Eric Thompson is a young artist from U.S., he brings amazing creativity in his art. We just loved what he does and wanted to share with all you.

In this Interview with artist Eric Thompson we talk a little about his art, design background and new project he is working on.

Interview

- Please tell us more about your art and when did you start this passion for design and graphics, and what did you do to take it further and turn it in to your profession?

I like to label my art as “realistic surrealism”; I take things that are abstract or imaginary and analyze them until they become reality. I am more a patient artist than a talented one, I can spend months getting something perfect so that it fits my hyper-detail category.

From a young age I was into detailed illustration. From elementary school into highschool, I would constantly have a sketch pad with me to doodle my ideas down. It wasn’t until recently that I made the leap into doing art as a professional endeavor.

I started framing some of my work and approaching local galleries and businesses, most of whom were happy to have my pieces on display. I’ve slowly started working some pop art themes with my fine art techniques which helps to broaden my horizons.



- Your work is very unique and full of creativity. Where do you find inspiration to create such awesome pieces?

A lot of my inspiration comes from wordplay and irony. Contrasting ideas or rhyming words cause synapses in my brain that make me want to visually manifest the wittiness. So I enjoy reading old books or magazine/internet articles and find interesting words that make me think.

Music is another big inspiration, the whole idea of harmony makes me see colors and patterns that I wouldn’t normally see if I was sitting in silence; I always love to have music playing while I work for ambiance.

Finally, math and science are big influences too. I try to incorporate some right-brained notions into my left-brained activities; patterns, negative space, the golden ratio, etc are all things I try to juggle while working on a piece of art.

- What, according to you are the pros and cons of being a designer?

The best thing about being a designer is the opportunity to flex your entire brain. It isn’t an occupation like being a lawyer or an accountant, you really get to use your whole mind when you work on something; emotions are just as important as skills.

The art community is second to none, so the social aspect of design is another great benefit.

The biggest con of being a designer is that, while you can work without inspiration, it’s hard to get motivated to work on something when you don’t have a spring in your step. Sometimes you can get more done in an hour if you are motivated than you would in the entire day if you aren’t motivated.



- What are your upcoming projects?

Right now I’m trying to finish up my US Banknote series. I did a $0 bill and I have 3 more I’m working on simultaneously. I’m also working on a few websites for 2 clients as well as a personal website. I’m a busy but happy person!

- Which are your top 5 favorite websites, and why?

www.ffffound.com - A very random collection of pictures, it’s easy to get lost browsing it for hours. Sometimes the pop art jogs the brain and inspires me to create something simple and cute.

www.abduzeedo.com – A site devoted to inspiring digital artists. Enough said.

www.2leep.com – This site is interesting, not specifically for artists, but for subject ideas.

www.weburbanist.com – Another random art-inspiration website.

www.instructables.com – This site is just cool. Let’s you think outside the box and inspires you to create using anything and everything around you.

- What are your magic tools, both hardware and software?

For digital art, I use photoshop & illustrator coupled with a whole bunch of plugins, brushes and font libraries. I also use a wacom bamboo pad for sketching a digital framework.

- Where to find you on the web?

I’m still working on my personal site, but for now, my flickr page , twitter or facebook are the easiest ways to get in touch with me. I’m always looking for new friends and somebody to share my work with!

Getting bored with your photos, why not inject some fun and humor into it. I have collect 14 websites to have fun with your photos online.

These are some great websites that allow you to add photo effects to your photographs online in few clicks.

Best part it is all FREE and you can immediately download your photo effects and share it straight away. Hope you have fun with your photos.

If you know more similar services, please share with us in comment below.

BeFunky

Turn your photos into digital artwork with a single click. You will have great fun with your photos.

PicArtia

Create your photo mosaic in clicks.

MagMyPic

Be a star put your photo on a magazine and have fun.

Wired Magazine Cover

Design your own Wired magazine cover with your photo.

Personalized Money

You can create your own personalized money on mouse clicks.

Create HDR

Create your HDR image in clicks. HDR images show greater range of tonal detail, than your camera can capture.

Blingee

Bling your photos.

TiltShiftMaker

You can easily transform your photo into tilt-shift style photos. Tilt-shift photos are real life photos that are miniatured to look like model photography.

PixiSnap

Turn your lifeless photos to awesome photo mosaic or cool Polaroid.

PhotoVisi

Create beautiful photo collage.

Rollip

Let’s you choose 40 Photo effects for your photos, worth trying.

AnyMaking – Old Photo Effect

Here you can apply old photo effect to your modern photos.

Mosaically

Create your own photo mosaic in clicks.

PhotoFunia

Want to have fun with your photos, this is the best place that will give you fun filled experience. We love it.

This is Vol. 04 of “10 Beautiful Photoshopped Girls – Great Photo Effect & Photo Ideas”, which is a showcase I decided to run frequently here on ThePhotoArtBlog.com featuring some fantastic, highly-creative photo effect done on girls.

Hope you enjoy those works as much as I did and find them inspirational! If you like these then you might want to join us on our Facebook Page.

Please feel free to leave your comments below or suggest some great photo effects.

Enjoy!

Vanity Beach!

Aloha Girl

Sky Girl

Colours

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Andrepsart

Rose Girl

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Fabrizio Calicchia

Dimensional Photography

Graffiti

Stop Dreaming

Self Reflect

- Contest has ended and THE WINNER IS “NANY” -

We thank you all for your participation.

Yes, you can receive one FREE sheet of regular 1st class $0.44 personalized PhotoStamp from www.PhotoStamps.com.

All you need to do is just write a comment below answering “What photo would you get printed for your personalized PhotoStamp?” and a random winner will be declared.

You can place almost anything on personalized postage stamps; it can be images of pets, babies, your favourite design, scenery or pictures taken from a vacation. The stamps you create with your own images are real, valid U.S. Postage.

The Prize:
The sponsor of this contest, www.PhotoStamps.com is offering this prize, including standard shipping and in the US only.

Sample photos of personalize PhotoStamps:

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Please leave your comments below to win FREE personalized PhotoStamp.

Photos are loved by all. Have you ever imagined quilting Photos and creating wall hangings, clothing, bed spread and other textile products? Photo Memory Quilts are made to honor and remember loved ones or commemorate a special occasion.

Photo Memory quilts are a unique and wonderful gift and something that can be handed over to generations. We have gathered some quilt artists and their creations to share with you in ‘7 Wonderful Memories on Fabric – Quilt with Photos - Vol 1′. We will come back with some more.

Star family photo quilt

Photo Quilt by  - Lynnola

Photo Memory Quilt

Photo Quilt by – Elena

Baugham Boys Photo Quilt

Photo Quilt by – gooma8x

Star Power Flowers

Photo Quilt by - vintagepix

Mayerfull

Photo Quilt by – Pam Smith

School Quilt 2

Photo Quilt by – Lee Whittle

Contest has ended and THE WINNER IS “STRATISK”.

We thank you all for your participation.

You can receive one FREE gallery wrap canvas 20 inches x 24 inches from Color Incorporated Digital Pro Labs.

All you need to do is just write a comment below answering “What would you get printed on a canvas?” and a random winner will be declared.

The Prize:

The sponsor of this contest, Color Incorporated Digital Pro Labs is offering this price, retail value estimated at $125 including shipping.

Sample photos of gallery wrap canvas:

- *Gallery Wrapped Canvas* is the perfect way to present your works of art. Each Canvas is hand wrapped around a 1 ½ frame with the finest attention to detail. Each piece is properly finished with a wire hanger, bumpers, and you can choose to leave the back open or cover it with Tyvek® backing. In addition, your canvas will be coated with Hahnemuhle protective spray which protects your work from harmful UV rays and other atmospheric contaminants.

- Due to the wrapping process we suggest that you do not use borders, blank edges, or edges that contain a solid color rather than an image – as we can not guarantee the exact position of these items on the stretched frame.

Please leave your comments below to win FREE gallery wrap canvas.

This is Vol. 03 of “10 Beautiful Photoshopped Girls – Great Photo Effect & Photo Ideas“, I should say this showcase has got really popular.

It is amazing how photoshop has enabled us to bring out our desires and visualisation, otherwise they would have just remained dreams. In Vol. 01 Imran commented “the original photos were beautiful and the photoshopped effects made them even more stunning”, I am sure we all agree to this.

I hope you enjoy this fresh 10 Beautiful Photoshopped Girls and get inspiration to think creative about your photos.

Your comments are much awaited.

She Has a Brain

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Ahmed Chaabane

Katherine Keigl Mosaic

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Tom Emmanuelides

Burning Water

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Quix Maiquez

Female

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Elinavg

Silver

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Start A Riot

Sugar Tits

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Dr. Chim

Pop Art Portrait

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: ART-D

Red and Orange Girl Displex

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Deco Fernandes

Text Made Image

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: Tutorial Park

Channel Mask Girl

Photo Effect & Photo Idea by: PSDVault

Your girlfriend / wife / children / parents / your best friend’s they all share something in common: they’re not appreciated nearly enough. You can change that. I am currently going through same crisis of people around me feeling the same. So I though I need to do something and I am sharing the same. I have compiled a list of 10 Superb Photo Ideas From Your Digital Photos they can be great digital photo products or digital photo gifts ideas. Also, I’d like to know if there’s any more photo ideas you’d like to see a post of. Cheers!

Personalized Photo Deck Chair

Now, that’s my chair.

Photo on Flower

Forget sending those small cards with your flowers, now have photo and message printed directly on flower.

Custom Photo Tiles

Photo Tile will definitely concrete any relationship and they will really last long.

Custom Photo Visa Card

Now this photo gift anyone will love, it will surely bring smile on faces.

Stunning Photo Mosaic

Photo Mosaic are personalized photo gift that means so much more then the ordinary flowers and chocolates. Photo Mosaic makes perfect photo gift for any occasions.

Photo Lunchbox

Photo Lunchbox makes perfect gift or a creative treasure chest for your child.

Your Personalized Clay Caricature

We all have one or more clay figures somewhere in our house, why not replace them with your personal clay caricature.

Personalized Photo Sports Ball

Photo Sports Ball makes a unique gift idea for that ultimate sports fan and they will definitely preserve it.

Photo Blanket

Photo Blanket is so cool, none of the gifts can match the brilliance of it. Photo Blanket is truly a thoughtful gift for your really close ones.

MyJones Soda Custom Photo Label

Personalize your special day and make it cheerful and bubbly with MyJones Soda.

MyJones Image Source: Cassandra

I look forward to your comments.

Looking at the long face of my friend on webcam who got a pink slip last week persuaded me to send him something to make him smile.

Nothing better then a caricature, a cartoony version of his photo on his door steps to cheer him up.

Found lots and lots of things and thought of sharing with you all, right from caricatures from photos molded into clay figurines, stamps and posters to name few items.

Hope these 8 cartoony ideas will make you smile.

Spreading the love

Photo Caricature by - CaricatureKing

Madonna Birthday Wish

Photo Caricature by – Caricaturist

Real Estate Cartoon

Photo Caricature by – RealEstateCartoon

3D Caricature

Photo Caricature by – UnusuallyCreation

Holiday Card

Photo Caricature by – Fun Faces

Personalized Stamps Stickers

Photo Caricature by -  Divine Favorz

Kristin

Photo Caricature by – TheLastBestWest

The Ridge

Photo Caricature by – Dorset Gargoyles

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is a key figure in Pop Art, an art movement that emerged in America and elsewhere in the 1950s to become prominent over the years. With one of Andy Warhol’s brilliantly colored image of Marlin Monroe became very popular.

Andy Warhol made his first Pop Art painting, based on comics and ads, in 1961, and then a series of Campbell’s Soup Cans in 1962. These created a sensation in the art world and launched Andy Warhol as a celebrity. (more…)

Watch complete Andy Warhol documentary here:

Andy Warhol Pop Art effect is so cool it transforms a photo into semi painted looking piece of art.

I have found these great Andy Warhol Pop Art effect tutorials, which will make your photo look like piece of art. Pop Art portraits make great interior decors when printed on canvas or accessories like hand bags, t-shirts and so much more.

You can try transforming your photos yourself to pop art by these tutorials or get some great artists to do it for you (we will be posting new post of great pop art artists for you shortly).

Enough talk, you may enjoy Andy Warhol Pop Art effect tutorials below:

Andy Warhol Effect: Photoshop Tutorial

Andy Warhol Pop Art Effect From: tutvid

Photoshop tutorial on how to change an ordinary photo into an Andy Warhol inspired piece of pop art!

How to make an Andy Warhol effect in Photoshop

Andy Warhol Pop Art Effect From: SubJuiced

I look forward to your comments.