In August, Helen was approached by Etsy to collaborate with them on their 2015 holiday campaign. The idea was for 17 unique sets to be created, each reflecting the different tastes of a particular person. The final shot would show all the room dioramas combined to form the perfect festive Etsy house.
To put the thought into action Daniel, Etsy's art director, flew over from Berlin and spent a few days working with Helen in her London-based studio coming up with the concept for each room. Over the following weeks, Helen worked busily with her team of assistants to design and make the components needed for each set. Each element was then carefully packed and Helen, accompanied by her precious paper cargo, flew to New York to shoot the final animated sequence.
It took a total of 10 days to bring the rooms to life, with the talented Trisha Zemp working as photographer to capture still images of the set. We're delighted to share Helen's wonderful creation at this particularly pertinent point in the year. Happy Holidays!
Wired Magazine's Money 2025 money issue, aptly titled "It's a Rich Man's World," as imagined by artist Lisa Sheehan. How did she bring this piece to life? In her own words: "To make the credit card as authentic as possible I redrew the American Express pattern in Illustrator with the WIRED headline included. The card was then created in Cinema 4D and I drew the etching of Trump in photoshop. This all came together and was animated to give the feel of an apple pay screen. This was a multi disciplined approach, 2D textures drawn and then rendered in 3D." You can check out the animated piece and more of Lisa's work here.
Welcome to Sara Gironi Carnevale who recently joined Début Art. Sara lives in Italy and has been illustrating since 2016. Sara works digitally but her process remains traditional in terms of brainstorming and composing. The illustrations are done in a sketchbook before refining them in Procreate and then finalising all artwork in Photoshop. Her work is vibrant, luminescent and dreamlike, with intricate details, strong concepts and compositions. Sara has the ability to present complex topics in a way that is visually easy to understand. Her illustrations can be seen in numerous magazines, newspapers, books and prints. She has also been experimenting with animation. See Sara's full portfolio here
Eoin Ryan was commission to create one of a series of new illustration to commemorate 25 years of TfL. The aim of the campaign is to remind Londoners why they love TfL and highlight the rich connections, improvements, and influence it has brought to their lives over the past 25 years. More of Eoin's work can be viewed here.
AAAS hosted a recent gallery show, “Invisible, novel, and complex: A decade of visualizing science”, which was a 10-year retrospective show of visuals from Science magazine, being shown in their home office in Washington, DC. One of the highlights of the exhibit included a pair of pieces about Neurodegeneration by Simon Prades, originally commissioned for the October 2, 2020 issue of Science. Photography: Chrystal Smith/Science. Simon's full portfolio can be reviewed here.