In this vector portrait of David Bohm I used various drawing techniques to achieve the proper appearence - 'painting' with custom vector brushes, drawing shapes and strokes and the Huion graphic tablet to draw the hairs. This is a work in progress (as of July 17 2020). Click here to see the update sequence in my Communicats portfolio blog, read more information on how the drawing was made and read the information about the life and work of this hyper intelligent and emphatic scientist David Bohm, as he laid down in his outstanding 'Implicate Order' treatise.
Vector portrait of Vin Diesel created in Affinity Designer. 60% vector, 40% pixels. His real name is Mark Sinclair, suggesting he may be a descendant from an old prominent bloodline, although there are no documents supporting this. Diesel is an actor, producer, writer and director, positions gained in his extensive oeuvre in the cinematic business. In my portfolio blog you find the sequence of the stages of creation of this vector portrait.
This is an other work in progress, a vector portrait of David Lynch , created in Affinity Designer. 3D frame modelled in Plasticity .
Looking at a problem can be a problem, because solutions often are too runny.
Human language is sort of fluid, which removes the alleged solidity from reality.
I'm not suggesting being hammered is good, but it helps when life is a pain in the butt.
Every now and then you should perhaps try this greeting to become immensely popular.
Redraw of a cartoon that I nicked from somewhere on the internet, created in Affinity Designer, edited in Affinity Photo.
The commonly obvious often is ignored, by the unrestrained and gluttonous obese.
Veggies feel urged to share what they eat and what not. It is proper to do the same.
This vector painting is a work in progress as well; I have many of those.... (there is an other vector jaguar drawing at the bottom of this page). Drawn in Affinity Designer and VectorStyler. The image depicts a jaguar hunting in the Amazon river.
This was an exercise to create organic shapes (with soft and hard edges) in Affinity Designer, that take more time and effort to make in vector drawing programs of the competition (most of which I have worked with for two decades), while the result in Affinity Designer is superb, the image can be resized without limit, allowing to keep its crispness at every scale.
A visual vector parody on Robert de Niro saying: 'Are you talking to me?' in Martin Scorsese’s movie the Taxidriver, that was entirely created in Affinity Designer.
I have always been fascinated by ancient symbology, especially when it allows to be designed into geometric shape, of which the circle is the most prominent, because it fits best in the scope of human perception and is easily retrieved from memory at a later point in time, which is the purpose of a well designed symbol, that has a deeper meaning.
Image created in the good old days when I still used CorelDRAW, that over time has become outdated by its lack of functions, which really is quite sad actually. Decades later I edited the image in Affinity Photo.
Nerd generally are not among people's favourites, probably because only very few understand them, while in the rest of society people display a herd mentality so that they are less prone to be viewed as a suspicious being with strange knowledge. And individuals who have that don't fit in with society's vast herd majority.
I am not sure whether anger or stupidity is less hard to manage. I guess the latter can be related to a congenital disorder, while becoming angry could also be having to do with gene dysfunctionality, So I fear that the question remains largely unanswered. It incites anger, which basically is stupid.
The CFM56-3 is one of the most successful jet engines in civil aviation. This image was drawn for KLM's Technical Training Department to prove that creating tech art in CorelDRAW requires less time and is visually more appealing than art made in AutoCad. It took CorelDRAW one third of the time to draw this image that AutoCad required, which version at the time (before 1995) was in black and white only.
Technical presentation created in Rhinoceros 3D / Cinema 4D of a horticultural growing lamp and ballast (power regulator). A small company I used to work for once sold 300,000 of these in one sale to a Russian agricultural company, which was quite a hassle to actually produce within the limit of time agreed upon. Such a huge number of lamps indicates the fact that Russia is in the process of becoming entirely self sufficient with regards to its food supply.
This is a 3D rendering of a hotbonder - a crucial piece of equipment in advanced composites manufacturing and repair. It was created in Cinema 4D and edited in Affinity Designer. Unfortunately 3D applications are hugely expensive, which drove me to switch to open source alternatives, most of which have a rather steep learning curve, so that probably will require a proper amount of time.
Image showing the layers to be used in vacuum set up of a honeycomb panel. Drawn in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 and edited in Affinity Designer. This image is part of a course session and used in a book.
Drawing of a Foam Core Panel Lay-Up scheme, indicating the weave directions included in an educational book of advanced Composites manual. Composite production and repair are complex because their strength depends on strict rules. The image is drawn in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 and the text is edited in Affinity Designer.
Vector image of a tool in an educational course book, drawn in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 and edited in Affinity Photo.
This is a vector image of a traditional Vacuum Bag Connector as I used in a course book, that I drew in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 and later edited in Affinity Designer.
Image shows the top and bottom view of a vacuum valve designed by the brilliant Bert Groenewoud. Traditional valves can topple and cause tearing of the vacuum sheet; this innovative type of valve does not. As is shown in the next image, there are three types of these valves for different applications: for flat surfaces, for vertical surfaces and for curved surfaces. Note: the newest valves contain two hose couplings as is shown in the image below to easily adapt to varying production situations.
Fabricating advanced composite parts also requires the use of special vacuum valves of which the three types are shown here. They have fittings for vacuum gauges and are used for flat, concave and convex surfaces and unlike traditional valves they do not fall over due to the weight of the vacuum hoses and thereby prevent the very costly shearing of vacuum bags. This 3D image was created in Rhinoceros 3D version 5.
Four coupled vacuum valves shown in a theoretical set up. Drawn in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 and edited in Affinity Designer.
Detailed 3D drawing made in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 of an A350(ish) Airbus aircraft. The books I created in Affinity Publisher with an advanced composites specialist info, that are full of 2D and 3D drawings to make students thoroughly aware of the purpose of their training as efficiently as possible.
For years I have tried to get a decent sound out of a guitar, but miserably failed at these attempts. People called the police when I started to play and I would be interrogated at the precinct. I did however manage to create proper guitars in 3D in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 drawing program.
Occasionally I create 3D files in Rhinoceros 3D versions 5 for my portfolio, like this watch. It is a gimmick containing two watches with a different appearance in one gadget. Owners just have to flip the watch to change the way it appears.
Shortly after the turn of the century, I entered a motorcycle design competition with this entry, that I created in the trueSpace 3D program, that has ceased to exist soon afer that, because it lacked many features, compared to today's 3D programs.
In 2009 I designed a logo for a clothing company that I was in the process of establishing. A design I created in the now no longer existing 3D program trueSpace.
Creating organic shapes in 3D can be a challenge. This one was made in Rhinoceros 3D, version 5. In the Chinese Zodiac, I was born under the sign of the snake - the water type, which is where my fascination for the Chinese take on this astrological sign comes from. In the Mayan astrology my sign is also Water (and Fire) snake that also offers an accurate description of my personality in 3D space and linear or cyclical time.
Vector image of a crouching jaguar that is ready to attack, created in Affinity Designer - reference to a recurrent dream in which a big cat approached me. I feared it was going to kill me, but it just sniffed at me, left and returned several times to sniff at me again. A shaman told me, it was a spirit appearing as a jaguar, that wanted to know what obstructed me, after an ayahuasca trip.
My previous company in which I did research into the indoor aeroponic growing systems, until the tax collectors killed it. Isocult is a word play for Indoor Soilless Cultivation, an efficient growing method based on aeroponics, that was tested by NASA in a simulation for space travel with zero gravitation, without sunlight and earthly soil to see if crop can be grown.
The stunningly beautiful logo of the Chinese electronics company Huawei has intrigued me from the moment I laid eyes on it. The symbolism of the 8 petals, 8 representing good fortune in Chinese numerology, elevates this logo beyond just being a caress to the eye. In spite of all sanctions and trade restrictions imposed by western countries, led by the US, Huawei has always found ways to survive and surpass the west, I'm absolutely certain that they most surely will defeat the US sabotage in combination with SMIC and the Chinese government in the end. Oh and by the way, I prefer the rounded E font, the penultimate letter in the outstanding Huawei company name.
Image of a street legal hubless bicycle, created in Rhinoceros 3D version 5.
I like to create logos and look for the optimal aesthetic for the shape and space including a balanced colour setting. This one was created in Affinity Designer.
Created in Affinity Designer for a friend, that ran a logistic distribution company.
Capricorn, the western zodiac Sea Goat sign. The mix of land and marine life forms makes it different from the other symbols in the zodiac. It probably is in some way related to the aquatic Nummo gods in the culture of the African Dogon tribe, that knew a lot about astrology long before scientists in the west ever did.
This is a vector diagram of earth's core elements according to alchemic lore.
The god above all gods or a demon, that is neither good or evil and light nor dark. Basically no-one knows, not even the late great Carl Jung who wrote many, often irreconcilable, things about the completely enigmatic deity or emanation, because no-one really knows how to categorise this scarcely known and secretive god properly.
On top of ancient Christian cathedrals statues with a demonic appearance, named gargoyles, are placed. Most believers remain unaware of their presence. There have been many debates attempting to explain why those monsters were placed there, none of which really make any sense. Unless of course there was a satanic intend behind the strange decision. Most likely the demons' job is to prevent heartfelt prayers from reaching the supreme entity.
'The Fonz', played by actor Harry Winkler in the American TV series 'Happy Days', is a 100% vector portrait concept of a T-shirt design, that I drew in Affinity Designer.
CE was just as reluctant (for good reason) to make compromises in real life as he was in movies he participated in. This is an other graphic 100% vector portrait that I created from scratch in Affinity Designer.
100% vector crest of Amsterdam created in Affinity Designer as a T-shirt design. A more detailed original graphic image of this crest is nowhere to be found but here on this website. The lions are a copy of the Medici bank crest, that left Venice after their competitors from Genoa got a boost from the gold that Columbus brought from South-America. The Venetian bankers moved their business to Bruges, Antwerp and Amsterdam and later to London while changing their strategy in order to remain competitive to their Genovese foes.
The snake's reputation in the East opposes the one it has in the West. The cause of that can not be blamed on the snakes. It gives a clue about local distinctions in this realm. This hints at perceptive interpretation.
Falcons have been measured to reach speeds of over 300 km/h while diving. It has persuaded mankind to revere this magnificent fowl and assign it mythical prowess. I drew this image in Rhinoceros 3D version 5 and I use it as my personal logo. The whacky colours were made in Affinity Designer while using extreme settings in the Curve tool, that I discovered by accident.
The tree of life symbol is often used and rarely understood. Click here to visit my portfolio blog to read about its progress. It is part of my quest to live life in a different way, in a different realm, one that offers ways to escape from the dystopian cyclical prison that this illusory reality actually is.
T-shirt design for the Almere Airbrush Services company in The Netherlands. When I still was doing a lot of airbrush art, I used to buy all my gear in this shop, that literally is world famous for its most excellent service. The airbrushes were created in Rhinoceros 5 and placed in the logo inside the circular text that was created by Affinity Designer.
My Chinese Zodiac sign is a Water Snake, which is the main feature of this personal crest. The meaning of the arched Latin text is: Serpent Power or Kingdom. The swords pointing upward indicate readiness to fight. The faded red circle represents magical protection and sacred space. The mistletoes refer to protection against poisons and to mystical powers. 11 and 22 are master numbers alongside 33, reflecting my essence according to numerology. My master number is 11. The infinity symbol at the bottom hints at my spiritual origin - the human soul is infinite, not immortal, while the human spirit is immortal.
This 100% vector image was drawn in affinity Designer. The text applies to me.
This image was drawn in affinity Designer and later mildly edited in its cousin Affinity Photo. It is a rather common good advice.
To the mentally challenged that feel addressed: Getting the facial expression correct within the restrictions of emoji lore, was what I tried to achieve. Especially the cynical aspect of the expression in the face is what required my focus. You can take a peek at a few other emojis I drew, here.
Recently I have become an interested enthusiast for VectorStyler, which is a relatively new vector drawing program. It is bursting out of its seams from an abundance of drawing and editing tools, that far exceed that of its competitors. Currently (October 2022) I'm exploring its possibilities, although I bought it about a year after it was released. I wrote a blog entry about VectorStyler, that you find here. When the bugs are written out of the code, I may switch to this mind blowing program as my preferred vector drawing tool, certainly after Affinity sold its programs to Canva all of a sudden.
I have privately worked on many books, but found none of them fit to be published. The most recent one - of which this image shows the cover page - contains samples of the poetry that I wrote for many decades.
My first try at creating an Art Nouveau drawing in Affinity Designer. The works of this art movement have always fascinated me, most likely because it features beautiful women most of the time. Art Nouveau was started by Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha, an artist from Moravia (now in the Czech republic). Mucha made posters in what is now known as the Art Nouveau style to avoid starvation and fortunately became world famous by it. Besides being an excellent graphic designer Mucha was an exceptionally skilled painter and an outstanding drawing artist as well.
At this time (April 17 2020) this A110 drawing still is a work in progress, but the contours of this beautiful classic car are already becoming visible. It is my all time favourite vehicle, designed by the brilliant Giovanni Michelotti.
The Evoque is a an example of superb modern minimalist and refined car design. Land Rover design chief Gerry McGovern was responsible for the eye-pleasing design of this elegant vehicle.
