http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/profile Copyright 2000-2008 GFXartist network / Brothersinart http://www.gfxartist.com http://images.gfxartist.com/gfx/GFXartist_64.png support@gfxartist.com en-us GFXartist Engine 1.0 0 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:12:01 EST shimmel5 My profile only / Design Flipping through some graphic novels recently, I was captivated by the full-page chapter introductions that employed almost pure, minimalistic shape and negative space. Frank Miller is a classic example. This piece reminds me of the somber day in the 80's when the space shuttle... http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/118541 shimmel5 Photography / Figure I ran with the color hazel that I noticed in a weathered X carved into a tree on Key Biscayne, Florida. The color was so similar to the color of my son's hair AND his freckles that I couldn't resist toying with exaggeration. Photoshop CS... clipping masks and general tweaking.... http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/117928 shimmel5 Design / Poster/ad Skulls are endlessly fun and fascinating with their primal shape yet endless uniqueness. Celebrating simplicity... purity of shape, negative space, repetition and even subject matter. I love the forced reduction much like the highly stylized cartoon character Samurai Jack.... http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/117925 shimmel5 My profile only / Photography Ahhh. Saturday mornings! Fresh, open day. My son wakes up to the delight of morning sun beaming through his window. Photoshop CS... for crop, B&W conversion and blend-if tweaking. http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/116093 shimmel5 Photography / Figure http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/116026 shimmel5 Drawing / Figure Most everyone has now heard of author CS Lewis through his Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe childrens' book turned movie... but most are unaware of his other fantasy books geared for adults. This image is inpired by the novel That Hideous Strength... full of diabolical schemes involving... http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/116020 shimmel5 Photography / Figure My son peacefuly relaxed with his younger brother who missed him after the excitement of swimming out farther and farther in potentially shark infested waters on the Florida Panhandle (he did not dare beyond the safer shallows!) National news reported that a teenage girl had tragically died there... http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/115917 shimmel5 Drawing / Uncategorized This started as a very tiny 4" sketch in my Moleskine of a recent sermon at church. The ancient Hebrew text of 1 Kings is chilling in it's showdown between the prophet Elijah who represented the great Yaweh and the fickle, violent denizens of the false god Baal. I scanned the... http://shimmel5.gfxartist.com/artworks/115835