JUNE 2019 COVER ARTIST
COMPUTERARTS.CREATIVEBLOQ.COMMaking
the cover
Well, that was fun...
Our annual character design-themed covers
always are – but Emily Gosling managed to
uncover the most diverse bunch of artists
ever this year. Elenor Kopka’s monochromatic
images live in a different world to
ManMachine’s slick renders, which in turn
share nothing with 24 year-old wunderkind
Jeron Braxton’s politically charged animations.
And Philippa Rice’s autobiographical work is as
unique as it is arresting.
All these artists would have given us great
covers, but we’ve always had a soft spot for the
prolific, utterly mind-boggling work of Julian
Glander, whose beautifully shaded, amophous
blobs look something like a Jeff Koons
sculpture of a children’s TV show character
that would never be made.
His endearing Muscleman render caught
our eye in the run-up to the recent Pictoplasma
conference (it was originally commissioned
by Peter Thaler as part of a group installation
called INTER_FACES in Berlin). Julian also
provided us with an exclusive ‘side elevation’
(see pages 40-41) of the hirsute bodybuilder,
and we became so entranced with him, the
whole cover morphed into an affectionate
homage to ab-crunching men’s health titles.
We became so fond of the little fellow we
splashed out on a soft-touch finish and fluted
foil logo to accompany him. He deserves it!
You can see how our print finishing partner
Celloglas created many of our other special
covers by visiting http://www.bit.ly/ca-printfinishes.
Julian made Muscleman
with open-source 3D
modeling program
Blender. As he reveals to
us in his exclusive advice
(on page 43) “If you’re
interested in 3D you
don’t have to wait for
someone to teach you,
it’s all online for free.
I learned everything
from YouTube tutorials...”JULIAN GLANDER
Julian Glander is a 3D artist
based in the US. Earlier this year
he released the hit video game
ART SQOOL. His illustration and
animation clients include the
New York Times, Adult Swim,
Disney and Nike.
http://www.glander.coPHOTOGRAPH:
Chris Maggio