Hi there one and all,

Well another Monday arrives and most of us are probably feeling smashed from a busy weekend….c’mon, hardly anybody has chilled weekends anymore hehe.

I wanted to pick a designer who would give us a serious kick in the ‘Julies’ to help jump-start our week with a bang. This is design inspiration which will leave you feeling like you just took a nitro uppercut to the jaw!

The designer I decided to use is a talented Portuguese character artist named Jose Alves da Silva.

I have seen his designs around, but it wasn’t until I spotted his K.O. design, featured as the ‘Image of the day’ on ImageFX, that I knew for certain that this was the type of work I want to show you.

This mega-designer has been rocking the industry for around 15 years and seems to improve and evolve his design prowess exponentially. He has won the coveted Master Award at the super competitive CGSociety Challenge XXIV. Not to mention that he has appeared in many publications, such as d'Artiste, Digital Art Masters and 3D Creative….to name but a few.

Jose Alves da Silva’s ‘devilishly’ cool K.O. design is bursting at the seams with massive personality, which makes you wanna recoil and hide from its demonic central figure. Sheesh, nobody wants to go toe-to-toe with the champion of the Infernal Pits Boxing Club.
I mean just look at that chin. He could jam your head underneath it and pop your head like a grape…sploooch!

I have a serious penchant for character design and let me tell you, this is some of the best I have seen in a very long time. The amount of emotion and depth every single one of his characters exudes is astounding.

It’s not just the characters, but the ‘mood’ of the worlds he creates for them which sets him apart. Take a look at his Mr. Reaper design below. It has an amazing constructed fantasy landscape which suits the epic undead hero perfectly. Not to mention that Mr. Reaper I so nicely incorporated into the scene…proportionally I mean. The movement of the design is really something!

If you would like to check out his tutorial for Mr. Reaper CLICK HERE….it’s awesome ;)

You must also have a lookie at his 3D design work, in particular his ‘bootilicious’ Booty Bobbler, it will make you chuckle, hehe.

To see more of Jose Alves da Silva’s amazing art and get even more design inspiration, please cruise across to his official page.

If you have him in mind for some freelance work you can contact him at: jose.zeoyn [at] gmail [dot] com

BAMBAMBAM!
Hows this for some serious design inspiration on your Monday morning….hurts so good doesn’t it.

JOSE ROCKS….I’m INSPIRED!!!