Tag Archives: Inspiration

Design inspiration with Miffy creator

www.scmp.com Dick Bruna, creator of the popular children’s book character Miffy the rabbit, explains his philosophy behind design and illustration and how best to foster a child’s imagination.

Cartoon Character Design

Please watch in the “Higher Quality” format! This is what has been keeping me from posting videos as of late. It is my senior thesis animated short film. Produced at the Ringling College of Art and Design. I am 2 days away from graduating with a BFA in Computer Animation. I provided the voice for the character as well
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Cartoon Character Design

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Motion Graphic ( Inspiration )

My secound motion graphic, for final project in Hong Kong Art school, concept talk about desginer how to use inspiration to creat desgin
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motion graphics

Invitation to the 2007 Senior Portfolio screening for the motion graphics dept at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. May 3, 2007 at Lincon Center 6-8:30pm.
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motion graphics

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At Art Basel with Artist Touko Okamura

Met wonderful Japanese Artist Touko Okamura during Art Basel. Her show was at the Asian Art part of Scope, Art Fair. Love her art!

Art by Japanese Artist Touko Okamura

Art by Japanese Artist Touko Okamura

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I think I’m turning Peacock, I really think so

In Coconut Grove we have 2 families of Peacocks living in the neighborhood. This week, one of the families decided to stay with us!

So for your inspiration, here they are:

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Do you have those days where you are just blocked, low energy and can’t get yourself to work? I think you are missing some ‘inspiration’. Inspiration is that spark that turns you on and all your creative energy just flows. It’s like magic when it happens.

It’s very important to recognize when you are lacking that inspiration so you can be productive and creative whenever you need to be.

It’s a very good practice to create some sort of a system to recognize when you are in need of some inspiration, so you can do something about finding it back.

How do you recognize when you need inspiration? When you just can’t get yourself to do some work, when you feel low in energy, when you feel blocked, you just can’t create, write, or do whatever you gotta do.

What can you do about finding some inspiration? Take a moment to think and write down 10 things that exite you, turn you on, you find fascinating, you love. Take that list and tape it to your monitor and when you recognize that lack of energy, look at the list and do or look at just 1 of those things 10 things. Take a little brake and do it. You’ll see how quickly your creative juices come back and you are on top of everything.

If you discover new things that inspire you, add them to the list immediately. Think of that list like your treasure of inspiration that you can go back to and recharge. And if you travel a lot, keep the list in your computer or your phone so you can access it at anytime.

What inspires me? I’m inspired by my cats, when I swim, specially if it’s outdoors, by looking at some artists art, by going to the zoo.

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Taking you for a swim to find inspiration

Taking you for a swim with me and see the world from underwater and get inspired:

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Pictures of my art studio

Welcome to my yellow world!! This is my studio in Coconut Grove:

This is my wonderful view and my computer. It makes me very happy to look at the green palm trees and the pool.

Aleloop's computer and wonderful view

Aleloop's computer and wonderful view

This is my drafting table to draw, paint and sculpt characters

Drafting table

Drafting table

These are 4 gyclee canvas prints I did at @imagekind. I printed them also on paper a little bit bigger. These are from a series very different to everything I do with characters. The main theme is what women are about. These are original digital art, drawn in the computer and are a mix of intricate women drawings and a collage of elements.

gyclee canvas prints of Aleloop's art

gyclee canvas prints of Aleloop's art

These are some of my character based graphic tees, the crazy robot is on the front of course! click here to see more about them see TV and newspaper interviews in my media page. And on the wall I painted 2 character cats that I’ve been drawing non stop for a few months now.

These are my graphic tees and my characters

These are my graphic tees and my characters

Here are some of my toys, Boomerang lamp and lunch box from when I was working at the Cartoon Network, some family pics, a couple of screen printed gift boxes, some of my design awards up there and 2 stop motion armatures I built a while a go and are awesome!

Aleloop toys, awards, pics and stop motion armatures

Aleloop toys, awards, pics and stop motion armatures

These are one of my two sets of black butterflies, with a canvas print of my Chihuahuas characters and Cartoon Network clock. I love the black butterflies, when I look at them, is like they take me flying to a wonderful world with them.

Aleloop's Chihuahuas canvas print and black butterflies

Aleloop's Chihuahuas canvas print and black butterflies

This is the other set of black butterflies next to my computer. I find them like if they are magical beings that are still and in silence next to me.

Aleloop pictures, black butterflies and sewing machine

Aleloop pictures, black butterflies and sewing machine

Oh and this is the top of my screen printing 4 color table top and my inspiration wall:

aleloop screen printing table top and inspiration wall

aleloop screen printing table top and inspiration wall

This is my wall of original artwork for screenprinting and gyclee prints:

aleloop original artwork and insipiration

aleloop original artwork and insipiration

And at last, here are my beautiful (dog like behavior) two and half cats hanging out outside. They walk with me to the studio like if they are dogs, and stay with me pretty much all day in the studio either eating, asking for attention, sleeping or asking me to walk with them back home. These are Orbit, Mundo and Minicat:

aleloop cats hanging out

aleloop cats hanging out

Think Out the Box

Hi!

In this video I talk about looking at EVERYTHING with new eyes to find inspiration EVERYWHERE.
Enjoy!

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