Student Work: Photoreal Illustration

Student work by Jeremy Bransford
Commentary by Instructor Cori Ratliff

Photorealism is one of my all-time favorite art styles, so it's no surprise that I'd like to highlight this piece by Jeremy Bransford. Jeremy recently took my Computer Illustration class in the Fall of 2007 and did some amazing work during the semester. He really had an eye for detail, and put a lot of effort into his pieces. This one in particular is a challenging illustration due to all of the highlights and gradients on the boots and all of the little details. This was Jeremy's first introduction to using the mesh feature in Illustrator CS3 and I think he did an outstanding job for his first attempt with the tool.