Thats where art director wesley allsbrook came into play. Whats so great about this piece is its got two female characters, its about women, its about mothers, says wesley allsbrook, dear angelicas art director and main illustrator. Take some time to look around, and have fun getting lost in all the content. At the sundance film festival, cnets richard trenholm tries out a stunning new tool.
The companys new program, called quill, allows an illustrator to. The film screen at the sundance film festival as the first animated experience created entirely in vr. As part of a small group of incredibly diverse and talented artists brought together by wesley allsbrook at oculus story studio in mid 2016, i was tasked with helping to develop the virtual. Oculus new tool lets you animate films inside of vr. The 7 best tools for painting, 3d modelling and sculpting. Wesley allsbrook and the glowing intersection of fine art. Quill made it possible for illustrator wesley allsbrook to draw within a 3d space, resulting in a captivating vr landscape thats both static and immersive at the same time. Illustrator wesley allsbrook is helping to pave the way for a new. Soojin gave me my first paying job as a student in her husband, chris buzellis, class. Wesley allsbrook is a very skilled illustrator who has worked with magazines, newspapers and in the comics medium. Oculuss inigo quilez created vr drawing program quil for wesleys use on. Dear angelica is the filmand filmmaking toolvr needs wired. Allsbrook is an editorial illustrator and graphic novelist by. Quill was originally born out of oculus story studio, created for the creative needs for writer and director saschka unseld and art director wesley allsbrook for their work on the illustration film, dear angelica.
Oculuss third vr film lets you live inside a painting. This weekend, the bolshoi ballet will complete its run at the lincoln center festival with three performances of yuri grigorovichs spartacus 1968, a. Rather than scan and rebuild the drawings of illustrator wesley allsbrook in cg a timeconsuming process the studio felt would dilute her artistic voice. The illustrator responsible for this roomful of bali hai imagery, wesley allsbrook, is standing on the papered table, wearing white jeans, a white buttondown shirt tied at the waist, and blackandwhite striped socks without shoes. Wesley allsbrook began her career as an editorial illustrator after. She has been recognized by the art directors club, the society of publication designers, the society of illustrators, american illustration, communication arts, sundance film festival, venice film festival, raindance film festival, the television academy and the peabody awards. She is my longest standing client, and i consider her a friend. Dear angelica might be the most beautiful virtual reality. The end result is quill, a new vr illustration tool thats evolving along. Opinion the year in illustration the new york times. A wonderful series of illustrations by wesley allsbrook for the marshall projects an unbelievable story of rape written by t. Wesley allsbrook was born in durham, north carolina. In spirited lines and saturated inks, an illustrator in new york wields drawing as her superpower.
Wesley allsbrook and the glowing intersection of fine art and technology some say technology is cheating and art is work. Illustrator wesley allsbrook, the woman behind its striking aesthetic, was given firstaccess to quill, an advanced sketching program from oculus that enables. Its directed by former pixar artist saschka unseld, with art from illustrator wesley allsbrook, using a drawing tool called quill that was developed for the project. Dadu is a particularly empathetic illustrator who has built an extraordinary body of work for our disability series. In illustrating one of the most talked about books of. Rather than scan and rebuild the drawings of illustrator wesley allsbrook in cg a timeconsuming process the studio felt would dilute her artistic voice the team needed a brandnew tool, one. Virtual reality let me paint in space, and it was pure magic. Meet the illustrator behind the sundance virtual reality hit dear. Heres the entire archive of artrelated articles on booooooom. Art of xr featured in prestigious gallery exhibition forbes.
May 18, 2015 see more ideas about illustration, art and cloud illustration. Wesley allsbrook is moving her life across the country to use it. She has the respect and affection of every illustrator she hires, because she allows them to be themselves within the context of a magazine about money. As part of a small group of incredibly diverse and talented artists brought together by wesley allsbrook at oculus story studio in mid 2016, i. She briskly wields a large brush dipped in black acrylic, building a restless accumulation of lines. Enter your email address to subscribe to daily or weekly updates by email. Oculus new tool lets you animate films inside of vr wired. Wesley allsbrook began her career as an editorial illustrator after attending the rhode island school of design for illustration. I draw the gray outline of my shark with a ribbonesque brush with little depth. Art of xr featured in prestigious gallery exhibition. Opinion the best of illustration the new york times. Rachel kushners the mars room offers a blackly comic take on prison life. How one illustrator forced oculus story studio to redraw vr.
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