Travis, I have a question for you.

Ozzloaf · June 18th, 2008, 06:53 PM

Hey man,
I was wondering how much of your art is hand painted and how much is photos/photo-manipulated? Also you use textures a LOT in your art. Do you make the textures yourself or do you find them online? Are they painted or photographed? I'm assuming you use photoshop to do your work. What layer properties do you normally use for overlaying the textures? Overlay? Multiply?

Thanks,
Jake

Seems like Trav · June 20th, 2008, 12:43 PM

1. Mostly photos. Some painting, or pencil but that's just when it want certain elements to have that rough painted/drawn look (like on Blackwater park)

2. Textures are mine. either painted or photographed

3. Depends

June 30th, 2008, 11:07 AM

Thanks Travis.

Is it real paint or painted digital (like Photoshop or Painter with a wacom) ? If it's real paint then what medium?

So BWP was entirely painted? Maybe you should do fully painted stuff more often hehehe... BWP is my favorite piece of yours (and my favorite album ever but that's not important...)

Seems like Trav · June 30th, 2008, 11:40 AM

No, BWP only has a little paint. (watercolors in the background textures). The rest in pencils and photography.

Eyesore · July 1st, 2008, 03:55 AM

Travis is an artist, not a graphic designer.

Ozzloaf · July 1st, 2008, 04:31 AM

Painted digitally doesn't mean graphic design and if that's what you believe then you are REALLY, R E A L Y IGNORANT. That's not what I was implying.

Lothlorien · July 1st, 2008, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eyesore

Travis is an artist, not a graphic designer.

lol. IMO there's little difference, except that there's a computer in front of you.

Prestige · August 9th, 2008, 06:54 PM

graphic designers do not always need a computer. i sure dont anyway.

ToRRential · August 15th, 2008, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eyesore

Travis is an artist, not a graphic designer.

hey man, are you really in a position to distinguish graphic design from painting? this truly takes me over а dilettante estimating of your mentality.

Meanspark · August 16th, 2008, 10:52 PM

A graphic designer is involved in any visual project that use typography, photography, illustration and layout. That doesn't mean he takes his own photos or draw their own illustrations. 99% of the time they don't.

An illustrator is the person who creates any visual piece that cannot be made with photography. The definition is short but it resumes well how large the term could be. If you paint over a photography or just add a texture over a photo, it IS illustration, not photography anymore.

An artist is a global term...what is art? Art is what you decide. Many illustrators consider themselves as artist, it's a personnal choice. I dont know for Travis, we should ask him

What I do and what Travis does is digital illustration, we use photos, scans, mix medias. In half of my work, I told myself : That is art, not illustration, sometimes it's very personnal and introspective, and seeing it that way, it's most considered as art.

Prestige (in this thread) was right about how graphic designer dont use computers. In my college years I almost never touch a computer even if Photoshop existed at that time. Why? we can work without them : We learned to draw our own types, scan and print photos, I made some layout using traditionnal ways. Today is a bit different, I never use traditionnal ways anymore, way faster with a computer.

Finally, there's 3 categories of graphic designer :
-Technical designers (they make magazine layout, advertising), -designers (http://www.artofwong.com/) and -multimedia designers (mostly website, DVD/CD-Rom, VideoGame...)

The only graphic design part of my work is when I layout my illustrations and use vector logos to prepare it for the press. it's like...5% of my work maybe less.

Ozzloaf · August 16th, 2008, 11:26 PM

I'm an illustrator NOT a graphic designer. 90% I draw my designs from my head but I've had interest in the art of photo manipulation which is why I made this thread. And no, Travis is not a graphic designer. I do digital illustration as well, but I use a different method. Instead of basing my images on photographs, I create/draw my own elements and use them instead. I use programs like photoshop and painter more like you'd paint with Oil paint than a computer.
If you'd like I can show you many painterly images that were made on the computer, but aren't graphic design.

June 18th, 2008, 06:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ozzloaf Art Geek Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The SF Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 1,376	Travis, I have a question for you. Hey man, I was wondering how much of your art is hand painted and how much is photos/photo-manipulated? Also you use textures a LOT in your art. Do you make the textures yourself or do you find them online? Are they painted or photographed? I'm assuming you use photoshop to do your work. What layer properties do you normally use for overlaying the textures? Overlay? Multiply? Thanks, Jake

June 20th, 2008, 12:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Seems like Trav No Such Thing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 32.71 N / 117.16 W Posts: 587	1. Mostly photos. Some painting, or pencil but that's just when it want certain elements to have that rough painted/drawn look (like on Blackwater park) 2. Textures are mine. either painted or photographed 3. Depends __________________ Trav Smith Seempieces™ Illustration & Design www.seempieces.com (No, I'm not the guy from Trivium)

June 30th, 2008, 11:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
Seems like Trav No Such Thing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 32.71 N / 117.16 W Posts: 587	No, BWP only has a little paint. (watercolors in the background textures). The rest in pencils and photography. __________________ Trav Smith Seempieces™ Illustration & Design www.seempieces.com (No, I'm not the guy from Trivium)

July 1st, 2008, 03:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Eyesore Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 829	Travis is an artist, not a graphic designer. __________________ "Happy people have no stories." —Therapy? http://www.shocktotem.com http://www.eyesoretimes.com

August 16th, 2008, 10:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Meanspark Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 352	A graphic designer is involved in any visual project that use typography, photography, illustration and layout. That doesn't mean he takes his own photos or draw their own illustrations. 99% of the time they don't. An illustrator is the person who creates any visual piece that cannot be made with photography. The definition is short but it resumes well how large the term could be. If you paint over a photography or just add a texture over a photo, it IS illustration, not photography anymore. An artist is a global term...what is art? Art is what you decide. Many illustrators consider themselves as artist, it's a personnal choice. I dont know for Travis, we should ask him What I do and what Travis does is digital illustration, we use photos, scans, mix medias. In half of my work, I told myself : That is art, not illustration, sometimes it's very personnal and introspective, and seeing it that way, it's most considered as art. Prestige (in this thread) was right about how graphic designer dont use computers. In my college years I almost never touch a computer even if Photoshop existed at that time. Why? we can work without them : We learned to draw our own types, scan and print photos, I made some layout using traditionnal ways. Today is a bit different, I never use traditionnal ways anymore, way faster with a computer. Finally, there's 3 categories of graphic designer : -Technical designers (they make magazine layout, advertising), -designers (http://www.artofwong.com/) and -multimedia designers (mostly website, DVD/CD-Rom, VideoGame...) The only graphic design part of my work is when I layout my illustrations and use vector logos to prepare it for the press. it's like...5% of my work maybe less. __________________ Meanspark.com

June 30th, 2008, 11:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ozz is too lazy to log in Posts: n/a	Thanks Travis. Is it real paint or painted digital (like Photoshop or Painter with a wacom) ? If it's real paint then what medium? So BWP was entirely painted? Maybe you should do fully painted stuff more often hehehe... BWP is my favorite piece of yours (and my favorite album ever but that's not important...)

July 1st, 2008, 04:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ozzloaf Art Geek Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The SF Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 1,376	Painted digitally doesn't mean graphic design and if that's what you believe then you are REALLY, R E A L Y IGNORANT. That's not what I was implying.

August 9th, 2008, 06:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
Prestige Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 35	graphic designers do not always need a computer. i sure dont anyway.

August 16th, 2008, 11:26 PM	#11 (permalink)
Ozzloaf Art Geek Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The SF Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 1,376	I'm an illustrator NOT a graphic designer. 90% I draw my designs from my head but I've had interest in the art of photo manipulation which is why I made this thread. And no, Travis is not a graphic designer. I do digital illustration as well, but I use a different method. Instead of basing my images on photographs, I create/draw my own elements and use them instead. I use programs like photoshop and painter more like you'd paint with Oil paint than a computer. If you'd like I can show you many painterly images that were made on the computer, but aren't graphic design. __________________ Myspace Facebook Fan Page Last FM Last edited by Ozzloaf : August 16th, 2008 at 11:31 PM.