Wooden Toys

Josh Finkle:

Custom toys

NIARK1:






FAKIR:

Cesc Grané

Ceskills is the platform for showing the illustration & design skills of Cesc Grané.
Cesc lives and works in Barcelona, where he studied industrial design and earned his Degree in design. After graduation, he worked as a graphic designer while developing his aesthetic style in his illustrations and own projects.
Today, Cesc works as a freelance illustrator and designer offering print design, identity, web design, contemporary illustration and character design. In his illustrations -where usually combines 2D and 3D- the influence of art and Japanese culture is readily apparent. His characters come directly from his passion for toys and his fascination for Nippon aesthetic.

While looking for new and interesting ways to communicate, Cesc is always interested in taking part in projects and exhibitions with other artists to continue learning and showing his work around the world.

Advert reference

I love the idea of all these different characters living inside the coke bottle machine, the ideas of the different chracter having different jobs is similar to what will be applied to each of the dust mites living in the rug.

Construction sites

Some of the final photographs me and Angus selected are from a construction site we went to so looking at scaffolding and construction materials should give me a few ideas on what the colony could potentially look like.

Lego Cities

Tree Houses

A few of the photos taken are of woodland areas so i have collected some reference images of tree houses to see how some of the structures are built in, on top of and around the trees. All this i can take in to consideration when illustrating the woodland colonies.

Futuristic Cities

Castles

I have been looking at some image references to get familiar with a variety of buildings and architecture, this should help me have a more confident understanding of the composition of the colony or city when i am illustrating it to fit into the photographs environment.

Paul Budnitz

Paul Budnitz is the president and founder of Kidrobot, the world's premiere creator of art toys, fashion apparel and accessories.

Undoboy

Undoboy, original from Malaysia is an awards winning art director, graphic & interactive designer, and illustrator. Currently, he is living in Portland, OR. Over the years, he has been working for the best leading advertising agencies in the world, including Crispin Porter + Bogusky, JWT and Wieden + Kennedy. He is constantly crafting innovative ideas and looking for opportunities to create best works. His works for clients including Nike, Coca-Cola, Burger King, Volkswagen, JetBlue, Starbucks, Cadbury Adams, Electronic Arts, Mini Cooper, etc. In 2006, he was featured in Creativity, “Photographers & Illustrators Show Us The Future" as one of the most influential illustrators. In the same year, he also honored with Cyber Grand Prix by Cannes Lions.

On side, he founded Undoboy Studio in New York and launched his first designer toy called Super-Bastard Box Art Characters. Apart from that, he created customizable wall decals and a solo art installation in conjunction with Blik. Many of his works were published by popular design publishers such as Gestalten, RotoVision, Victionary, Taschen, Pictoplasma, etc. He also invited to showcase his work at Singapore Design Festival.

He graduated as BFA in graphic design from Ringling College of Art & Design, FL in 2005. His design embraces with a simple philosophy "design brings happiness."