Sketch of the Day || Henry Nahurski | Art + Design

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-07 | Interference, a pixel pattern.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-07

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-08 | A quick sketch of the back of a female figure.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-08

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-09 | Today's sketch is a photo of a feather I found on the ground while walking home.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-09

[Jaunay]

Ahhh wonderful use of texture, i cant let myself use such loose strokes, any tips? Are there any things i cold be thinking about to display texture in a rough yet clear way like this?

Also its great to see illustrator and artist evolve their typographic skills, just one opinion of mine, helvetica is so over used. Lol. Although very classic.

[HenryNahurski]

Thanks! Hmmm, I'd say that in terms of keeping your lines loose, try working more quickly and allow yourself to make mistakes. For example, you could say, "ok, I'm going to make an image in 2 mins, and I can't use the undo button." Another thing you could try is zooming really far out from the canvas so you can only work in broad motions, and not get hung up on the detail. For texture, hmm, I don't really know. I'd say a big part of it is having the right brush. There are so many out there that are really bad. Finding a good brush and then using it so you find that sweet spot between no texture and having way to much texture where it just turns out as mush. I think you do a good job showing texture with the cross hatching in your pen sketches, perhaps you could try something like that in your digital painting?

As for Helvetica, haha, I agree it's totally overused. Have you see the documentry about Hevetica? Its pretty amazing.

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-10 | Equipoise- "an equal distribution of weight; even balance; equilibrium."
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-10

[Velocity Kendall]

looks a bit like the cover art for Mezzanine by Massive Attack.
i love a Futura me.

[Jaunay]

Yeah ive been trying to incorporate my etching into my digital paintings, grr, more practice i guess. Im going to keep my brush at one size and see what happens. Lol Thanks for the awesome sketching tips, they're the little things that you know but sometimes forget if you dont use the often enough. C:

Also that harmony in the last piece is amazing, loving the colours very succinct. I want to see more drawing from you also!

[HenryNahurski]

looks a bit like the cover art for Mezzanine by Massive Attack.
i love a Futura me.

Whoa it kind of does! That's a pretty sweet cover.

[HenryNahurski]

I want to see more drawing from you also!

Will do! It's hard during the week when I have so much stuff going on. But I'm trying to do more drawing.

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-11 | Subway zombie attack.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-11

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-12 | Magical bird bath.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-12

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-13 | A simple concept for a Coca-Cola pop can redesign featuring an illustration and 360 degree bar code.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-13

[Jaunay]

The 360 barcode is a great idea. You should patent it now before they steal it. Haha. Watch out when putting putting your designs on 3d objects, the logo should curve with the can, just looks a little stiff. The birdbath is gorgeous, very stock fantasy piece, which is always great. How long did it take? SUBWAAAAAYZOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMBIIIIIIIIIIIIESSSSSSS AAAAAAAAAAAH

[HenryNahurski]

Thanks, awesome feedback! I knew something was a little off with the cans but I couldn't figure out what it was. The birdbath piece took maybe 45 mins? Stock fantasy is a nice way of saying cliche, haha, which I'll admit it is. I wasn't super satisfied with how the lighting turned out on that one, its a little too 'bleached' out.

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-14 | Happy Valentine's Day!! ♥ ♥ ♥
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-14

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-15 | What started out as a simple notan exercise, turned into a creepy character concept.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-15

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-16 | A concept for a animation based on Daft Punk's Around the World/Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. It got a little confusing putting the atom structure together and coordinating when words would match up, haha. You have to use your imagination, but hopefully you can see how it would work.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-16

[HenryNahurski]

Finished my first ever clay bust! I think it turned out pretty sweet!

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-17 | An attempt at creating a hybrid pattern between stripes, pin-stripes, checkers, plaid, and argyle.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-17

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-18 | A quick snapshot of the mountain goat lamp I have on my nightstand.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-18

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-19 | A hand study with an energy ball.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-19

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-20 | Practicing perspective, environments, and opaque digital painting.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-20

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-21 | Garage homicide scene.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-21

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-22 | The thing about drawing live models is they always look like they've fallen asleep or fallen over--flop.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-22

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-23 | Today, while riding the bus, I passed by a Jamba Juice, and I noticed that the logo is a little out dated and tacky. I mean, what's up with those letters connected by the serifs? And the weird offset shadow thing? Long story short, I decided give the redesign a shot. I tried to make this logo sleeker and more readable. I wanted to convey ideas such as fresh, juicy, fun, and vibrant. The individual raindrop shapes that are meant to portray juice, swirl together, much like a blender swirls smoothies, into a sliced fruit shape. The original logo is on the left, my redesign is in the center with some process work on the left.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-23

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-24 | Sketches from today's figure drawing. Tried out some new techniques that I'm trying to get more comfortable with. I need to work in color more, it's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-24

[mpaquin]

I love that you mix graphic design into these. Awesome work.

[HenryNahurski]

Thanks! Yeah, I feel like I can only go so far if I just learned the illustration stuff, so I'm trying to keep my options open and learn everything, haha.

[HenryNahurski]

Sketch of the Day 2-25 | A illustration inspired by spirograph drawings and aboriginal art.
http://henrynahurski.com/2011/02/ske...f-the-day-2-25