Whatever you can think up, we can do it. If you are out of ideas, we’ll use our creativity to sketch up examples for you. The sky is not the limit with our art; however, we follow best-practice for print. We will let you know if an idea you have will print well.
When Kathryn Fogleman asked us to illustrate the upcoming revision to her fantasy book series, we used Google Hangouts for our meetings. This allowed her, from the comfort of her home, to see our design ideas live on screen. After reviewing a few sketches and rough color comps from our artist, she settled on just the look she wanted.
Going by a rough drawing from the author and thorough explanation, Nigel Andreola entered cartographer mode to create a map or her world in a fantasy style. Meticulously drawing each individual tree, and illuminating key parts of the beautiful content that the author created. He was able to add details of the important cities and settlements of the land by working with big pixel dimensions.
The author asked for a rough pen sketch on velum for the interior illustrations. We left them messy, raw and quick. White was used to show highlights.
A customer walks down the breakfast cereal aisle to get something healthy. Your box sporting a colorful illustration of an exotic animal munching on heart healthy, golden flakes goes in the cart. The generic box goes unnoticed.
Picture a painting of a beautiful fruit tree for your nursery, a drawing of a wooden cabinet for your wood shop or a fantasy character modeling that perfect office chair you’ve just invented.
Because of increasing world-wide internet speeds, we believe the trend of austere design with flat colors and basic shapes is now unnecessary. We optimize our websites for a responsive experience whether or not illustrated graphic elements are used.
Van Gogh’s Starry Night has captured the imagination of countless millions. It has become one of the most popular fine art pieces of our generation.
Here at Starry Night Media Van Gogh and his bold colorful paintings are the inspiration behind our marketing approach. We planned to use his famous painting as our website background. Its square aspect did not nicely fill the displays of most contemporary devices. We employed artist Nigel Andreola to match the impasto technique used by Van Gogh and expand his work in a way no other has yet equaled.
“Designing a suit of armor, shield, and weapon is great fun. I decided to paint a guard posing in front of a wall wearing the set I created. In the fantasy genre most people, these days, paint dark violent scenes filled with mist and extreme action poses. I decided to compose a scene that’s more what you’d get if you where to snap a photograph of your buddy posing in the bright afternoon sunshine. Naturally if you’re planning on having your picture taken you’re going to want your armor polished till it shines. This guy’s squire is an expert.” -Nigel Andreola
This vector illustration was created in Adobe Illustrator for use on a client’s coffee mug and T-shirt. The illustration is clear and visible on both dark and light colored surfaces.
“I brushed in black ink to give intense contrast. Using waterproof drawing ink allows you to paint over it without smearing. So that I’d have saturated color, I used little water, no white, and very little black. Except for the black on the butterfly itself, which is ink, the dark colors you see are paint right from the tube.” -Nigel Andreola
