Chocolate Banana-Punch Pattern

Hi there,

I am on the roll with the vintage patterns :)
Today I decided to mix a nostalgic combination of colors - pink, brown, yellow and light blue. Why nostalgic? In the late 70's early 80's, when I was a child, there was a very popular ice cream flavor - chocolate, banana punch. It wasn't my favorite flavor, but now I think of it very fondly, good times.
It's a simple but very lovely and optimistic vintage pattern, take a look:

I could imagine this pattern on a pillow or on a bag - it looks great!

That's it for today, thank you for visiting :)

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My Retro Style Pattern Won the "Today's Best Award" on Zazzle

Hi there!

Today I was really glad to start the day with this mail :

To be hand picked out of thousands designs is really exciting, it is a nice reward for the hard work I've put on my online store. This award also gives my products more exposure on Zazzle's front page :)

Take a look at my original pattern:

Retro style orange dots pattern, with a colorful frame. I really like the vintage touch of the scratched surface!

Take a look at the award winning product:

Award winning retro style messenger bag

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Thank you for visiting :)

Have a wonderful day!

Digital Art - Black Cat

Hi there!

Who doesn't love black cats? They are adorable, aren't they? hahaha A lot of people are still afraid of those animals, believing they will bring them bad luck. Well... I must confess, those creatures look majestic (or diabolic to some people), with their dark fur and their hypnotizing green eyes.
Few years ago while I was eating breakfast outdoors, I've noticed a huge black cat fighting and punishing other cats, who have tried to reach for the leftovers. After a while he was walking towards me without a fear, with an arrogant expression on his face. Luckily I had my camera, take a look at this tough bully.

Scared? :)
His eyes were huge and so green, and the pupils... well... he truly looked like the devil :)

I was so impressed with his image, so a few years after I've decided to create a line art or a colorful sketch that will deliver the same facial expression. I wanted to be able to recreate the same hypnotizing eyes effect.
I was using illustrator, to build the basic sketch, and I put an extra effort on the eyes.
Take a look:

It is really a simple image, but it has so much character, and I just love the contrast and the vibrant colors. 

Hope you enjoyed this post, thank you for visiting!

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Digital Art - Silhouette Fun

Hi there!

I just love to create silhouettes using vector art, it's fun, easy, relatively fast and it makes me go wild with the background.
Imagine that, a plain object, which easily can be ignored without the background, suddenly looks glamorous and appealing. That's my fun, to think about the background, to make the silhouette pop out in an interesting and beautiful way, to create the right atmosphere.

Here are 3 examples of silhouettes I've created, notice the big difference between the plain silhouette and the complete image with the background.


The Jazz Player
 

When we think about a jazz/saxophone player, we think about a smoky dark club, smooth atmosphere, the 40s-50s. I tried to recreate this atmosphere with a simple background, smooth, blue and sexy. The background really supports the silhouette and gives us the essence of the jazzy old-fashioned ambiance. 

Take a look : 

Karate Fight

Karate or other martial arts like kong fu, always remind me the 70s, the glorious days of Bruce Lee or the classic karate kid movies.  It always look majestic, royal and sometimes exaggerated. I wanted to bring a WOW effect in the background. Something that will make the silhouettes more impressive and will give them a cinematic flare. I've decided to use a dark cherry - crimson color, that brings a very dramatic atmosphere, the silhouettes looks absolutely glorious in that background. To complete the scene, I wrote the word karate in Japanese using some filters.  

Take a look:

After that, I had an idea, to use the red color as the sun in the Japanese flag, and the result was very cool...

Elephant Family

The other day I saw a show on the National Geographic channel. A beautiful and heartwarming scene was shown - an elephant family walking together, holding each other tails. I was so excited - it gave me an idea for a picture. I've created the elephants silhouettes holding each other tails, and was thinking to myself what would be the perfect background. African sun in the background, desert haze and unbearable heat would be the natural environment for this family. 

Take a look: 

You can really feel the difference, can't you? :) A proper background, even simple one, can add the perfect atmosphere, and can give new life to a plain silhouette. 

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Graffiti Exposition / Making a Digital Graffiti

Hi there!

Two weeks ago I was attending an international graffiti exposition at old Jaffa port. Many international graffiti artists spread around the dock, and were busy painting on the old walls, trying to make them look prettier and colorful. I was walking around, capturing them working on the graffiti, each one with his own technique and style.

Take a look at some of the gems I've found there, and see some artists in action :

This exposition inspired me to create some digital graffiti patterns, Here is one of them :

I like to create geometrical abstract patterns, and to play a little bit with some filters, in order to make them look more special (I've found that photo filter apps. can be very useful on digital art images).

Take a look at the following steps, and learn how to make simple but cool digital graffiti images.

Draw some geometrical shapes (doesn't have to be super sophisticated) 

Paint between the shapes (try to find matching and attractive colors)

Add a little depth between the shapes

Use photo filter app (instagram, pixlr-o-matic etc.) and choose a "grungy" texture
in order to make the pattern more urban

That's it!  Pretty simple, but very cool.

Thank you for visiting :)

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Photography - Pit Bull / Churchill

Hi there,

Last week I went to see a graffiti exposition at the old Jaffa port. I took my camera with me and I'm gonna show you some photos from it next week. Anyway, when I came back I saw my dog chewing an eatable cigar, and he looked so funny. I immediately pulled the camera and took a picture of him.
I did a little bit of post production, to give it a retro and edgy feel.

Take a look :

Doesn't he look like Churchill? :)

Digital Art - The Scream

Hi there!

This one is just for laughs, It will be very short and sweet!

Just was playing with some virtual food on the illustrator, and my imagination was working overtime...
I was thinking about the famous painting of Edward Monk - The Scream.

Take a look at the original and the eatable parody.

Well as I said it was very spontaneous and just for the parody.

Look how funny is this shirt  :)

Well as I said it was very spontaneous and just for the parody.

That's it for now, thank you for visiting!