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Artist of the Week: Jared K. Nickerson

// August 22nd, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Technology

Jared K. Nickerson, known online as “J3Concepts,” is a freelance illustrator with a one-of-a-kind style. His work is a form of “vector art,” where geometric principles – points, lines, curves – are used to give a cartoon-like impression of shadows, textures, and a particular frame of reference. But unique to the traditional vector style is Jared’s ingenious use of color. Through color, his art seems almost otherworldly—it’s hard to imagine a J3 color palette appearing freely in nature. Still, his uncanny ability to convey emotion and metaphor through geometry and color has such a natural feel. Although vector art deviates slightly from our topical modus operandi, we feel the technical means employed through Jared’s imaginative work is worth a mention at the very least.

Nickerson recently released a pack of twenty extraordinary wallpapers, collectively titled “Jthree Wallpack 2009.” Available exclusively at BloodSweatVector.com, we urge you to give the collection a download.

To see more of his work – a wide array of graphic tees, print outs, toys, and more – check out Jared’s deviantART page at j3concepts.deviantart.com.

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Just keep running, like the little girl from Forrest Gump said. Maybe I can hide up there in the chicken coop. But the air – it’s so thick; and if I just had a moment’s breathe. And as you start to slow by the bridge, you hear the sound of the giant footsteps return. Panicked, you realize that you have no option but to jump. You take the plunge; but the giant follows. It’s a highway duel, and now, your only option is a dangerous one. You take the high road; and from that point on it was all adrenaline. And space was removed from time until the chase became a vacuum of thought and sound. Will the giant make his move, running away in laughter? Click to watch the animated short "Mac ‘n’ Cheese," directed and created by four students at the Utcretch School of Arts in the Netherlands.