Gotham Knights Art Direction

One thing I have always admired about Japanese media (in animation, at least) is their incredible art direction. This is no more demonstrated then in Gotham Knights, an American produced, Japanese made, animated film chronicling some of Batman’s night life.

Just look at these:

Simon's Cat

These are just so gosh darn cute!



And this one:



OK, maybe you need to understand cats to really get the humor

Satoshi Kon Short

This is a short piece by Japanese animator Satoshi Kon; known for his unique -and many times bizarre- visuals:



Also look at the opining scene of his feature film, Paprika: Here. Same animation quality, though you won’t understand what’s going on if you haven’t seen the film.

DeviantArt

DeviantArt is a site where anybody can post their work; and sell it if they want. Right now, you can go on this site and post a painting, a doodle, a picture, a poem or short story, or you can post a blank white box and call it “reflections on nothingness.”

Because of this, most of the work on DeviantArt is not great. But there are some great talents working there, like Robert Tracey. Plus, when searching for work it is usually listed by most popular, which usually means the best work comes up first.

A lot of the work is anime and sci-fi inspired; which is not a bad thing, the site just has a certain audience. This site is just plain fun; it’s a great way to look at art, promote yourself, and even make a little money (like Quent Cordair, this will remain on my links list.)

Here are a couple samples:

Catch-Me, by Night-Fate

Ship, by ~Pa-le

Quent Cordair Fine Art

As a person who loves art-and somewhat of an artist myself- I can appreciate the style and work that went into a piece. I enjoy seeing talent, being happily jealous of it. So whenever I need a pick-me-up, I tend to go the talented folks at Quent Cordair Fine Art, which is a gallery devoted to Romantic Realism: which attempts to portray abstract principles through a realistic style.

While I don’t share all of the philosophical underpinnings of the studio; there is some great talent there; in fact, I can barley recall a piece of work on their site I didn't enjoy looking at (for this reason, it will stay permanently on my links to the right.)

I would post some of my favorite works here for you to see, but I don’t know the proper laws and etiquette for doing so. In any case; the site itself is a better place to view images.