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  • joebloom, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10For some it takes a moment or two to understand what you're looking at.

    Great art. dugg.
  • iFrank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8These are beautiful, but I feel like I've seen this style before.
    • VyRuZ, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1Of course you've seen the style before, cuz this is a dupe!!

      *insert_dupe_link_here*
    • erikuma, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2It's truly a dupe. None of them created by a single person.
    • Sippi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Some of these images have a strong influence from a amazing artist called Banksy.

      http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/index.html
    • pezholio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6In fact, the monkey one is ripped straight off one of Banksy's pieces!
    • ManInTheBunker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i think the little boy looking over the city is from Banksy's west bank wall works too. and the barcode "busting open" is his...
    • Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The first time I saw Banksy, i was amazed by his creativity, imagination and style. The guy is a better politician than most I know of.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@Everyone:

      Banksy's monkey was used. This is with his consent.

      That is the only thing I've taken from him, and he is an amazing artist. Other than that, nothing else of his content was used.
  • bigpixl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15http://www.duggmirror.com/design/Want_to_see_some_amazing_illustration
    • maffiou, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5That was never going to survive even a mild digg frenzy... Even the mirrors are struggling... Can you make you page any heavier ?
    • agoodm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1My mirror (http://files.photojerk.com/alan/mirror/vhm-design.htm) is still up... And yeah I presume they could make it a bit heavier, I mean why not hotlink in some 40 megabyte video files as well??
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks to everyone providing mirrors.

      My server is cruisin' for a bruisin'.
  • msikma, on 10/12/2007, -35/+14As a professional designer, I must say that these illustrations are okay, but not very excelling. Some of the better work can be found on sites of the likes of NoPattern (http://www.nopattern.com/) or Hydro74 (http://www.hydro74.com/) or Raoul Deleo (http://www.deleo.nl/) or Luuk Bode (http://www.luukbode.com/).
    • jacobmp92, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4Eeeewwww... spam.
    • cbiz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"RECAPITULATION" was interesting..

    • GravyTrain6, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You have to remove the last parenthesis on each one of those links
    • dacheetah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Define "Better".
      Personally I prefer the stuff that the article links to. Infact, most of what I saw on a quick look through NoPattern is, IMHO, utter crap. But then, art is always subjective.
    • ho0ber, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Yeah, as a "professional designer" I would like to understand how you could link a site which makes my eyes bleed from its horrible design ( http://www.nopattern.com/ ).

      I am a professional web developer (I do layout / back-end coding), and I would never hire a "professional designer" who wouldn't feel ill from looking at that site, much less promote it.
    • msikma, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3ho0ber: perhaps you should realize that this is about the art, not about the web design. As is the article that is linked to. This isn't about terrific _web_ design, it's about illustration. I believe that the sites I linked to are more interesting to watch (while we're on the subject!) I'm not affiliated with any of those sites, as much as I'd like to be. :)
    • phunlee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17i think anyone who starts out a sentence.. "As a professional (insert job here)..." is about to sound like a total ass. That's just my professional opinion.

    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5How original of you to discover Photoshop filters...
    • ho0ber, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6@msikma

      And perhaps you misunderstand me. I know it isn't about the web design, but my problem is that the web design is such a turnoff that the art itself is smothered by ugly.

      Putting decent art on a poorly designed web page is like serving good food on a tray of vomit. It just taints it, regardless of how good it may have been to begin with.
    • msikma, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2It's just your opinion that his site is _that_ bad. I don't think it is. I think it's very simple and thus doesn't distract from his work, which is _excelling_. It's not like the site that this article is about is that great.
    • seanherman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thanks for all the links everyone. I'm looking to actually purchase some art prints, since I'm looking to move beyond the poster stage of wall decoration. A lot of the places I've been looking are way out of my price range. For the benefit of others in the same situation with a bit more money, here are some places to buy art online I've been recommended:

      http://www.britart.com/
      http://picassomio.com/
      http://eyestorm.com/
      http://www.mixedgreens.com/
    • ech0, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2@ho0be

      dude your an ass. that guy nopattern is an awesome *graphic designer*. check out his work, dont moan over the web design, its not his specialty. hes worked for nike and wired and is very well respected.
    • 0gleth0rpe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I don't see why you are dugg down.

      I agree with this (and similar comments). This is okay stuff, but also typically deviantArt material. I could do stuff like this, msikmas links are to clearly more experienced illustrators.. regardless of taste in style.

      Seriously, quit digging down sensible comments just because you disagree. Write a comment and dispute!
  • FastZ, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1That's pretty sick! Dugg.
  • BigBill62629, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4Lame
  • pyrotechnick, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Parabola is not in the correct form of y=ax^2+bx+c. No Digg.
    • Teaboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3He's a Tool fan. Hence "Wings for Marie" :D
    • topside, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That's what I got as well. I was looking to see if anyone else made the Tool link.

      I really liked Wings for Marie. In the artist comments, he does in fact attribute Tool's lyrics.

      Also it looks like the one with TV-people is influenced from Vicarious.

      In fact, alot of this material relates to subject matters close to Tool.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Haha.

      Yeah, a lot of my work is based on Tool.
    • Genthree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4As well as Mars Volta
    • Leviss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1mostly i see Mars Volta song titles as names for the pictures, and other song names too, did the music artists ok this?
    • ardent11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2why would the music artists have to "okay" it, lmao.
  • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Gee, thanks. I knew I'd seen it before when the link showed up "visited" in my browser...

    However, your re-posting it here will allow it to make another trip around the Internet karma wheel as it gets snagged from here onto reddit, shows up a day later in delicious, appears two days later on netscape, gets stolen and slapped simultaneously onto both Flickr and DeviantArt accounts where it stirs up controvery over whose picture set it originally is in a spectacular flamefest on MySpace through hump day, from whence it will be posted to BoingBoing on Friday just in time for another three weekenders to blog about it, before it gets rediscovered and subsequently posted here yet again by about next Sunday.

    It will be nice when the Internet grows to more than ten pages of original content...
    • Sammy20, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3comment of the day
    • JamieBarrows, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@hosiah
      Logged in just to give you a dig. Love your comment.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, that was a really fantastic comment. Even if my opinion is biased.
  • thewaz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7the barcode one titled "Recapitulation" is a banksy idea.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Actually, that one isn't.
    • ManInTheBunker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3no? http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/04.html
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@ManInTheBunker: Yeah, no.

      I love Banksy's work. A lot. But I had never even seen that illustration until after someone else made a similar comment.

      He's one of my biggest inspirations, but the idea for that picture in particular was not influenced by him but rather the Rx Bandits (band).
  • pp7k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Lordthor: agreed. Lacking or ***** description = buried.
  • squirpy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@dacheetah

    Well, when defining "better" there are different criteria that can be used. You seem to have a "better as a piece of art" in mind. That is a pointless argument. ho0ber's comments were from more of a "better as a display of design skills" point of view and I must agree with them. The original illustrations are not incredibly impressive. I only looked at the nopattern ones from ho0ber's links. Although the website is pretty bad, the designs themselves are stunning. You might not like the style, content, or color choices, but that fellow has some serious skills. That's not to say you are anyone are "wrong" for liking the first ones more, but the nopattern designs are definitely much better displays of technical mastery.
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3"definitely much better displays of technical mastery." ...of loading a photograph, and selecting "lighting effects"?
    • msikma, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2@squirpy: indeed. This is about illustration, not about web design. Most portfolio sites are very weakly designed; this is to accentuate the work. It's rather common [knowledge].

      @hosiah: if you think that NoPattern is all about Photoshop filters, you're wrong. He is a very good designer who's becoming increasingly popular in the scene. He's got clients such as Nike, Pepsi and Sony, and has written various articles for Computer Arts magazine. But then again, if you feel that it isn't difficult to do, feel free to start a carreer in his field, as you could be in for a serious paycheck...
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@msikma

      Let me get this straight. The pictures in nopattern (which I can't link to directly because of the wretched frames) under KR3W / Supra Footwear, P7, WB / Less Than Jake, had *nothing* to do with photographs and sparkle effects? If they're drawn from scratch, then yes, they're remarkable.

      Since you have to be all snotty about it, keep in mind that I'm the guy who drew this:
      http://penguinpetes.com/gallery/mod1/Shining_Obsession.jpg
      from scratch, so of course I don't know diddly what I'm talking about.

      By the way, if you're this famous, why post on Digg in somebody ellse's art thread to upstage another artist?
    • dacheetah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Personally I see more artistic talent than technical mastery there, and artistic talent is severely subjective, what one person likes another person doesn't.
      One could say that a random artist who draws a person with reasonable likeness is a "better" artist than Picasso, because the art show more "technical mastery", but history will probably disagree. And personally I think it takes more skill to draw the art this article is about, than the stuff msikma has linked to. I thought it was very impressive.

      And while not so relevant to the article, some people are "better" at using reply than other people.
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3"Most portfolio sites are very weakly designed; this is to accentuate the work. It's rather common [knowledge]."

      Anybody else heard of this "the better the artwork, the lousier the site design" theory? Wouldn't a successful artist be able to hire a web designer?
    • msikma, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1@hosiah: uh, I'm not trying to put his design down. I simply don't find it particularly interesting. You're the one who's putting NoPattern down because apparently _you're_ an amazing artist. You're the one calling me snotty and using this oppertunity (lots of visitors!) to link to your own work. He's a good designer. If you don't like it: too bad. Don't say that it's "all about Photoshop filters", because it isn't. If you think it is, you aren't a designer. This is the result of years of intensive work and interest in the design scene. Have some respect for him (and people other than yourself in general), please.
    • Nerdomatick, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I agree with msikma on this. Chuck (NoPattern) is very well respected in the design community. There's a lot more to art and design than filters. Composition, color, movement, and type are just some of the things you need to have an eye for. I'd say the general public doesn't scrutinize pieces the way another artist would.

      As far as the link to this portfolio I see a lot better work on the various online design mags and blogs.
    • Hobo97, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Neither the article submission nor nopattern do it for me. Both are defined by their use of A LOT of filters, A LOT of photography, and mediocre actual drawing skills. Nopattern in particular seems just like digital collage (i.e. "Stage 1. Overlay an assortment of stock photography Stage 2.)Filters! Stage 3.) PROFIT"). For the submission, take the pieces "Thom Torke, John Frusciante". There are at least several tutorials on pixel2life and other sites of that ilk that will tell you how to achieve that look. Which isn't necessarily bad, but when you bring NOTHING more to the table that a stale, easy to duplicate look...well....
    • ech0, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0@msikma
      I completely agree with you.

      @hosiah
      that rendering was pretty ***** IMO. nothing to brag about. that rendering shows your skills are in infancy when it comes to 3d. it needs more detail.
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@msikma

      "uh, I'm not trying to put his design down. "
      *****. You most definitely are. Which is OK with me. Trying to weasel your way out of it at the same time isn't.

      "apparently _you're_ an amazing artist."
      *****, I said no such. My comments are there for the public to view.

      "using this oppertunity (lots of visitors!) to link to your own work. "
      *****. Why did YOU post YOUR links? By the grace of God?

      "He's a good designer. If you don't like it: too bad. "
      *****. Again, didn't say that. And I posted nothing until you started pissing all over me about it. Here, here's another picture:
      http://penguinpetes.com/gallery/mod6/Towers_3.jpg
      And I'm nowhere near posting the three whole sites you did.

      "Don't say that it's "all about Photoshop filters", because it isn't. "
      My remark was directed at the " much better displays of technical mastery ". And it was a question. Hence ending the sentence with a "?". Where I might say, yeah, good art, or yeah, famous artist, or my nice color scheme, but technical brilliance is something I've seen before in many tutorials posted on this very site.

      "and people other than yourself in general), please."
      No, I respect everybody but you. Nobody with pride could say they respected someone who talked to them that way. Perhaps you would be better served to start respecting yourself.
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3oops, yes, that was four sites you posted. Uninvited, in the middle of a thread discussing vhm's work. Sorry, didn't catch that before your OP went to -16.
    • 0gleth0rpe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0hosiah, why are you posting a link to a poor render? Yes, we can all tell.
      again I agree with msikma.

      Digg used to be grown-up and intelligent, now it's degrading into a teen-forum. What's the deal here?
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I don't know, msikma, but you aren't helping matters posting as "0gleth0rpe"
    • 0gleth0rpe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I've been reading here for ages, and registered my account in july.
      Hell, ech0's been registered since 2005.

      msikma sure prepares his battles well.

      or.. we just don't agree with you.
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@0gleth0rpe

      Well, I can think of nothing to add that would be worse punishment on you than what you already bring upon yourself for the trash you side with.
  • malice8691, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Nopatterns illustrations would be perfect if you wanted to illustrate something like the satanic bible.
  • chapium, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7There are quite a few pieces on his deviant art gallery too:

    http://vhm-alex.deviantart.com/gallery/
  • ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5http://conceptart.org - you can lost all day there
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Now, THAT is awesome. I'm sure it's been Dugg before.
  • piratepete, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6yea these aren't that good.....
  • livefire, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2The lack of a description makes you look at the site instead of deciding whether or not you want to. I think it's more effective. Sorry.
  • dadrew1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5+digg!

    That is good stuff. I am pretty confident in my abilities with Photoshop and Illustrator, but I am still building up my talent. I am a fairly talented artist, and hope one day I can do some great illustrations like this! Inspiration +3!
  • agoodm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I am mirroring this, stand by...
  • spiralspirit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It seems he "borrowed" the banksy sad monkey.

    http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/banksy/Banksy_monkeys.htm

    I wonder who came up with it first.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Trust me, Banksy doesn't mind.

      And I credited him with that, if you click the link to the picture.
  • frogpelt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah I want to see an amazing illustration...but the page got owned.
  • JohnnyRad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3"Want to see some amazing illustration?" Yes. Yes I do, but the link in the digg just takes me to a mediocre at best portfolio of a no name rip off.
  • lsdeath, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I just have to laugh at the people who are burying this for its description. Im hope it gives you some sort of self satisfaction because it sure isn't doing anything else.
  • muxon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Most of this seems to be ripped from other artists (all the titles, for one... as well as several design elements) with no credit given to them. Unless this guy came up with the fetal aliens for Sigur Ros, in which case this would be pretty impressive. I think it's just a pretentious photoshopper though.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5They aren't rips. And there are ample credit to them in the descriptions.
  • latrek, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I'm sorry, I still don't understand why this was dugg. Just because Photoshop was used to create the artwork doesn't mean that it should be under the technology category. Technological Design is different from Illustration. The drawing is mediocre and and it's just a bunch of Photoshop filters and layers even though many people are really successful in making money with it. Illustration isn't about being talented in America. It is just about being able create a new flavor of the week and making money off of it. So kudos to the person who created linked the website to digg just to get some exposure.
    • Hobo97, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1No truer words have been said in this thread so far.

      The fact that you will probably get buried is sadly indicative of the truth in your statement.

    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I had nothing to do with it's submission to this site. And nor do I make any money with these designs.
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@vhm

      Hey, I *like* your work. I would guess you're going for a grunge/urban style? It has some emotion in it. The heat in here is about (a) duped post, and (b) msikma, who barged in throwing his/her *highly* commercial portfolio all over the place and declaring it to be the rebirth of the Renaissance, aided by a choir of sock-puppet fake accounts. Have a look at the infamous nopattern link upthread; no matter how bad you've ever been, you'll have something to laugh at.

      Jealous because you got dugg twice and not them, maybe?
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@hosiah:

      Yeah, I saw. And I agree with the general consensus of it being a bad site with great Illustrations. I never claimed to be better than anyone.

      Design -- contrary to popular belief -- is not a sport.
    • hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5"Design -- contrary to popular belief -- is not a sport."

      EXTREME caged match! Last artist standing! There can ONLY BE ONE WINNER! Tonight on Graphomania - the vicious Randy Rasterizer versus the challenging Pixel Posse! WHO will SURVIVE the BLOODBATH???
  • ghee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3he likes thrice
  • darkamster07, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I really love this art style, very grity and dark. I got some desktop sized images by clicking on the large ones, then clicking on the thumbnail on the next page, gonna try it out as my background. I chose "murder", "pirate nation", and "intolerance"
  • JoshDuffMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow, a lot of haters here.

    I thought there was some cool stuff.
  • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4HEY.

    THATS ME.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My poor server. : (
    • triforcer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1well this being two days late so you probably wont see this, but i have to say i enjoy your music that you made under unorganized crime. i discovered it almost two years ago, through a remixed version of "Alessandra" that was used in some mediocre flash animation. i found the original track and pretty much been checking out your site every few months to see if anything new ever came about. well just now i decided to search your site again but using your real name and not the alias because some band also uses it and low and behold i get this site i saw on digg a day ago.
  • Books, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I love how everyone thinks everyone sucks at Photoshop and that they are the best and your ***** is weak...***** that. The guy is good and knows what he is doing, show him SOME ***** respect at least.
    • tscheremieh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1oh come on ... some of these are nice, but mostly they are just a few multiplied photoshop layers – but nothing more.
  • YossarianDent, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It's good, and I like a lot of it, I just don't see why it was credited as "amazing illustration". It seems like pretty standard deviantART stuff - collages of grunge with some vector art thrown in. The majority of it looks like photoshop work which, while design, doesn't actually qualify as "illustration" in my book - which is a problem with the submitter, not the work.

    So, in conclusion, good, but why the front page digg?

    (I really should stop asking that, shouldn't i?)
  • tscheremieh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i can rather see "illustration" than "design" there.
  • Kuipo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Hah! Someone at my work just called me over to tell me his friend just got dugg, turns out the person who does this art is his friend. Small world sometimes.
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah. That's me.

      Tell Nick I said hi.
  • input, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3No digg for tracing and photoshop filters.
  • MauiMac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2F'n crazy @ss s%&t! Dugg...
  • americankgb, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0www.123klan.com
  • nerogtr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i love the thrice inspired stuff. someone above said he designs for thrice...which im not sure is entirely accurate. just because he has art inspired and named after thrice songs doesn't mean he designs FOR them. he probably should though. i want prints of a lot of his stuff in my apartment, i'm going to IM him.
  • yodinosaur, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1emo.
  • ShamsTron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, just wow!
  • countjedula, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1YAY!! finally someone who knows john frusciante's solo work!
    • vhmalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yup. I'm a huge fan.

      Carvel is one of my favorite songs. I love that whole album.
  • Spazkake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Digg for Star Alfur
  • Tradgedy12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1well, i thout it was good.
    idk about these 'tools', i almost never use photoshop and when i do i don't do anything too complicated
    i liked the way they looked- especially "pirate nation". i like the way it looks, for one thing, but more than that i like the concept, and wholeheartedly agree with it
  • OfARevolution23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Absolutely creative and beautiful, some of the best work I've ever seen.
  • soupisgoodfood, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It's nice work, but like others have said, it's not very original. Many of the elements and styles look as if they have been copied from other artists. Of course, you have to start somewhere before you find your own style.
  • kr3mliyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Insanely great. Dugg/Tagged/Archived.
  • unafraidsage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ya, I thought I have seen some of these before on deviantart!
  • vikala, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, a lot of that art is amazing, I especially love the grafitti art.
  • nnolasco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Kinda reminds me of some wild paintings at Jay's CheeseSteakes on 21st and Valencia.
  • clivewebber, on 03/12/2008, -0/+0Yes I do.
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