Cinco De Mayo art by Mike Ray

Since, it's Cinco De Mayo this is appropriate. Mike Ray is the main illustrator for Ink Tycoon. He specializes in mascots and if you're ever on iStockphoto looking through illustrations, chances are you came across his work.

365 Days of Creativity -Day 81-85

If you've been following this blog for some time, you would notice that I have a goal I call "365 days of creativity". I want to try and stay fresh whether it's sketching or creating full designs. I feel it's always good to see an idea of how other people work or sketches to help bring some inspiration on your own work. Lately, I wasn't able to post, so I'll be posting my daily project every week. I will say that it is not always easy to stay creative or be on top of this, because life can be so busy. I'm trying and trying to stay on top of it with new ideas.

As always, click on the picture to enlarge.
Day 81-

Day 82 & 83
I have had this idea to have a diver diving into a galaxy in space, but I'm still trying to get the execution to come out right. Here is the picture I used, before I started to manipulate it followed by the execution.

 

Day 84- 

Day 85- Photography isn't as easy as you may think.

 

20 Free Paint Tossing Images brought to you by Media Militia

Media Militia has brought you 20 free great splatter images. I love these splatters and have tried to incorporate the images as best as I can in certain designs when needed. I've been influenced from such as art from Laura Alejo where I posted a Nike Ad http://joebarondesign.blogspot.com/2009/02/inspiration-nike-ads-by-laura-alejo.html Now I've seen iStockphoto.com have some, but these are more and free.

You can download the zip file here: 2bnqycekrx.zip Enjoy and thank Media Militia. You can see the rest of the paint splatter preview at http://mediamilitia.com/paint-tossing/