Inspiration of the Day

In today's inspiration of the day, I decided to feature Mauricio Mora's piece entitled "Natzuro". I used to have a passion for anything related to martial arts. I like the designer's cartoonish style, blur techniques, and choice of colors that creates an awareness for it's viewers. If you look on the guys face, you can just tell that he is focused on something hard because of the squinting mark under his eyelid. Mauricio did a great job with the shadow detail as well as the gradient which you primarily focus on when looking at his nose.The character outline is great too. Heavy outlines like the ones Mauricio made give cartoons and digital illustrations a unique feel and I like the fact that it made the character look as though he was popping out of the background. The background is pretty cool as well. It reminds me of something you would see from an old comic book. Even the motion blur on the yellow things( I'm not even going to lie, I don't know what they are because it wasn't mentioned. Just for the sake of this topic, let's just say they are chips) is pretty awesome. So basically here's what I think is going on in the picture. The guy is getting bombarded by chips and now he is trying to fight back to save his families honor! Haha now that is a crazy story. Oh and if you want to see more of Mauricio Mora's work check him out here.