Ian Rossenrode

Senior 2D/3D Multimedia / Interactive & Print Designer, Illustrator — London, United Kingdom

Illustration

multimedia 2D and 3D, traditional and digital illustration

movie promo - in pencil - An agency commissioned pencil illustration for an ad / movie promo campaign.(South Africa)

medium - crayons/coloured pencil
Full Size (highres_width x highres_height)
pencil - pencil illustrations for store window backdrops for Edgars departments. (these were large - around 3metres high)

This series was commissioned for the chain of stores
Dancing Piggy Bank - Although my background was in fine art... This illustration was one of my early 'digital' illustrations, intended to simulate traditional media.
Illustrated with (Corel) Painter and a Wacom tablet, commissioned by an ad agency.
See Nothing never mind no evil - digital illustration..
Horse Racer - A vector illustration (IllustratorCS3), and the pencil working linear above...

Illustration was made with multiple layers
Horse Portrait - With a background in fine art and growing up in Africa, I have been illustrating and painting animals in various forms and styles, most of my life.

A link to some of my painting samples - http://rossenrode-art.co.uk/fineart.html
Spice trolls - in the series of 'spice catalogue' illustrations
spice brochure illustration - from a series of five illustrations commissioned for a 'spice catalogue'
spice brochure illustration - from a series of five illustrations commissioned for a spice company promotional campaign - included concept, layout and final print-ready artwork.
Vector illustration - I work in a variety of styles, (which does seem to bother some people...) and here is another one!

commissions welcome.... nudge nudge !

Software: IllustratorCS3
Animal Illustration... various - With a background in fine art and growing up in Africa, I have been illustrating and painting 'creatures' in various forms and styles, most of my life.
Farmer Brown - Farmer Brown Eggs - Digital Illustration for 'Farmer Brown Eggs' ad campaign. (South Africa)

Created in (Corel) Painter, with the trusty Wacom
If Van Gogh had painted Prince Charles - This was one of a series of "If famous painters had painted the Royal family".... Commissioned by a major newspaper in London
medical illustration - from numerous medical illustrations I have done over the years.
I illustrated in Painter, with a Wacom tablet. I would have done this with an airbrush in the past...
Full Size (highres_width x highres_height)
medical illustration - from numerous medical illustrations I have done over the years
Felix the Cat - Felix cat food - With a background in fine art and growing up in Africa, I have been illustrating and painting animals in various forms and styles, most of my life.

The Felix Cats above, are a few of the illustrations I have produced over the years, for an ad agency that handles Felix Cat Food.
Christmas card - Christmas card - concept, illustration and final artwork.

Concept based on the company logo
3D medical illustration - Casodex 150.

I created this as one of three presentation concepts for a TV commercial on the theme of 3 famous artists working, (Van Gough, Rembrandt, Monet)...but the twist was that they were painting the 'Casodex product' in their individual style...
Scraperboard Girl - Now here's something you don't see much these days - a 'scratchboard' illustration.

I did this in my first year of art college.. and I think that was my first and last scratchboard.
Fantasy Riders - Based on an illustration I created for a proposed ad campaign some years back, I 'returned' to this one and decided to 're-illustrate' it as a 'comic poster'.

Combination of 3D, Corel Painter and Photoshop
Absa Bank Ad and African Chief - two more from my portfolio... One digital, the other 'traditional' painting.
Botswana Leopard - With a background in fine art and growing up in Africa, I have been illustrating and painting animals in various forms and styles, most of my life.

One of the many African wildlife paintings and illustrations I have done.... Now I'm based in the UK, so I guess I will have to visit (my) Africa once in a while...
Vintage Car 6 - Line / vector illustration...combination of Corel Painter and IllustratorCS3
Earn your Wings - I made this originally as a poster for SA Breweries
Brooklands Racer - Commissioned illustration.
Mercedes Truck brochure illustration - I did this illustration some time back....
as a 'conventional' airbrush... Thank goodness for digital!

For a brochure for Mercedes Trucks in South Africa
Architectural - Two watercolor and one 3D...

The top watercolour was used in a press and media campaign for the elections in SA
He-Man Poster - I was commissioned some years ago to create a poster of 'He-Man' for Mattel Toys (as oils on canvas)..... Above is a 'remake' of the central character and placed on my original background, which I have faded here intentionally...

I guess this is now a 'digital painting'...

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