The Mac Lab

Who will create the featured art for this initial 0910 Poster Gallery? John C would have except his first poster is gracing this week’s blog post. Our answer is right here. Christina P stepped up and delivered! Who’s next?

When creating your poster, remember Einstein’s Three Rules. Hey! I bet that quote would look good on a poster. (Hint, hint.)

Who will earn the right to anchor the second gallery this year? Here are our initial winning logo/identity designs.

The students are getting rolling now. Fadi landed the feature art in Week 8’s blog post. The next home run was slammed by another Mac Lab heavy hitter, Christian L. If you read this post you’ll see that Christian successfully simplified CML Illustration and Design. That solution is pure genius! Other designs are starting to take shape and the gallery will begin to fill later this week.

Twenty-five logos in first eight days. Who’s going to step up next?

The self portraits are beginning to come to fruition. Johnny earned the right to lead the way (considering he served as Critique Boy for this video). Watch that as well as the videos on this page (yes, again) if you’re having trouble. Remember: You don’t draw with your hand, you draw with your eye!

There’s no limit to the number of examples in this gallery. The first three entrants include one, um, extreme self portrait. (I imagine it’ll stand out even when there’s 50 or 100 images in the gallery.) There’s a lot of exciting creations nearing the initial completion stage that I can’t wait to upload. Give the artists’ positive feedback (praise and/or constructive criticism) if you’d like. Hover over the images (or click them) for the file names.

Prolific artists may be featured more than once and may also submit portraits of alternate subjects. The goal is Pen Tool Mastery!

Who will be next to find his or her visage gracing the hallowed halls of Gallery 020?

Every time a gallery fills, I’ll add another when you submit something that deserves to be seen (Lauren C).

Here’s another 25 imaginative illustrations. Eighteen slots are open.

We’re now on our second 100 great 3D renders (Corey A).

Here’s another 25 great 3D renders. Seven slots are open.

If we don’t do this (Steven M) many more times, something’s seriously wrong in the Mac Lab.

Here’s the next 25 Photoshop masterpieces. Five slots are open.

The beat goes on. Tierra P.

Here’s the next 25 Photoshop Masterpieces.

Photoshop has become a cliché… to those who don’t really understand it. To the rest of us, it’s the tool we rely on most as we go about the business of creating digital art (Jacki L).

Here’s the first of many galleries we’ll build to showcase 25 Photoshop masterpieces.

This is a tough one because lots of kids take it personally when I don’t fall in love (Chris J) with their photos. What the heck. Let’s do it.

The 25 Beautiful Photographs gallery. Six slots open.

I’m guessing we’re going to have a lot of illustration galleries (Michael O).

For now, there’s another 25 illustrations in this gallery.