Hi there, my name is Tom Garden (from Dunedin, New Zealand) and welcome to a page showcasing some of my digital illustrations.
I graduated with a bachelor of Visual Arts from the Dunedin Artschool in 2010. I am fascinated with concept design, and what makes a successful, attractive design within characters, clothes fashion, vehicle design and interior design. Being an illustrator is a great way for me to express some of my ideas. Because of this interest, I am working on becoming a concept design artist for a wide range of visual mediums, like comic books, video games, films and animation.
Many of these works were made for the Otago University magazine; The Critic, plus a lot are concept designs for my upcoming sci fi comic; System Earth. My style is quite apparent when scrolling through these illustrations, though I am confident with a wide range of design styles and hopefully, when I can get a chance, I can create some works ranging from realism to abstract toons and get them up on this page.
This page will be also used as backup – Internet storage. (just in case my computer blows up etc.)
Here’s a poster I made for our textiles exhibition involving textiles students @ Dunedin School of Art Gallery.
Here’s a cropped image of a digital print made for an exhibition at the Blue Oyster in Dunedin (2011)
Some fan art..
lower res…..
Flash Animation: Circus Animals
Here’s the link to the animation of CIRCUS ANIMALS. Excuse youtube for the lack of audio/visual synching. More info on circus animals can be found on the link called ‘circus animals’ at the top of this page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un9EefGi5-M
Comic: LegoLand
Comic: System Earth
In 2010 I was the Feature Illustrator for the Otago University Magazine; The Critic. Here’s some of my work for that. I also won Best illustrator at the Student Media Awards.
An Artical detailing the awards The Critic won (including my award!) can be seen here. Give it a read:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1009/S00153/critic-magazine-wins-student-media-awards.htm
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 3200 px Width: 2432 px. 2010 RGB
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 3200 px Width: 2432 px. 2010 RGB
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 3200 px Width: 2432 px. 2010 RGB
CMYK ‘tangs’ up your colours …
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 3200 px Width: 2432 px. 2010 CYMK
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 3200 px Width: 2432 px. 2010 RGB
Top one; CMYK, bottom; RGB (retains the colours I intended)
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 3200 px Width: 2432 px. 2010 RGB
Here’s some other stuff I’ve been working on…
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 2480 px Width: 1920 px. 2010
Comic System Earth:
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 1675 px Width: 1650 px. 2010
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 3508 px Width: 2480 px. 2010
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 1200 px Width: 1600 px. 2010
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 1200 px Width: 1600 px. 2010
Adobe Photoshop Illustration. Height: 1600 px Width: 1200 px. 2010
Here is a draft scene from my comic System Earth. Note the first page is missing some dialog.
Here’s a bit of another scene:
Motion Comic: Folks from No Where
Here are some images of some models I made in 3ds Max
Above: Unfinished
Here are some scenes I painted in photoshop a couple of years back. I need to get onto doing more works like these, just for a change.
