Ian Dean

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ian Dean

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Today marks the 85th anniversary of Bugs Bunny, one of animation’s most iconic characters and star of many cartoons, movies. comics and video games. With his sly grin, quick wit, and signature catchphrase of "Eh, what’s up, Doc?", Bugs has become a timeless character in pop culture.

2 weeks ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Dean

John Wick poster design has been consistently outstanding for over a decade now, and each movie poster has helped carve out a visual personality that's as effective as Keanu Reeves' retired hitman. Stylised, violent and drawing on iconography from art deco and classic poster design, they've become an essential part of the franchise's identity.

2 weeks ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Dean

Photorealism dominates game art and art direction, but MercurySteam's Blades of Fire takes a bold detour and taps into the studio's heritage for creating textured, traditionally artist game worlds. Instead of chasing hyper-detailed textures and cinematic gloss, the the game's art team has opted for something richer, riskier and ultimately more resonant: a painterly world bursting with expression, chiaroscuro contrast and visual storytelling.

2 weeks ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Dean

Creating environments for a game like Guild Wars 2, a online massively multiplayer role-playing game prone to evolution, change and dramatic story beats can be daunting. It can throw up some unique artistic and technical challenges. Set in the vibrant, war-torn world of Tyria, Guild Wars 2 offers a vast and varies mix of fantasy styles, where every region is unique. Branching narratives and set-piece events can change the world over time.

2 weeks ago | creativebloq.com | Ian Dean

Like many, the first time I discovered Dave McKean's art was Arkham Asylum, the abstract, painterly, mixed media of this Batman graphic novel impressed upon a younger me how comic art can be more than spandex superheroes and clean lines. I'd grown up on Dan Dare and 2000AD rather than Marvel, but even exposed to the art of Ian Gibson, Carlos Ezquerra and Simon Bisley couldn't really compare to the surreal, textural chaos of Dave McKean's art.