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Minimalist Hero Illustrations

BrandX

By BrandX,
Posted on: 2012-02-10 10:54 in Multi-Media Fan Creations

 

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I've done a few of these now so I figured I would share them here. These were all heavily inspired by the works of blo0p on deviantart.

I've been in the process of making some fun minimalist posters for my current supergroup, The Challengers. These were all done in Adobe Illustrator with some minor work done in Photoshop to add depth and texture.

These link to DA and the larger version

Azure Tracer


Red-Havok


Xanatos


Human Flashbulb


Blast Cycle

 

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Nifty

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Very cool.

 

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Very nice indeed!

 

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Originally Posted by ransim View Post
Glad you guys like them!

Here is the most recent one:

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These are simple yet great! and I actually saw him running around today

 

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Niiice.

 

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I must say, the way you make them look like a poster, something that is posted on a wall or such, is just awesome!
It's like minimalist, but such a great attention to detail.

Ok, i know mine isn't as good looking as yours, but.. here goes:





Stop laughing, i only have Paint >>>>.<<<<


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the little ferret in the corner is awesome

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I like em! While I don't know the characters, it just feels like the posters convey enough to give you a hint about them.

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Originally Posted by Dark Energon View Post
I must say, the way you make them look like a poster, something that is posted on a wall or such, is just awesome!
It's like minimalist, but such a great attention to detail.

Ok, i know mine isn't as good looking as yours, but.. here goes:





Stop laughing, i only have Paint >>>>.<<<<
That's not bad for just using paint!

If you're interested in trying out illustration there are a couple free illustrator style programs that will let you do vector art like what I'm doing in illustrator. I've never used them though so I can't really speak to how good they may be.

http://inkscape.org/
http://www.serif.com/free-graphic-de...MC=FSSDRAWPLUS

I have a tablet but I prefer to do my vector work by mouse, so you definitely don't need any special tools to do this.


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Originally Posted by BrandX View Post
I like em! While I don't know the characters, it just feels like the posters convey enough to give you a hint about them.
That's what I've been trying to go for, which is a bit of a challenge when also trying to keep them as simple as possible.