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) : 

More inspiration and references on my twitter and FB account : https://twitter.com/sylvainsarrailh & https://www.facebook.com/TohadChaos

Have a great week folks!

Feel good playlist to start this new week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-8artstation

The beautiful colors of southwestern France in the painting of Henri Martin (1860-1943). If you go to Toulouse, his sublime frescoes are in "la salle des illustres" at the Captitol.  The entrance is free and the place is amazing :

The work of Hans Wagula (1894-1964) is a good reference for how to play with the negative space in a composition : 

Backgrounds from Lastman by Celine Lorthiois (2016, Je suis bien content) : https://www.celinelorthiois.com/lastman  (and please, watch Lastman)

Territories full of colors,, the painting of Ernest Leonard Blumenschein (1874 – 1960) 

More inspiration and references on my twitter account : https://twitter.com/sylvainsarrailh

Have a great week folks!

Feel good playlist to start this new week : https://soundcloud.com/tohad/sets/week-of-inspiration-7
(electronic rock, synthwave, chillout)

Concept art from Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse by the amazing Peter Chan (2018, Sony Pictures Animation) : https://www.facebook.com/drawpeter/posts/10216122536210104 

The painting of Xiangyuan Jie is an excellent exemple of the use of blue for depth and shadow in pictures composition : 

The colorful work of Paul Lehr (1930-1998), one of the greatest future-fantasist painters : https://www.google.fr/search?q=Paul+Lehr&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiEgdPW_bvOAhWCUxoKHQF_DdkQ_AUICCgB&biw=1920&bih=919#q=Paul+Lehr&tbm=isch&tbas=0 

Peaceful backgrounds from Howl's Moving Castle ( ハウルの動く城, 2004, Ghibli Studio) 

More inspiration and references on my twitter account : https://twitter.com/sylvainsarrailh

Have a great week folks!

Sumptuous use of geometric shapes in the compositions of Marie-laure Cruschi (Cruschiform) : http://www.cruschiform.com  

 The power of nature in Andreas Achenbach's paintings (1815 – 1910) : 

  

And his brother, Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), was also a painter. The two brothers were called "the A and O of Landscapes" (the Alpha and Omega) :

  

I am depressed by the Lion King remake trailer with its cold rendering empty of life and without art direction. I prefer to share with you the sublime backgrounds from the original movie : https://imgur.com/a/ST7Nc  

  

  

More inspiration and references on my twitter account : https://twitter.com/sylvainsarrailh

Have a great week folks!

The russian wildlands in the painting of Yefim Volkov (1844-1920) :

Backgrounds from Samurai Jack by Scott Wills (2001/2017, Cartoon Network Studios / Williams Street) : 

Each illustration of Tadahiro Uesugi is a lesson of composition with lights and drop shadows :

More inspiration and references on my twitter account : https://twitter.com/sylvainsarrailh

Have a great week folks!

Call of the desert, the watercolors of Augustus Osborne Lamplough (1877-1930) 

  

Backgrounds from Song of the Sea (Amhrán na Mara, 2014 Cartoon Saloon) : 

 

How to not fall in love with the composition of Szymon Biernacki ? : https://biernac.tumblr.com/  

More inspiration and references on my twitter account : https://twitter.com/sylvainsarrailh

Have a great week folks!

The masterful use of colors and contrasts in the painting of Šetelík Jaroslav (1881-1955)

My favorite urban fantasy is in the backgrounds of Tekkonkinkreet (鉄コン筋クリー, 2006, Studio 4°C) :  

A world of shapes, the amazing synthesizing works of Neil Campbell Ross http://limbolo.blogspot.fr/ 

Have a great week folks!

Giant ships, infinite seas and clear skies, the painting of Montague Dawson (1890–1973) 

Backgrounds from Sherlock Hound ((名探偵ホームズ Meitantei Hōmuzu, 1984, Tokyo Movie Shinsha) (and yes, directed by Hayao Miyazaki & Kyosuke Mikuriya )

  

Traditional backgrounds from Day of the Tentacle (1993) by Peter Chan before scan and pixel art : 

Inspiring color schemes in the landscapes of Granville Redmond ( 1871- 1935 )

Backgrounds from A Letter to Momo (Momo e no Tegami, 2011 Production I.G) : 

  

Edward Brian Seago' vertical compositions (1910-1974) : 

Hey folks,

Lot of people come to ask me what is my process. So today at 7 PM (CEST), I'll be on Twitch for 2 hours of live painting. ( 1PM New York UTC−4 / 10AM Los Angeles UTC−7)
I'll try to show and share my process and tips on photoshop for the first steps on an environment concept.

Here the Twitch channel : https://www.twitch.tv/umeshulovers

You can use Twitch to ask your questions during the live!
See you!

Tohad