Jonathan Topliss Art Blog

So I was looking at the facebook and twitter page for where I work and was fed up of seeing the standard logo as the profile picture, so I wanted to come up with something fast. I wanted to still keep it clean and corporate. I have been very addicted to instagram taking all lovely photos on my phone and adding nice effects, so this is what I set out to achieve, I wanted something with a instagram feel. Slight problem with instagram is if you have a rubbish camera on phone the photo will be rubbish. So I got a bog standard camera and shot my bosses business card :) as you can see I have no lighting set up and I didn’t want to bleach the colours with a flash as I was taking a really close up shot. I then took the photo into photoshop and started to retouch. For this retouch I focused on high pass effect. I duplicated the photo added high pass to the top layer then changed the layer to vivid light. I then merged the layer again and duplicated and on the top layer again added high pass again this time with a higher pixel radius. After that I then changed the layer to colour and took the opacity down and merged it again. Basically this kinda sharpens the image but can change the colours so to sort this out I then basically messed with selective colours, curves and levels to achieve the colours and style wanted. To finish up I selected part of the image with a circle and inversed the selection and feathered it and added a gaussian blur. 

So thats how I did a DIY version of taking a corporate photo. Very simple, fast and hopefully effective. 

Why not see it on the page?? and also check out the lastest piece created by Dave Topliss were he has painted a digital painting of Boris Karloff. 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Admen-Creative-Design/191617160869216

Had a little play at doing abit of script. I have to say its not easy but it’s a start think I’ve got to have a bit practise. Might start doing a script a day for a few weeks when im back from holiday maybe.

REMINDER!!!

Admen Graphic Design agency is all about communication! and they say a picture paints a 1000 words that said can you solve this pictogram that us at admen have created? We at admen are giving away an iPod Nano to the winner! Just go to the website and enter the competition. Winner will be drawn on June 1st, and will be announced on Facebook. Good luck.

Enter Here: http://www.admen.co.uk

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Admen-Creative-Design/191617160869216

admen is based in Burton on Trent, offering excellent communications North and South, our services include: graphic design, packaging design, branding, illustration, corporate identity, 3D conceptual imaging, web design, exhibition graphics, point-of-sale and merchandising design, art direction, marketing consultancy and design project management.

My work is all about communication! and they say a picture paints a 1000 words that said can you solve this pictogram that us at admen have created? We at admen are giving away an iPod Nano to the winner! Just go to the website and enter the competition. Winner will be drawn on June 1st, and will be announced here on Facebook. Good luck.

Enter Here: http://www.admen.co.uk

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Admen-Creative-Design/191617160869216

admen is based in Burton on Trent, offering excellent communications North and South, our services include: graphic design, packaging design, branding, illustration, corporate identity, 3D conceptual imaging, web design, exhibition graphics, point-of-sale and merchandising design, art direction, marketing consultancy and design project management.

Always used to do two point perspective drawings when I was in design tech at school. They where great to draw #sketch #techdrawing (Taken with instagram)

Been a while since I last picked up a pencil. So I’ve been having a few sketches to practice again always helps :) (Taken with instagram)

Was going to do more on this drawing of Sherlock but after looking at drawing boards on the internet then looking at my mess of a desk it sort of depressed me. That and the fact that Saturdays tend to call for a LAZY day. So my LAZY day mainly contained of watching a lot of the inbetweeners. To which my girlfriend classes as a productive day and I have to agree cause the inbetweeners is great :) however I think that I should get my finger out and do some more drawing! Sooo all being well this is my plan for tomorrow, as I would do it now but I strongly need to invest in a lamp but if I look I know im gonna find them lamps that are perfect for attaching to a drawing board and can you see the pattern?

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Well Stage two?

This is the second stage digital painting of Grandpa from the munsters in photoshop. Does anyone have tips to help me along the way? I want to keep it black and white. 

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Any advice?

Started trying to do a digital painting of Grandpa from the munsters in photoshop. Does anyone have tips to help me along the way? I want to keep it black and white. 

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In working progress!!

I have a real feeling this isn’t going to be easy. But least I have started a new drawing for my blog :)

This is stage 1 of my drawing. Drawn with a mechanical pencil at A3. For those who do not know who the drawing is of, it is BBC ones Sherlock.

Stage 2 to follow at a later date.

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Love it :D

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ALBUM: 
TRACK: My immortal

Me playing My Immortal on the piano

Just played this off my phone feel dead talented :D

Garageband iphone app = amazing :)

Excellent!!!

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