Leo Blanchette, Illustrator Vox 2008-06-25T14:18:02Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398b2d5580005/ Vector, 3d, Traditional Art. Summertime Adventures tag:vox.com,2008-06-25:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500fad693d32e0005 2008-06-25T14:10:32Z 2008-06-25T14:18:02Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Orange Man Dreams of Flight Orange Man Calligraphy

I've created this blog post for those very valued customers of mine who may be contacting me for freelance work. Its been a year since I took to flight on this freelance illustration thing. Although it started out as rough seas, I can say its be...

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]]> Check Out my Webcam! tag:vox.com,2008-06-19:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500fa967fa1d60002 2008-06-19T01:19:02Z 2008-06-19T01:19:02Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Robot Web Cam Gesturing Robot Web Cam Walking Toward Viewer. Robot Web Cam in Line Robot Web Cam Holding Business Card. Robot Web Cam Holding Pencil

Yet another 3d robotic creation! This was a lot of fun -- I wanted to make a robot that was somewhat realistic and didn't take long to render. The result was this 3d webcam robot. He is created in blender 3d, and uses material nodes (basically ov...

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]]> AO-Maru the Friendly Robot tag:vox.com,2008-06-19:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500fad692b4030004 2008-06-19T00:51:33Z 2008-06-19T00:57:00Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Glossy Detective Robot with Magnifying Glass Glossy Robot Standing Holding Sign Glossy Red Robot Reclined Blue Ninja Robot Posed Defensively 3d Robot Father and Son 3d Robot Looking Up at Stars 3d Robo Sitting Sign Green

AO-Maru the Friendly Robot. I created this robot as a sort of "friendliness assistant" to designers. AO-Maru is a technological wonder, inquisitive in nature, and does his job very well when it comes to bringing to life concepts such as (obviousl...

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]]> Announcing a New Line of Microstock Bots! tag:vox.com,2008-03-06:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500f48ce186ff0002 2008-03-06T04:12:49Z 2008-05-15T16:42:04Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Toon Robot SEO Two Toon Robo Presenting Toon Robot Heavenward Toon Robot Sitting and Sign Toon Robot Holding Sign Toon Robot SEO

Announcing a New Line of Microstock Bots! A lot went into the preperation of this highly optimal workflow. But now I can announce a new series of robots to make their entrance into the world of Microstock! Pictures below: There will be mor...

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]]> Reel Mess Advergame in Beta Testing tag:vox.com,2008-01-28:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500e398d727200003 2008-01-28T19:15:42Z 2008-01-28T22:56:37Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

REEL MESS REEL MESS Win

I enjoyed this project greatly! Its an advergame called "Reel Mess" where the object of the game is to untangle the fishing line. They had me do most of the art for it, so I went all out in Adobe Illustrator and did some serious gradient mesh/ve...

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]]> Creating Hydraulic or Pneumatic Tubes in Blender 3d Tutorial tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500e398d489690005 2008-01-21T04:30:13Z 2008-01-21T05:03:59Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Creating Hydraulic or Pneumatic Tubes in Blender 3d Tutorial By "hooking" points of paths to "empty" objects in blender 3d you can create tubes that move with the objects they are connected to via parenting -- in this case, a pneumatic piston use...

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]]> DCWS Rocks! tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500e398d479310004 2008-01-21T03:04:59Z 2008-01-21T03:04:59Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom DCWS rocks! Its amazing how much goes into making a good website. I waited patienty until I found a good web designer. It was long wait. When I connected up with DCWS I was mostly concerned with creating a *simple* website that ranks nicely in...

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]]> Its ALIVE! tag:vox.com,2007-11-16:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500e398bdf5200001 2007-11-16T01:49:09Z 2007-12-30T00:26:12Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Search Engine Bot Robot Behemoth Robot Fire Wall Robot Mini Web Crawler Bot RSS Bot Robots1152x864

I have a plan to use robots to take over the world. Unfortunately, they never leave the "concept illustration" phase. These were a lot of fun. For once I stepped aside from the pure "what will sell" approach to the "just have fun for a change" ap...

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]]> Web Crawler tag:vox.com,2007-11-12:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500e398bc92850002 2007-11-12T00:08:25Z 2007-11-12T00:08:25Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Web Crawler Bot

My latest creation, #2 of the "Bots" series. Its a web crawler, such as is used by search engines to spider websites and to collect information. There is a tutorial coming up, but I'm trying to find a bot that will be simple enough to make a ...

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]]> Pick the Robot for Upcoming Tutorial! tag:vox.com,2007-11-10:asset-6a00e398b2d558000500e398bbf8430001 2007-11-10T05:08:58Z 2007-11-10T05:25:05Z Leo Blanchette http://leoblanchette.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

RSS Bot Heavy Bot Strange Bot Web Crawler Winged Bot Pudgy Bot Construction Bot

I'm doing a robot series, and behold! My first creation out of the robot construction bay! (The orange RSS bot to the right). Well, soon (maybe this week?) I'm going to do a simple tutorial on how to color a character in Adobe Illustrator. I...

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