Artistic Image Blog

Artistic Image Blog Has Moved

2010-10-13T08:34:00.000-07:00

our new blog is at this link

http://www.artisticimage.com/blog/

thank you for your support and interest in Artistic Image

Ed Dye

AI is 14

2010-10-07T05:47:00.000-07:00

Artistic Image had its 14th year in business this last september 15th thanks to all our great client that trust us with their work we love making every image.

Ferrari World Animations

2010-10-04T07:30:00.000-07:00

AI has created several animation for the upcoming ferrari world in Dubai showing of the technology from the F1 put into their street cars

Cavitron dental shoot

2010-09-29T06:23:00.001-07:00

Shooting at Atlanta Rocks for the upcoming Cavitron commercials and print campaign

illy shoot

2010-09-29T06:20:00.000-07:00

out front of the studio shooting Dasha in a convertible for Illy's on the go spot Ken Soons directing Jason Maris who was the DP on the shoot

Artistic Image New Reel

2010-09-28T06:26:00.000-07:00

BEN 10 fall 2010 graphics package

2010-08-19T04:46:00.001-07:00

Ai just finished creating the 3d graphics for 8 3d animatiions to promote the new BEN 10 out this fall, we produced 6 bumps, two teasers, and an open. Their all modern, fun and have a syfy mystery to them.

Ai Selected to design the TNTLA 83rd Academy Awards

2010-08-18T06:46:00.000-07:00

TNTLA has selected artistic image to design the graphics package for their airing of the Academy Awards. This will be our third year giving us a great feel for the show needs.

Thank you to TNTLA for trusting in our studio again this year.

2010 telly awards winners

2010-08-13T08:31:00.000-07:00

2010 TELLY AWARDS winners for Artstic Image

Falcons DTD (JWT/Ford)

Falcons Rovion (JWT/Ford)

Trokar (5Stone)

Golden Globes (TNTLA)

OSCARS Packaging (TNTLA)

Movie CLub (TNTLA)

Greenies Shoot

2010-08-10T05:06:00.000-07:00

Ai just finished shooting a heavy composite piece for Greenies combining two shoots in studio and at Gwinnett stadium.

Illy issimo on the go spot

2010-08-10T04:59:00.000-07:00

artistic image signs on to produce a spot for illy coffee to promote their on the go coffee product, directed by Ken Soons and shot by Jason Maris artistic image

Connor under fire shoot

2010-07-07T06:06:00.000-07:00

Artistic Image's Ken Soons and new hire Jim Roberson shot spots for boomerang last thursday and friday for Conner undercover and Tu Secreto.

Marc Dixon artist Representative

2010-06-24T09:05:00.000-07:00

Marc Dixon Vertical Reps is now representing artistic image in the Detroit market you can contact him trough his website http://www.verticalreps.com/

or email marc@artisticimage.com

TNT Movie Club directed by Ken Soons

2010-06-24T07:03:00.000-07:00

Ken just finished directing the second set of shows for TNT's Movie Club in both Spanish and Portuguese he is now in editing getting the shows ready for air before TNT starts production of the new shows this august.

New artistic-image font

2010-05-19T08:01:00.000-07:00

a new font design from Ed Dye using the ai logo he created a bold and regular version artistic image font

Ford Screen Article

2010-05-16T16:02:00.001-07:00

JWT/ Retail First, and its client Ford wanted to create a standout campaign for this year’s Presidents’ Day Sale, so they returned to Artistic Image (AI), the FX/animation/production/editorial/compositing house that took last year’s highly-acclaimed “Ford Sync Universe,’ campaign from concept through completion.

The Presidents’ Day spot that featured six new Ford vehicles in a celebratory way, without incorporating predictable presidential imagery. AI assigned a collaborative team of creative problem solvers to the project.

Artistic Image designer/director/illustrator Ed Dye, developed a captivating concept. The hands-on cofounder of AI created animated footage of fireworks that exploded, shooting off red, white and blue ribbons, which created a showcase for launching the six new Fords. The commercial has three layers of cars bursting out of fireworks. AI rendered each car in each layer one at a time and composited it all together

Creative Director, Kirk Sieder, says “Fireworks was originally designed to be a Presidents’ Day campaign for Baltimore and Washington Ford Dealers, but once other markets saw it, that all changed. Several other markets, including New England, ran Fireworks as well. It was a retail campaign, for sure, but it has a “cool” factor to it that makes it visually interesting and entertaining. I can say that's true for everything AI creates. They consistently find ways to propel our ideas to a higher level, infusing them with smart details and complex design that make for a rich and sophisticated animated world. And they stay on budget!”

The “Ford Sync Universe” campaign was no less challenging. Artistic Image created, animated and produced a sequence of powerful footage touting Ford’s Bluetooth technology, which syncs up the on-board radio with smart phones to provide the driver with a hands-free tool for phone, email and text communications.

“Our assignment was to communicate Ford’s groundbreaking feature to younger drivers,” says Dye, who also wears the hat of visual effects director at Artistic Image. “When we asked ourselves what young drivers like, video games came to mind and provided us with the genesis for the campaign.”

To bring home the spot’s message, “Sync Universe” incorporates complex animation of Fords driven by young drivers through a video game universe where deserted volcanic planets transition into sleek modern worlds.

Dye knew that Japanese style anime art would provide the texture and depth needed to take the campaign to the next level, so he explored the medium, studying the works of Takashi Murakami, the acclaimed artist credited with elevating anime to the level of fine art.

To produce the spot, Dye used a number of three-dimensional technologies. Maya was used to animate the cars, while ZBrush, an intuitive sculpting and painting application, enabled him to sculpt the drivers and create a road, which realistically cracks and releases molten lava. Shake and After Effects handled the compositing, which included 20 rendered layers and 20 more composite layers that integrated a diverse mix of visual effects and corrected colors.

When tallying up sales for the year, the client discovered that “Sync Universe” sold more cars in a month than any other Ford Dealers’ campaign during 2009.

Far Coast Theater Video Ad

2010-05-04T05:21:00.000-07:00

This Video will play at theaters on the concession stand registers to give the awareness of the coffee's and tea's served in the theater.

Promax article

2010-04-24T03:53:00.000-07:00

Revamped Artistic Image Launches in Atlanta

4/19/2010 12:00:00 AM

PromaxBDA

From left, Ed Dye and Ken Soons

Designer/director/illustrator Ed Dye and director/editor Ken Soons have partnered up with CEO Michael Zarrillo to launch Artistic Image, a new Atlanta-based hybrid design-driven live-action production, CGI, animation and character development finishing house.

“Our goal was to create a design-drive company where a team of top-caliber directors, designers, producers, visual effect artists, animators, illustrators, editors and compositors work under one roof with unfettered access to each others’ creative input throughout every phase creative process,” concur Dye and Soons. “Involved in each project from its inception, they work as a creative unit to develop their shared vision and create a final product that consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations.”

Zarrillo and Dye first partnered up in 1996, developing the first incarnation of the AI, a design and art services company providing the print industry with photography, illustrating, visual effects and retouching services.

In 2007, Dye began putting together a team of animators and CGI artists and investing in cutting-edge equipment for the creation of visual effects-driven television spots. Soons joined the partnership in 2008, and the trio has since conspired to take AI to the next level as the region’s first concept-through-completion live-action/visual effects house.

After a soft launch in spring 2009, the restructured Artistic Image officially launched its new brand in April 2010, with a new space located in West Atlanta’s historic King Plow Art Center.

“Our mission is to provide the ultimate resource for creative direction and execution with a top caliber team of talent that has cutting-edge technology at their fingertips,” notes Zarrillo. “Artistic Image has created a dynamic, visually exciting space with a level of support services and creature comforts that leave clients looking forward to coming back.”

About Artistic Image
Artistic Image (Atlanta) is a world-class creative resource where a collective of innovative live-action directors, producers, designers, animators, CGI artists, illustrators, editors, compositors, modelers and finishers take each job from concept to fruition as a collaborative team. Dedicated to the advertising arena, this hybrid company takes a design-driven approach to crafting high-end TV commercials, virals and broadcast design in a nimble, open-architecture creative environment that providing seamless workflow and an abundance of client services.

Ai Reel and Ed Dye Director reel spotlight feature

2010-04-03T16:18:00.000-07:00

http://showreelarchive.com/

Mizuno Golf 30 second Spot

2010-03-15T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is a 30 second spot we filmed and finished using the 7d canon for BooneOakley for the Mizuno golf USA site advertising thier new Shaft Optimizer golf club fitting system.

MIzuno Golf USA

2010-03-13T05:53:00.000-08:00

These are frames from the Mizuno golf spot we put together for their new Shaft Optimizer club fitting system.

MLB Pitch Thursday night baseball

2010-02-09T05:20:00.000-08:00

One of the style frames we submitted for the thursday night baseball show on the MLB network

Addy For Norfolk Southern Kidnapping spot

2010-02-05T09:58:00.000-08:00

The Norfolk Southern Kidnapping spot got a bronze in non

traditional category of the Addy awards. We are proud to have been a part of this project.

Ai Oz Source book Tab 2010

2010-02-05T09:53:00.000-08:00

This is an ad that will be on one of the tabs in the OZ magazine Georgia Source Book. Designed by Edward Dye and Jonathan Whiteside

Ai trade show graphics

2010-02-05T09:47:00.000-08:00

These are three banners we had made to go up behind us for our trade show booth, Thier 8 feet tall and about 3 feet wide each.

Oz ad Back cover

2010-01-15T09:15:00.000-08:00

Office Interiors Book

2009-12-31T12:00:00.000-08:00

artistic image's Office space was chosen to be in the Office Interiors book showing off great interior design around the world.

Hardcover: 240 pages

Publisher:Links

Language: english

ISBN-10: 8496263819

ISBN-13: 978-8496263819

Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.9 x 0.9 inches

available at amazon.com

Artistic Image new web site

2009-12-31T05:36:00.000-08:00

artistic image has launched its new web site take a look at the new work, new reels, and many links.

www.artisticimage.com

att u-verse In-Store Spot

2009-12-20T18:51:00.000-08:00

This our most recent spot for AT&T for their U-Verse Product that won the JD Power award for the second year in a row.

Casino holiday party pictures

2009-12-05T05:16:00.000-08:00

Artistic Image new t-shirt

2009-12-02T08:05:00.000-08:00

New t-shirt for artistic image to go out the first of the year with our new reel and new website

Artistic Image, Artemis Creative I-pod Touch

2009-11-30T13:35:00.000-08:00

We are giving Away 4 I-pod touch branded by us two for each company going to the four top winners at our holiday casino party. Good luck everyone.

Holiday Party Invite

2009-11-08T12:37:00.001-08:00

Don't Forget Our Holiday Party, This Year were setting up a casino at the King PLow Art Center we have elvis impersonators, show girls, Slot Machines, Card Tables, Roulette, and much more fun, drinks and food.

Yazaki Shoot

2009-11-08T09:37:00.000-08:00

A Quick shoot in the Parking lot For a Yasaki Web Spot For Client Ken Young.

The Future Norfolk Southern Campaign

2009-11-05T06:08:00.001-08:00

These are screen shots of the Norfolk Southern campaign we worked on to promote the use of trains for the environment. We edited the spots and created the FX and audio.

Feraheme Fish animation and still

2009-10-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

Pictures of the Feraheme booth, we created and animation and large print graphics for the show coming soon the animation will show on their web site.

M M M award

2009-10-08T12:40:00.000-07:00

Artistic Image was part of winning three MM&M awards this year all three of the spots were Directed by Ai's Ken Soons and produced through Artistic Image created for Adair Geeen

Telly awards 09

2009-10-08T07:26:00.000-07:00

A Quick shot of the Telly Awards we won this Year

Coors Light Horse Racing Poster art

2009-10-02T14:01:00.000-07:00

Coors Light wanted a Horse racing image to be installed at race tracks they asked us to create the image in the AI style of illustrative photography with design element this was the result.

Up Coming Artistic Image ad in OZ

2009-10-02T13:52:00.000-07:00

our last Ai oz ad of the year i am working on designing elements of rainbow light effects, string art, fur, and soft cloth elements for next years campaign this is a tease of that look

Falcons Defend The Dome Game

2009-10-02T13:51:00.001-07:00

Artistic Image on set directing the Videos and still images for the Defend The Dome Campaign Dome for JWT. Ai's Ken Soons Directed the video and Edward Dye Directed the sill shoot of John Abraham. The Game is available to play at defendthedome.com

Atlanta Falcons Player Intro

2009-10-02T13:50:00.001-07:00

Ai Set up at the Falcons indoor practice field shooting the players for the new game intro to be played on the Philips Arena's new wide screen jumbo-tron. We created 3d characters and ford vehicles to be integrated into the play of the falcons players.

Ford Do More Spot

2009-10-02T13:48:00.001-07:00

Ken Soons Directed the Ford do more spot that won a Telly award for a low budget commercial he set up a small set in his edit suite and filmed in a stop motion manner combined with footage that he edited to removed frames to match the stop motion footage.

PanOxyl Commercial Set

2009-10-02T13:47:00.001-07:00

On set at the PanOxyl Shot the first of two we had done this year. This and the other foam spot were directed by Ken Soons For Stiefel

Sarna Green Screen Set

2009-10-02T13:45:00.000-07:00

On set of the MM&M award winning commercial directed by Ken Soons

Max Clarity Commercial

2009-10-02T13:40:00.000-07:00

On Location of the Max clarity Beauty spot directed by Ken Soons this spot won the MM&M award giving Ai two in a row

Artistic Image 2009 self promotion

2009-09-19T14:57:00.000-07:00

this was our 2009 promotion for artistic image it won a design award for the book we still have some left if anyone wants e-mail artistic image sales@artisticimage.com and request one before the year is out the box is designed to reconstruct into a hippo soccer player in side is a portfolio book and a soccer bal

Shawn Mullins Live Concert DVD

2009-09-10T07:47:00.000-07:00

Artistic Image Director Ken Soons Directed the Latest Shawn Mullins Live Concert DVD and produced the work though ai, We designed the and authored the dvd creating the dvd case design and menu designs. The concert was picked up by vh1 and played for three months this summer on direct tv.

Defend The Dome Outdoor experience

2009-09-04T07:34:00.001-07:00

Some I-phone shots of the defend the dome experience being set up at the falcons last preseason game getting ready for the launch of the on line game, jumbo-tron and outdoor graphics we created. go to defendthedome.com to play

adobe advertisment

2009-09-04T06:53:00.000-07:00

Artistic Image Was asked to supply an image for an ad promoting the adobe production premium suite with Niche Video a adobe supplier in the atlanta area.

Artistic Image Studio shots

2009-09-02T05:39:00.000-07:00

some shots of the award winning interior of Artistic image, i asked the architects (ai3) to give me the feeling of a 70's airport