BellZ's waiting

It's an emotive portrait. What I like about this work is that it create a sense of endlessness. I can feel the anxiety in his eyes. The way the artist present this work is also very interesting. The way I see is that wether you look from the top to the last picture or the last to the top picture, it gives some different feelings. From top to last: it looks like the man is a little bored. From last to top: I can feel that the man is quite disappointed or may be he's worrying about something. It's very interesting.
Reference:
Waiting, BellZ (Deviantart.com)

Shirotsuki's whispering

Ok, the first thing that I like about this works is that there're a lot of graves. Yeah, death is always one of my favourite topic. But of course, that's not the only reason. What makes the work interesting is that somehow, I can feel the warmth from it. Perhaps it is because of the angel statue (notice her beautiful smile?). Red is a great choice, it makes me feel both the cold and the warmth. And in case you haven't seen it, there's a girl that lies on the ground. It makes me think of the forgiveness of god(?...er....may be I've gone a little too far).
Reference:
Whispering, Shirotsuki (Deviantart.com)

Simple and clean

I remember when I was in the L6-2 class. My lecturer often remind me to “KISS” (keep it simple, yes, yes I always want to understand it in another way but it is just not possible) because that mean I can say more with less. Until that time, I still belive that in order to make something looks marvelous, I need to make as much complex as possible. But as I started to learn design, I feel that my taste for art have change a lot. Now, works with less detail interest me more ( or may be I just become lazy but this is true). I also find it interesting because it give the works an elegence look. However, the hard part is that how can you represent your idea with such limitation and the mass still understand it.

Reference (I’ll edit these to Harvard refencing system it is required to do so but for now let just it like that):

Happy Halloween by smashmethod (deviantart.com)

In love and lonely (I can find the name of the artist yet I’ll edit this post as soon as possible) (deviantart.com)

Coherence and rhythm

Well, this is what I want to talk about in this post. Now, I’m sure everyone have a good idea of what these term mean (I guess?). Still, I get a little confuse sometimes. Please look at these two exemple, I’m sure you can easily point out which use rhythm and which use coherence, right? (If not, don’t worry, I’m not gonna bite you, just relax and stop reading this post because it will make you become more confused, just be honest to yourself and don’t try to push yourself too hard, ‘kay? ;-) ).


But how about these:

Somehow, I found that both coherence and rhythm exist in these picture (may be there’s just one but I just can figure it out which using which). Because of this, I find that these works are very interesting.

Reference (I’ll edit these to Harvard refencing system it is required to do so but for now let just it like that):
Furioso deluge by sc0pe (deviantart.com)
Electrical stuff by GNARSTOKEULAR (deviantart.com)
The Midnight Sun by Isilmetriel (deviantart.com)
Down the spiral by gregersn (deviantart.com)

Kensei99's Belladonna

Well, according to what I've read in the reader, I have to talk about things that have inspired me. Then I think this post is appropriate. The work is from Kensei99. The work was a submission for a design contest (I think the contest's name is designary). The subject was "passion" and I think he has indeed describe the main subject through this work. That is also the reason that makes me really love it. I have always I like the idea of combining real-life photos and CG elements (I think this genre was called surreal photography). It give the feeling that the border between reality and fantasy has been blurred out. I also like the way the artist draw the hair (or grass or whatever it is but it is hair right? I mean, there's no way grass can grow on her head, right? unless,>_>... Well, just forget it, this is an artist's work anyway, everything can happen). It makes the work looks so complex, so chaotic just like when an artist passionately work on his work. In short, this is a great work. However, it absolutely does not inspire me or anything at all ......... errrr ......... >_> ........ wait ...... O_O ........Well, well, well, how silly of me, of course it has inspired me a lot. I mean, with all of those reasons above and then saying that this work is meaningless would be quite stupid isn't it? THEREFORE, you must believe me, this work has really inspired me a lot....You believe me right? right?

My logo

Phew... Obviously making a logo in Illustrator is much harder than drawing it by hand (got to buy a pentop soon... oh, wait, I forgot... I HAVE NO MONEY T_T). Anyway, I finally finished it. Compared to the earlier version, the idea is quite the same I did made some modifications, though. Oh, and before reading the explanation, why don't you take a look at the logo first, see if your way of reading it match mine ^^.

Explanation:

The idea is that the combination between the two dragons, the moon and the letter "D" on the outside will make up the image of an eye with glasses. The dragon were twisted because I think it is fun that way (^^) besides it makes the logo looks more artistic. The tail of the dragon underneath the moon made up the rim of the glasses. It also help to create the letter "Đ" in Vietnamese (with a dash) which the initial letter of my name. I choose to use dragons because it is much easier to use it to draw the eye (if you ask me why I don't use eels or snakes, come on, dragons are much cooler, no? there is also another reason). Dragon is my Chinese zodiac sign. About the moon, well, because I like the moon. I use the brush stroke because I think it match with the colors I chose (which seem to carry a lot of eastern spirit). That's it!!! Thanks for your reading!!!
HBMD