Byroglyphics is simply an alias of this artist who just so happens to be one of my favorite illustrators of-all-time (Funny how he/she is on the top eh?). Such a style as this ticks some of the top boxes I can think of inside my brain. It's textured, well-detailed, the shades of colour, the erratic yet composed style, melding of various elements, it's all just simply fantastic!
The image above displays all of these things I love (maybe too much) about Byroglyphics. Regardless of the mess you can still quite clearly see a closeup portrait of a woman here, scrabbled up in all sorts of scribbles and wild splatters of paint. If I just saw this image I wouldn't be able to figure out what message or meaning is being conveyed here, but I don't think there is any. I believe that it's a form of self-expression and trying to show a particular feeling through the immense mess which, from what we can see here, seems to be something like confusion, chaotic nature, or fear? I'm not sure, but the look on the woman's face as well as the desaturated and neutral colours makes me think otherwise, giving a contrast to the overall style of the piece.
The way Byroglyphics creates these pieces is all hand-made, another aspect of his/her work that attracts me to these works of art. He/she would start off with a normal drawing of a figure like a person or animal and then do a bunch of scribbles and splatters on some paper, scan them in, and meld the two together so it appears they are one. The main thing about his/her work that you'll now notice is the importance of source materials that play into his/her work. Now, if only I knew what gender he/she was...
The image above displays all of these things I love (maybe too much) about Byroglyphics. Regardless of the mess you can still quite clearly see a closeup portrait of a woman here, scrabbled up in all sorts of scribbles and wild splatters of paint. If I just saw this image I wouldn't be able to figure out what message or meaning is being conveyed here, but I don't think there is any. I believe that it's a form of self-expression and trying to show a particular feeling through the immense mess which, from what we can see here, seems to be something like confusion, chaotic nature, or fear? I'm not sure, but the look on the woman's face as well as the desaturated and neutral colours makes me think otherwise, giving a contrast to the overall style of the piece.
The way Byroglyphics creates these pieces is all hand-made, another aspect of his/her work that attracts me to these works of art. He/she would start off with a normal drawing of a figure like a person or animal and then do a bunch of scribbles and splatters on some paper, scan them in, and meld the two together so it appears they are one. The main thing about his/her work that you'll now notice is the importance of source materials that play into his/her work. Now, if only I knew what gender he/she was...
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ArnoThis style isn't my favorite form of art as I prefer a more textured look, but what I liked about this artist is the soothing nature to his work. It almost makes you just want to reach in and feel the smoothness of his illustrations, but that's physically impossible (for now...) so we'll have to deal with simply using our eyes to appreciate his art.
The image above caught your eye while scrolling down didn't it? (probably because it's the next image down after reading the previous paragraph, but still!) That's because of the use of bright colours and shiny surfaces which also create the very feminine look of the digital painting. The blowing of the dandelion gives a sense of soft motion within the image which helps extenuates the softness and tranquility of this portrait.
I mentioned before about how this is a 'digital' painting. This kind of makes the techniques used for his work self-explanatory, and the fact his only tool is Photoshop makes it pretty easy to realise he uses a graphics tablet to paint his illustrations in Photoshop. There could be thousands of different techniques used here due to the expansive functions of Photoshop, but to name a few he most likely dabbled in the Brushes window and modified some settings, used some adjustments to enhance finished paintings, or possibly a bit of blur which appears to be very likely unless they turn out that way through the process of painting.
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Darren Firth
Aha, another favorite coming right up! The little doodles, various textures, hand-drawn typography as well as the main imagery itself are all aspects of his work I really enjoy admiring. I've pretty much mentioned all the bits and bobs in the image above, but what I think it's all meant to be is a representation of the man being shown. What he's like, what he's into (pumpkins apparently O_o) and just a general overlook of what he could be like as a person.It's quite obvious that just about everything in his work is hand-made, but if you read about what tools he uses it seems to consist mostly of Adobe programs. I think that's mostly to combine all the hand-made elements made before anything is transferred to the computer though. However, the way the main piece seems to become this one shape could be the product of layer masks being applied to the drawing, erased around the edges and then brushed back in with self-made brushes in Photoshop. The rest seems to be just a collaboration of source materials.
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