Time for some angular design inspiration!

Very often when I select a designer that I would like to showcase to our community, it seems that I tend to go for designs that are highly detailed. My choice for today is likewise a very detailed form of art…but in a very different kind of way!

While at first glance the artwork of the highly talented Liam Brazier may come across as ‘simplistic’ it soon becomes apparent that there is so much more going for his unique clean geometric shard artwork.

The more you stare at his work the more depth comes into focus and suddenly the designs erupt with their own particular motion. Case in point: the Superman design above looks like it is moving faster than a speeding bullet. The Man of Steel has never looked better!

Liam Brazier has also recently put together a series of Starwars inspired characters which capture these memorable characters perfectly. Forget the Empires carbon freezing methods…this is the way to truly capture the essence of a subject.

One of the most interesting aspects of Liam’s technique is the fact that while his work is created digitally, it is not composed in Adobe Illustrator. Instead he used the Polygonal Selection tool form Photoshop and fills each shape with color. That’s right…this is not vector based! Perhaps you will now begin to see the level of commitment and patience this amazing designer puts into his work.

I really appreciate this mans style. Liam’s approach to design reminds me so much of the Cubist movement and the work of men like Picasso. To create a design with such palpable depth, where you literally think you are looking at an artwork that is not flat, is a very powerful ability. Cubist techniques have been employed in everything from film to music and today its influence is still exerted by contemporary artists. I suppose there is no surprise that with todays technological advances that this style would live on in a completely new and evolved manner.

Hopefully Liam doesn’t mind me likening his work to the cubist movement, but I feel strongly of their creative connection…plus it is by no means an insult to be compared to such an influential ground-breaking movement.

I can’t wait to see what he does next!

If I could make a request any kind of theme it would be for him to compose some crazy landscape designs. Could you imagine a dense forest or undulating countryside done in his clean crip shard style…it would look amazing!

WE WANT MORE :)