This has been the announcement of the day in the world of tech and drones! DJI announced the newest of their pretty substantial lineup of drones with the upcoming Mavic 2 Pro and the Mavic 2 Zoom. Let’s give a closer look at the Mavic 2 Pro because it’s coming with a 1″ CMOS Sensor from Hasselblad. What does it mean? It means that you are flying a drone with a camera that is equivalent of the <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/RX100-Advanced-Camera-20-1MP-Sensor/dp/B00KW3BJ1Y/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535055527&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=RX100+Advanced+Camera+with+1.0%22+type+Sensor+DSC-RX100” rel=”nofollow”>Sony RX100. It’s pretty innovative (and insane!), just imagine the dynamic range on the picture quality. With today’s announcement, Hasselblad released a set of picture sample, let’s check it out. *Scoop, it’s quite stunning, just click on this hi-res image.

More Links

• Buy DJI Mavic 2
• More on Hasselblad

Look at that camera by Hasselblad

Picture Gallery

Watercolor is such a beautiful and intricate technique. I’m always taken away by the subtlety of watercolor pieces. It is like artists have a magic wand and create these beautiful stories with their work. And if you like to imagine what is behind an artwork, you will probably think that Kseniia Yeromenko is always hungry or always thinking about food. She creates amazing watercolor pieces that will certainly make you hungry. From pizza to sushi, pretzels to eggs, burgers to fries, Kseniia has a great hand for depicting items we love to eat.

Get that napkin ready because you will be salivating after you see these pieces. The details and beautiful colors of Kseniia’s work will certainly take you on a food related journey. It is almost food porn. Take a look. And remember to visit her Behance page for more.

I was born in Melitopol, Ukraine and currently live in Kiev. When I was younger, I enjoyed painting people and when I turned 7 my parents registered me in art school. A few years later I had to quit the school because of progressing problems with my vision. I was able to commence painting again, when I was 15. I studied fine art in art college. Upon graduating I was accepted into Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts and studied graphic design.

Eventually, I realized that working with graphic design software was not my cup of tea and that I enjoyed creating art with my hands. As a freshman in Academy I had an assignment to depict an object of my choice using nine different techniques. I chose to paint cupcakes. I received an A for my project and my fellow students loved it as well. That’s when I decided to paint a few more cupcakes, doughnuts and cookies and started selling my paintings on Etsy. Then I added pizza, burgers, and fries to my collection.

Although I can work with oil, acrylic and gouache and different graphic mediums I prefer using watercolors. It is quite a difficult and interesting technique for me. I prefer squirrel and kolinsky brushes and sometimes use synthetic ones. People often tell me that my artwork makes them hungry, and I am pleased to hear that!

More links:

• Etsy
• Instagram
• ArtStation

I love checking out the illustration hashtag on Instagram. It is a great source of inspiration and an amazing way to find new artists. It was in one of my browsing adventures that I found the beautiful illustrations of Kate Wadsworth. The striking colors she uses and captivating subject got my attention right away. After checking out more of her work on her website and Behance I was even more in awe with her pieces. It was like I was being transported to a parallel universe filled with sun, waves and fun. Simply put, her illustrations made me smile.

Since we know that sharing is caring and that there is nothing better than inspiring our readers, we are showcasing here a few of Kate’s stylish pieces. These creative, bold and colorful pieces will certainly make your inspirational juices run faster. We have illustrations from two of her latest collections. Take a look and also visit her website and Behance for more details about her and her art. Also, all of Kate’s illustrations are done in acrylic and colored pencil on wood panels. And she is the one building her panels. Talk about talent and multi tasking. 😉

Kate Wadsworth was raised on the beautiful east side of Oahu, Hawaii, where she currently lives as an illustrator and graphic designer. She spent several years living on the East Coast where she received her BFA in Communication Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond – a multicultural city that strengthened her interest in figurative art and urban sketching. Equally inspired by the natural world, she loves to experiment with bold colors, exaggerated shapes, and purposeful line work to tell stories with subtle but deliberate symbolism.

28 Summers

28 Summers is a brand new collection for a solo show. Kate based the pieces on her recent move back to her hometown after living many years across the country. Her work for this show was a nostalgic reflection of her endless summer days growing up in Hawaii.

East To West

East to West is a collection inspired by a cross country trip Kate took a couple years ago.

Third Beach, 12×16” Acrylic, colored pencil on wood panel. This piece was inspired by a beach in Forks, Washington, where the washed up driftwood is full grown trees eroded away from the earth.< We hiked 1.5 miles through Olympic National Park, and set up camp in a maze of fallen sitka spruce and western hemlock. Needless to say we had more than enough firewood to keep us warm through the night.

The Guides, 16×20” Acrylic, colored pencil on wood panel. This piece is inspired by an 8 mile hike through the scorching Havasu Canyon to the village of Supai, in the Havasupai Indian Reservation. Another 2 miles will get you to a beautiful oasis of turquoise waterfalls.

Vernal Falls, 16×20” Acrylic, colored pencil on wood panel. This piece is inspired by a trip to Yosemite National Park. We took a 0.7mile hike through the Mist Trail to a granite staircase of 600 steps to the top of Vernal Falls. From the top of the 317ft falls, you can see a beautiful view of Yosemite Valley. Instead of hiking back the way we came, we continued on the John Muir Trail to see Nevada Falls and Emerald Pool.

More links:

• Behance
• Instagram
• Etsy

It’s always interesting and inspiring to see what incredible brands like Google is publishing on Behance. Today, we are having a little glimpse at their process into the Google Home App. More precisely at their informative onboarding animations for users when they experience the setup of their devices. What is to retain is the animations are shipped in code using Lottie. What is Lottie? Well it’s an open source animation tool by Airbnb.

Credits

• Directed By: Gunner
• Illustration: Ian Sigmon, John Hughes
• Animation: John Hughes, Ian Sigmon, Marcus Bakke, Veró Gómez, Nick Forshee
• Producer: Brandon Delis
• Music: Bryan Popes

It’s been crazy to learn that, since launching in 2017, the Google Home app has been downloaded more than 50 million times, and our animations have been implemented across other Google apps, bringing the total installs count above 1 billion. We’re honored to have been a part of such a cool project and to have received a Motion Award for the Interactive: UI/UX category.

More Links

• Personal Site
• Behance

Watch the Animation