VectorWhiz Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 I've always been attracted to Art Nouveau imagery, particularly that of the brilliant Alphonse Mucha, who is largely accredited for starting that appealing type of graphic art. I wanted to wrap my mind around the specific aspects of the craft of which this practice drawing is the first attempt. I plan to do more Art Nouveau all vector drawings in the future, unlike this image that contains both vector and bitmap embedded files. Technically this image is some sort of blend of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, the latter being the successor of the first art movement, I guess. More on Mucha and Art Nouveau in my portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com/2022/11/art-nouveau-practice-drawing-01.html pruus, JuN, Mandu and 24 others 26 1 Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioJason Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Nicely done, really love this Style as well. VectorWhiz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrPx Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Mainly, Art Nouveau is slightly older, using often clean line art, and very heavily inspired in all what is organic (plants, branches, flowers, etc). It's a style that loves curves and the continuity of the line. It affected the world of illustration and graphic design hugely. From ads, to products labels, shops' banners, magazines, anything graphic was influenced by this style at the beginning of the 20th century. Art Deco appeared several years later (1920, I think but I'm terrible remembering chronological data) and is more inspired in industrial things, and sharp angles/corners (so, a bit the opposite of Art Nouveau) and geometric shapes, often using a kind of lightly textured, yet elegant gradients. This affected architecture a lot (Chrysler Building, the Empire State, etc...) . And even "Gotham", that city invented in Batman is super inspired in Art Deco . Not strange, as this was in 1939 (nine years later than the appearance of Superman's comics, born in (and due to) the 1930's recession) Indeed, one of the most decent Batman's animated series (and overall graphic content generated about it) was heavily inspired on Art Deco, as they wanted to respect that idea of the original Batman comic's aesthetic and inspiration. PD: It's unimportant, but the way it I see, that illustration is mostly Art Nouveau VectorWhiz 1 Quote AD, AP and APub. V1.10.6 (not using v1.x anymore) and V2.4.x. Windows 10 and Windows 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorWhiz Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 @SrPx: Thank you for your comment. The explanation of the two arts is correct and I agree it is more Art Nouveau than Art Deco, even if some elements reflect the latter. I believe Gaudi was also influenced by Art Nouveau, which probably is the reason why the work on the Sagrada Familia is pain staking and time consuming. Mimicking the organic works of nature is a huge challenge. SrPx 1 Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rarehipster Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Talented piece of vector work IMO VectorWhiz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Very very nice. The facial expression particularly is ✨ VectorWhiz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Love Art Nouveau. VectorWhiz 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetArt Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Love it! In general I am a big Art Noveaux fan. Was in Prague very recently and greatly enjoyed the Mucha Museum! Did you create the Font yourself or can we buy it/ get it for free somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorWhiz Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 The font's name is 'Legrand' and it is a free font. Alfred 1 Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alfred Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 12:04 AM, VectorWhiz said: The font's name is 'Legrand' and it is a free font. https://www.fontspace.com/legrand-font-f5812 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetArt Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Mille grazie Alfred! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 1 hour ago, RetArt said: Mille grazie Alfred! Prego! RetArt 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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