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35 Fantastic Digital Art Illustration Works to AppreciateDanielMurray is a very unique illustrator. In this post, we will showcase some of his best digital illustration works for those looking for inspiration.DanielScottGabrielMurray is an art collective specializing in digital art based in Maine, USA. He has worked for a number of studios, software and game's companies. Currently, he is none other than a DC Comics artist. He is a talented artist who works in different forms including graphic design, digital art, and illustration art. TheManofSteelHarleyQuinnTheBatmanIronmanRobocopWonderWomanDraculaCBasedonChristopherLeeDarthVaderWonderWoman(AngryMood) TokyoPatrolStill200yardstotheshipHothBatgirlCHereComesTheBOOM!LeonTheProfessionalBatman. VantagePointTheFlashJohnConstantine007BlackandWhiteKirkandSpockThehopeofGothamTheMightyThorCaptainMarvelCloakandDaggerCaptainAmericaLokiMagnetoHulkSMASH !SpiderManDormammuTheWolverineThis article is located at:Approaches to Digital Illustration Design? Visual Exaggeration, Geometric Patterns, Line Art, Limited Color, and 3D Illustration with Volume.1), Visual ExaggerationOne of the popular trends that illustrators find in their work is visual exaggeration. Broken proportions and exaggerated body parts now seem to be an integral part of the digital art around.Pablo style fashion illustrations with exaggerated details and broken proportions **** the same constitutes an artistic techniqueFireartStudio's blog illustrations use the visual exaggeration method of charactersFolioIllustrationAgency's magazine illustrations are also Based on visual exaggeration 2), Geometric Patterns Geometry will not lose its place in illustration trends: a variety of styles and approaches feature geometric patterns. Various geometric shapes rooted in academic painting give digital art an abstract atmosphere, consolidate the composition and add visual harmony.RadostinaGeorgieva's Geometric Characters Icons8 clip-style neat vector illustrations employ a consistent use of geometric elementsTaniaYakunova's interesting and playful geometric illustrations FireartStudio is dedicated to the theme of teamwork Illustrations based on geometric shapes Digital Illustrations by IvanMesaros turn basic geometric shapes into interesting characters 3), Line Art Line art and narrow curved lines are also popular: they add a decorative touch to embellishments, create a mood and beautify the image. The method is used not only for outline drawings, but also for adding detailing to images based on color patches and shapes.IvanHaidutski's vector illustration, drawn in the crayon style of the Icons8 Vector Library, features exquisitely lovely line artDigital Artist Brad Cuzen's technique of using lines as a way to lure in a character imageTimoKuilder's lovely artwork, a master of line art and elegant curvesDianaStoyanova's spring-locked art story uses stark color contrasts and the power of lovely lines and curvesTubikArts's contrasting silhouette drawings of the Blood Donor Project also make use of line art.4), Limited ColorWith hundreds of colors and shades on hand, more and more designers are tend to experiment with their skills in limited or even monochromatic palettes. As a result, the digital art world is showing illustration trends that are more expressive and play up bright details with fewer colors.IvanHaidutski's cab style illustration on the Icons8 Vector Library uses a limited palette based on bold blacks and contrasts.KseniaShokorova's elegant, expressive digital representation of a hotel interior and Uses a limited color paletteMatt Carlson's editorial illustration for VirginiaTechScienceMagazine uses a limited and striking color schemeA limited color palette and vibrant colors help digital artist Lana Marandina create a serene evening Atmospheric illustration by TubikArts sets an impressive sunset scene based on a limited and contrasting color scheme5), Volumetric 3D IllustrationThis year continues to show a strong interest in 3D art, which is already shaping up to be a strong direction in digital illustration.3D illustrations show an increasing variety of styles and plots, characters and environmentsDiversity by MikeCreativeMintsDesigned by MikeCreativeMintsWebpage featuring interesting and engaging 3D illustrations of heroesVitalityStudioCreated impressive 3D artwork for landing page designPeter TarkaLovely 3D artwork impresses with attention to detail and overall compositional perfectionDigital illustration and CG illustration are not one and the same. The concept is that digital illustration includes CG illustration, digital illustration is more broadly digital commercial art illustration development and the current situation Abstract: The rapid development of digital technology has made the graphic image design has gained great technical support, artistic concepts and ideas to obtain a new release. The rich form of skills has stimulated the development and evolution of traditional illustration and its social use, and the display space of digital commercial art illustration has been expanded, bringing new visual experience and fashion style. Keywords: digital art, CG illustration, commercial art In today's highly informatized society, the concept of illustration in the field of design has become broader and broader, and has been collectively referred to as "commercial art illustration" with the strengthening of commerciality. The concept of contemporary commercial art illustration has been greatly expanded, because of the application of new technology and new means, illustration has long changed from the past to a purely hand-drawn based on the creation of a large number of computerized data storage, transmission mode, the latter will become the development trend of illustration. In the modern design concept, illustration as a way of visual communication, as a means of information dissemination, mainly utilizes images to make artistic interpretation of the expressed thought content. In the application of illustration, it requires both strong artistic influence and practical functionality. Not only to appreciate the beauty of art and modeling, but more importantly, to convey commercial and cultural information, to serve commercial activities, and at the same time in line with the commercial spirit and artistic qualities, to stimulate and influence people's actions and thoughts with visual images. First, the development of digital commercial art illustration Western illustration art to the 21st century, has long been not only the use of painting means to create static plane image, from the scope of the subject matter to the social and commercial purposes, from the production to the concept, has been a variety of schools, a variety of schools. With the popularization and development of computer technology, modern commercial art illustration has rarely used paper, pen, paint and other traditional tools and materials to draw, replaced by computer software, and draw out of the illustration has a new name, called CG illustration. CG art (ComputerGraphic) trend swept the world, and three-dimensional technology provides a richer experience of visual effects, it can be said that the entire western art world has become the world's most popular art form. It can be said that the whole western illustration world is shaken by the digital technology revolution and is experiencing a new round of test. Today, commercial art illustration in foreign markets has been spread in print and electronic media, commercial venues, commodity packaging, film and television posters, corporate advertising and even T-shirts, diaries, New Year's cards, infiltrating all aspects of visual communication design. 1980s after a long period of time, China's traditional hand-drawn drawings technology is also challenged by photography, photographic technology is convenient and quick, in the real reproduction of the efficiency and efficiency is unparalleled. Photography technology is convenient and quick, and has incomparable efficiency and advantages in real reproduction, which makes illustration creation gradually focus on books and publications only, and the application scope of domestic commercial art illustration becomes very narrow. in the mid and late 1990s, with the popularization of computer technology, digital effects can easily simulate the effect of hand-drawing in the computer, commercial art illustration has begun to revive again in the field of design. The bright and colorful computer illustration style became the most popular fashion, which was respected and loved by teenagers, and new talents using computer for illustration design kept emerging. Domestic studios and companies specializing in commercial art illustration production began to form, cooperating with publishing houses and large advertising agencies to provide them with professional illustration and image design services. At present, many of the illustrations of the main popular magazines in China are already digitalized products. It can be said that our commercial art illustration art after many years of trough, under the impetus of digital technology, under the stimulation of the prosperous market, has presented a brand-new outlook and vitality. Second, the current situation of digital commercial art illustration digital commercial art illustration development so that the original book illustration function is no longer the focus of its original marginal functions, such as film and television animation scripts, comics and other forms may have to occupy a larger proportion. Nowadays, the process of market communication is rapid and fast, and the amount of information is so complicated that only concise, eye-catching and clear communication can achieve a better communication effect. The modern digital commercial art illustration tends to be in the form of pictorial, simplified graphics, which is in line with the characteristics of the information society, and simple, strong images are easier for people to recognize and remember. Illustrators in Hong Kong and Taiwan have been searching for their own industrial path. In Taiwan, from comics and illustrated books to children's and adult picture books, they have experienced different creative forms. Digital commercial art illustration has become a symbol of the maturity of urban pop culture. The United States is a country with a very developed illustration market, and enjoying illustration has become a habit in the society. American realistic illustration once dominated the world illustration art with its exquisite skills and rich subjects. The illustration market in the United States has been very specialized, divided into children's, sports, science fiction, food, digital, pure art style, humor and other professional types, each type has a special illustration artist. In recent years, under the influence and impetus of the movie industry, digital artists in the United States have created even more amazing visual myths. Japan's commercial anime already has a huge market and operation team, and anime is an important branch of the illustration industry. Before CG technology entered the field of illustration, hand-drawn animation was one of the major industries in Japan. Today's younger generation is increasingly inclined to create and synthesize animation using computerized digital technology. In Korea, as the game industry has risen to become the second pillar industry of the national economy in recent years, illustration, especially digital illustration, has risen to prominence, and game characters designed with digital illustration have gained more market space as Korean games have become more popular in China, and many wonderful digital design works have also emerged.CG is a word that is full of charms, and it is also the work and ideal of many people nowadays. In the future of design, the ability to create "images" may be one of the most tested strengths. The creation of commercial graphics and images is becoming more and more diversified, and the world of application is also becoming more and more extensive, requiring practitioners to have a rich imagination and solid modeling skills, and to create works in line with the principles of commercial design in order to adapt to the changes and development of society. Illustrators all over the world are trying to create new visual experiences of this era, and are sensitive to the linkage with this era. Third, the digital means of commercial art illustration--hardware, software, external devices computers have changed people's visual appreciation habits, communication habits and habits of thinking. Designer's hands from the repetition of monotonous labor has been liberated, creative ability and inspiration costs come to the fore, the level of computer operation directly affects the quality of the finished design. The prospect of design art is that computer technology is getting more and more developed and the level of software is getting more and more advanced. The simplicity of operation skills makes the learning time of design art shorter, and only high technical skills and quality will be valuable. The digital means of producing commercial art illustrations mainly include computer hardware, software, external devices and so on. Computer hardware includes motherboards, graphic cards, monitors and so on. Due to the continuous upgrading of equipment, it brings more high-speed data computing power and processing technology. Art design computer, whether PC or MAC, the current operating system and features in graphic design have been very powerful. Commercial art illustration application software including two-dimensional, three-dimensional graphics, image design software, such as: Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, Coreldraw, Painter, 3Dmax and so on. Commonly used external devices are digital cameras, printers, scanners, handwriting boards and so on. With the rapid development of digital technology, digital products and related accessories, the price is getting lower and lower, more and more powerful. Traditional hand-drawn effect is usually more natural, casual, retaining the material, texture, texture and brush strokes, directly reflecting the author's personality, rich in humanistic affinity. The combination of computer technology and hand-drawn, so that the hand-drawn analog effect without the material form of paint, paper, brushes, but in the format of electronic files to save, output, print, copy. Computer graphics colorful, easy to modify, easy to store, use it not only to improve efficiency, but also to create a lot of new styles, the application is becoming more and more widespread. Fourth, the design style of digital commercial art illustration due to the characteristics of computer graphics production, digital commercial art illustration design has formed a unique style of digital illustration, mainly vector illustration of the bright style, computer synthesized image of the visual style and CG illustration of the virtual style. 1. vector illustration vector illustration is the vector computer graphics software path, brush function of the powerful, and hand-drawn pressure-sensitive pen and efficient combination of illustration is becoming increasingly popular in recent years. Efficient combination and increasingly popular illustration style, of course, the richness of the computer library resources, so that many commercial use of graphics and illustrations can be extracted directly from the library and modify, but through sketching, processing, coloring vector illustration, gradually become the love of young illustration creators and designers. Many people are full of interest in the exploration of skills and the pursuit of vector illustration style can be said to be the more fashionable popular style. 2. computer synthesized images using the computer to process the picture, photo, image synthesis, is also a popular style of production of advertising illustration. Computer synthesis technology has long reached a degree that can be faked, the computer's magical effects make the virtual into reality, so that the fantasy realized in front of the eyes, to achieve amazing visual effects.3. CG illustration CG illustration mainly refers to the use of the latest digital image technology language created by the painting style, mainly including comics, game characters, movie virtual image, etc., is the most cutting-edge form of illustration design, a wave of trends in the world. This trend is in full swing all over the world, with countless CG enthusiasts creating a large number of CG characters and exploring the world of transcendental sensory imagination. Overseas, CG designers work for major movie studios and game and animation companies, and character and movie special effects design has become a hot industry. We have rapidly entered the era of digital art and new media, image graphics in the dissemination of information presents a strong, play an important role, become a popular means of communication. The computer has a powerful data transmission, processing capabilities, providing many manual effects and functions can not be achieved. However, computer is a material existence invented and manufactured by human beings, and it ultimately needs to rely on human spirit and sensibility to play a role. In the end, the digital tool is only a powerful tool, the key to art and design is through the human mind and subjective will, driving the computer to establish artistic expression and information graphics communication style. *The project team members: Su Yanhui, Zhang Ran, Peng Zhijun undertook part of the data collection work, thanks. References:① Su Zhongqiu: Commercial Painting, Shaanxi People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Xi'an, 2000./② Wang Shouzhi: The History of American Illustration, China Youth Publishing House, Beijing, 2002.Shuyi, School of Advertising, Communication University of ChinaExcerpted from: Decoration, Issue 01, 2005Author:Shuyi