Artist Filipe Carvalho has taken Star Wars characters and created flat, clean icons. The flat icon look is very popular in design at the moment. Carvalho really has pushed the minimalism while keeping the characters identifiable.
Carvalho on his work:
Obviously, I'm a Star Wars fan, so I wanted to pay a tribute to something I really love. Being a copywriter, the Star Wars' universe that I was introduced to in my childhood has inspired me to create great and passionate stories that have the potential to capture the public's eye and heart. But, it's one thing to have the Star Wars saga as an inspiration and another to create a visual based on the story. Flat Design, with it's simple visual approach, enabled the non-professional-art-director-me to produce some illustration work, so, this was my chance to give something back to the saga. I looked up online and apparently...
Carvalho on his work:
Obviously, I'm a Star Wars fan, so I wanted to pay a tribute to something I really love. Being a copywriter, the Star Wars' universe that I was introduced to in my childhood has inspired me to create great and passionate stories that have the potential to capture the public's eye and heart. But, it's one thing to have the Star Wars saga as an inspiration and another to create a visual based on the story. Flat Design, with it's simple visual approach, enabled the non-professional-art-director-me to produce some illustration work, so, this was my chance to give something back to the saga. I looked up online and apparently...
- 9/2/2014
- by Free Reyes
- GeekTyrant
Before you ask: no, this is not a trailer, teaser or even proof-of-concept for any upcoming live-action version of Shirow Masamune's famous manga Ghost in the Shell, or the many anime it spawned. Like the live-action Akira trailer last month, this is a project made by fans, and 100% non-commercial as the makers don't hold any of the franchise rights. Computer artist Ash Thorp, designer Filipe Carvalho, and photographer Tim Tadder wanted to do a photo tribute to the iconic opening credits sequence of Oshii Mamoru's anime version. Just a nice labor of love, which would allow them to show off their skills. But the idea caught on amongst other participators of artist group Project 2501, and the tribute quickly became a short film...
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- 6/23/2014
- Screen Anarchy
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