Bryan Louie
Emmett Dzieza recently passed me a link to the wickedly talented Bryan Louie.
You’ve probably already seen Bryan’s work elsewhere. His distinctive style is ornately organic, with baroque flourishes and earthy palettes that simultaneously evoke sophistication and a kind of a bucolic beauty.
The amount of detail in a typical set of boards is just astounding. Bryan obviously invests a great deal of time and energy in each image, lending his work a hand-crafted artistry that puts him head and shoulders above average illustrators and designers.
Monday, July 10th 2006 at 4:45 pm |
gorgeous work - what is the url to the 23rd floor website?
Monday, July 10th 2006 at 5:32 pm |
Yeah, it’s safe to say that he’s one of the main influences behind the work being done today. Simply amazing!!!
On a negative note, because his work has been such an influence and the fact that he is a freelancer, most studios in LA have VERY similar looking reels.
P.S. Since this blog has been known to attract some haters, I’m going to clarify myself, I said, he is “ONE” of the main influences… Of course there are a few other LA based freelancers that are just as influential. He is definitely one of them.
Monday, July 10th 2006 at 5:52 pm |
M.cO, are you saying that Bryan is dominating and directing the LA design scene? I think you need to spend more time finding out who the BIG players are my friend.
Awesome work though…. getting a little old with the splashy journey through water coloury flowers accented by black inkings to a logo resolve as a concept for everything however. Opps, was i meant not to say that, oww sorry, yes, yes, simply amazing work, breathtaking, never seen anything like it….gorgeous, simply amzing!
Monday, July 10th 2006 at 6:33 pm |
LOL THA-DON, did you read my 3rd paragraph hater??? I specifically stated he is not the only freelancer influencing the work in LA studios, but he is one of them.
THA-DON, your website is great too, amazing use of white space.
Monday, July 10th 2006 at 6:37 pm |
THA-DON, are you saying Stardust, National, BNS and the likes are not “BIG” players? Are you kidding?
Monday, July 10th 2006 at 7:31 pm |
DONT F**K WITH BRYAN HE’S A SHAOLIN MASTER!!!
Tuesday, July 11th 2006 at 12:17 am |
haha, M.cO you guys crack me up, just way to easy to work up….you cant tell i was pushing your buttons? Gives me good laughs this site, haha dang.
ok, ok, wait, wait,
Stardust? National? BNS? who is that?
And your scrren name, its just like mine!! only that it says TURD instead of DON, that is so awesome!! Kind of like iPOD and iRaq, or iFIND YOU SO FUNNY… wooow cool!
Tuesday, July 11th 2006 at 8:28 am |
Some nice stuff but uhm i wouldn’t say it’s that great. i even think that stardust m$ piece stephanie is ugly, but that’s just my 2c.
Tuesday, July 11th 2006 at 3:13 pm |
The guy is talented, but…
Floral elements, splashes, retro cars, yada-yada..
Try http://www.drawn.ca for more inspiring illustrations.
Thursday, July 13th 2006 at 2:41 pm |
Drawn is a cool blog! Thanks for the link, and- clever nick