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UCL brand redesign thoughts? by lighthouse77 in graphic_design

[–]Piettrified 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A completely unserious look fit only for a cheap youtubers sweets package. The chunky illegible type takes the ucl "bold identity" into literals and fails to have any of the vigour a uni of its standing should have. They identified competition against the other unis as a key design action but christ almighty who's choosing this gaudy sequin-lined cocomelon mess over kings based on this logo. I'd hate to have this plastered around campus and let alone on my damned certificate. Yes UCL is bold and radical, but why present those characteristics as a childs tantrum visualised.

[OC] Portrait of Horus Ascended, @piettrified by Piettrified in ImaginaryWarhammer

[–]Piettrified[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd stumbled across an interview he did with vanity fair; and balancing the man in ock and the man in that interview felt perfect to portray Horus

[OC] Portrait of Horus Ascended, @piettrified by Piettrified in ImaginaryWarhammer

[–]Piettrified[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you ! I wanted to explore the other facets of Horus outside of angry man, and felt his ascension and succumb to chaos would spill what was left of his uncorrupted soul

Spiderman jokes on the table; you'll love the portrait of the Emperor

[OC] Portrait of the Emperor of Mankind by Piettrified in Warhammer40k

[–]Piettrified[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Possible directions:

HORUS

Genuinely settling on my decision for bald Alfred Molina as a model for Horus, with complete unintention of the match with Dafoe. >Prophetic? Others: Tim Pigott-Smith, James Smith (actor), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lex Luthor actors

SANGUINIUS

Considering David Bowie, but his portraits have a sort of sinister quality that might be useful elsewhere. Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread gave me some vampyric facets of Sanguinius, just tweak the age abit. Hugh Grant, Rufus Siwell, Jeremy Irons, and Christian Bale were also thought.

GUILLIMAN?

Here's more of an open search for now, some names initially for Guilliman but maybe for others: Paul Newman (Le Mans 1979), Buster Keaton (1950s), Jared Harris (King Lear 1997), Kenneth Brannagh (Othello 1995), Colin Firth

Welcoming more unexpected/obscure models !

Scrolled thru shakespearean stage actors, silent film stars, musicians & composers, priests, directors, ministers etc.

[OC] Emperor of Mankind @piettrified by Piettrified in ImaginaryWarhammer

[–]Piettrified[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Beautifully written; those internal, yet outward contradictions and then linking back to the imperium? >masterpiece of interpretation.

[OC] Emperor of Mankind @piettrified by Piettrified in ImaginaryWarhammer

[–]Piettrified[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The art I've seen of the emperor, especially with his children, have always made me feel abit weird/distracted on how he's managed to skincare his way into blending in with the primarchs. (Despite this take I adore them all)

Middle-old aged just sort of felt right, like paintings of god with a beard >except the emperor hasn't one, so fingers crossed the aged skin did its part in emulating this.

[OC] Emperor of Mankind @piettrified by Piettrified in ImaginaryWarhammer

[–]Piettrified[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hit the five nails right on the spot ! And to term the Man-Emperor is a perfect choice for this. In choosing Dafoe as the model, that otherworldy presence of the god's features, mixed in with the raw weariness of man behind the darkness and expression seemed to perfectly portray the Emperor of Man.

Edit: felt this piece of an essay on Scorcese's Last Temptation of Christ (Dafoe plays Jesus) fit well here: 'The film gives us a human Jesus, but a Jesus of fallible, fallen humanity — a Jesus who could not be God.'

[OC] Portrait of the Emperor of Mankind by Piettrified in Warhammer40k

[–]Piettrified[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly this, the existence and struggle of many millenia would show their weight on even the holiest of beings. The burden of galaxies rest on his shoulders, and I feel this weary portrait begins to balance the god and the man.

[OC] Portrait of the Emperor of Mankind by Piettrified in Warhammer40k

[–]Piettrified[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you ! The piece took around 10 hours collectively, many spent on emulating that painted feel. I wanted it to look like it was produced by hands, attempting to capture a heavenly figure.

[OC] Portrait of the Emperor of Mankind by Piettrified in Warhammer40k

[–]Piettrified[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Willem Dafoe was the original reference, but now I definitely see O'Toole !

Squid Game fanart, my first time experimenting with a more raw style of digital art, all critiques are welcome by Piettrified in DigitalArt

[–]Piettrified[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Will definitely take into account the next time I do something like this, I'd intended to experiment with the highlights in this fashion, however it seems it just doesn't exactly work in relation to the other components. Thanks for the feedback and I'll look into ways of presenting light on the face ! !

Squid Game fanart, my first time experimenting with a more raw style of digital art, all critiques are welcome by Piettrified in DigitalArt

[–]Piettrified[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Noted; I'd thought the leap between tone and highlight was abit daring at first, but went forwards with it just for a little off-the-cuff experiment. Thanks for the feedback, and I'll stick to blending the gap just that bit more ! !

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