Hydro74
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- mrbee28280
HATS HATS HATS HATS HATS HATS HATS HATS.. stupid keyboard... I hates you keyboardz!!!
- dopepope0
Hydro is no doubt and extremely talented artist.
- kult0
I dig him, mostly because of his work ethic and business savvy. There's no doubt he's a technically gifted illustrator. His portfolio of work sells itself to a specific market.
I have much more respect for someone who puts a great amount of skill and technique behind a superficial/flat idea, then a multi-million dollar branding agency who charges a shitton for a swirl and 40 pages of copywritten "value" bs to support it.
- fairspot0
We had an opportunity to interview Joshua Smith a year ago. If interested, check out what he had to say here:
- section_0140
Hydro fucking owns. Get with it. I love my samurai shirt!
- mg330
Is Hydro74 what used to be Holodeck 74? Remember that site, around 2000-2001? I believe it was h74.com back then.
- I always thought the same, but thought h73 had upgraded.mikotondria3
- gabe0
haha, no that was matt mejia and it was holodeck 73
- magnificent_ruin0
do you guys like it on the level of tongue-in-cheek bad taste, or do you actually like it?
- or is there no difference?magnificent_ruin
- I'm not sure the target audience think its tongue in cheek any more than Marilyn Manson fans do.Horp
- no one remembers anythingnilsnihil
- Meeklo0
I'm still a fan of his vector work, he has this quality to it that makes him stand out, he is one of those that found solid unique path to develop and explore, and got so good that other artists started, hmm I don't want to say copying or imitating.. but maybe inspired to follow a similar path.
That being said..
his raster work (like someone called it before), just looks like it was done by one of the multiple kdu members that "follows" no pattern work.
This has to be the first time that I see a talented artist falling back into the bag where we (or most of us) belong. I hope it's temporary, he really has something unique going, Josh if you are reading, I love your vector work, your type treatments are inspiring, I think you are better making your own path, rather than following someone else's.
my 2 cents!
- Horp0
^ I'd agree with Meeklo there. I admire his craft skills and my negative comment on page one is aimed specifically at that frankly unoriginal pixel based triangle/space/smoke/skull thing. I would guess that like lots of people Josh is searching for a new direction, maybe he's seeing demand begin to fall off. It has been a long long time for some of the motifs he's been working with. But I too would say keep the technique you have refined to the xth degree and just look for new colour palettes, new composition styles, new motifs to work with. Don't do what Vault49 were doing four years ago.
I'm not into the genre of this work, but I do admire his skill as an illustrator.
- wordsarepictures0
It's not for me but I've never been particularly down with the maximalism thing. I think maybe because I'm no good at it. This guy clearly is and if people want to buy it then more power to him.
- fatoe0
:)
- panacea0
great update and fonties
- 74LEO0
SUP?
- neverscared0
fantastic portfolio
- Miguex0
Why the hate?
This guy has cornered a very specific style and continues to develop and progress on his own. He has amazing technique and his pieces are top notch. I don't think I would wear those kind of graphics on shirts, just for personal preference, but I can appreciate them from an illustration perspective.His typography is also amazing..