opacity of this layer to 75% then move it so the centre of the lens flare is on the skulls eye.



Step 13

Now change the blend mode of this layer to screen then if you think the centre of the lens flare is too bright then you can remove it a bit with the eraser tool.

Step 14

I left the foreground almost totally grayscale so that I could add some bright colors to the background to give a contrast. Create a new layer below the background layer group then change the foreground color to a bright color. Select the line shape tool and change the weight to 20px then holding Shift, make a line at 45°. Repeat this step until you have a few more lines of different colors.



Conclusion

That’s as far as we'll go in this tutorial but there is still a lot more you could do to your image. For example I added some white vector wings in, and a few wee gradients here and there but I'd encourage you to keep on experimenting with it an I hope you learned something new.



website:
http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/design-a-contemporary-poster/all-pages.html