New feel good playlist to start the week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-17 

Backgrounds from The Princess and the Frog (2009, Walt Disney Animation Studios) : 

Monument Valley 2 is pure lesson of color scheme and shape language. Each level is a masterpiece and a definition of the concept of "eye candy" :

The rocky landscapes of Eugen Bracht (1842-1921) 

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New feel good playlist to start the week :  https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-16

Backgrounds from Ciclope Festival 2019 opening short animation by Tiago Calliari : https://tiagocalliari.tumblr.com 

Backgrounds from Dorohedoro ( 2020, Studio Mappa, Art Director Shinji Kimura ) 

Concept art from Onward by Huy Nguyen (2020, Pixar) 

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New feel good playlist to start the week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-15 

The vivid colours of Seth Armstrong : http://setharmstrong.com/paintings 

Backgrounds from Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, art director : Nizo Yamamoto)

  

Winslow Homer' seascapes (1836 – 1910)

  

  

  

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New feel good playlist to start the week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-14 

The unique colors of Bohumir Jaronek (1866-1933) : 

Backgrounds from Children of the Sea ( Kaijū no Kodomo, 海獣の子供, 2019, Studio 4°C) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LOseDi1j8c

"Mindhunter - Animated Series", nice exercice of stylization by Niclas Treinen : https://www.behance.net/gallery/79554979/Mindhunter-Animated-Series 

Posters for the Chinese theatrical release of Spirited Away this week : 

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Samples of life drawing session on Procreate. Around 30 sec, 1, 2, 5 and 10 minutes per pose. 

New feel good playlist to start this new week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-13 

Concept art from Moana by James Finch (2016, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) : http://www.jamesfinchart.com/moana/58c3k81optjpaxf1cmwbad7rrpctlw 

The colorful territories of David Griffin : https://davidgriffinstudio.com/works  

Influenced by Hiroshige and Hokusai, the work of Henri Rivière is timeless (1864-1951). The color scheme is so modern, it could come from a contemporary animated movie or webcomic. 

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Have a great week folks!

New feel good playlist to start this new week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-12

Colors, lightening, shape language, everything is unique in the painting of Alfred Joseph Casson (1898-1992) 

Backgrounds from Is It love: Fallen Road by Jessica Rossier & Bastien Grivet  (2019, 1492 Studio/Ubisoft) :

 https://www.artstation.com/jessica-rossier 

https://www.artstation.com/grivetart 

The amazing way to paint draperies in the painting of Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck (1873-1965) 

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New feel good playlist to start this new week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-11

The poetic compositions of Thomas Blackshear : http://www.thomasblackshearart.com/western-art/4594227367 

Big Hero 6 visual development by Scott Watanabe : https://scottwatanabe.tumblr.com/post/103583162840/at-one-point-more-scenes-took-place-in-an  (I can not help but feel a little taste of Tekkonkinkreet/GitS/Jin-Roh and I love it ) 

A mixture of vegetation and clouds, the painting of Jean-Honoré Nicolas Fragonard (1732-1806, french) :

  Backgrounds from Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003, DreamWorks Animation) :

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New feel good playlist to start this new week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-10 

Visual Development from Mulan by Hans Bacher (1998 Walt Disney Pictures) : 

The amazing details in the orientalist scenes of Ludwig Deutsch (1855 - 1935) 

I'm in love with the original Dragon Ball chapter covers by Akira Toriyama. The shapes, the designs, everything is like toys in his universe. There is something so spontaneous in Toriyama's shape language, even in 100 years, it will still be so fresh. 

Majestic concept art from Love, Death & Robots : ZIMA BLUE by Robh Ruppel : https://www.artstation.com/robh_ruppel_design 

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New feel good playlist to start this new week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-9

Two weeks ago, I discovered the work of Masayasu Uchida ( 内田 正泰 ), and it's a crush. I had never seen a such beautiful way to express depth and scales just with hard shapes and flat colors : 

Backgrounds from Flavors of Youth ( 肆式青春 / 詩季織々, 2018, Haoliners Animation League / CoMix Wave Films) 

Inspiring Colors schemes in the Australian landscapes of Tom Roberts (1856 - 1931) : 

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