The selection of imagery James O’Brien sent us shows us the breadth of his technique and how, as he tells us, “I tend to let an assignment determine the particular style I use; sometimes it’s a handmade look like the Bulletin cover; other times it’s a clean, graphic look like the Hourly Rent illustration for the New York Times.” He experimented a bit with Math Beauty and made it more of a pattern illustration with a much wider color palette than usual. He normally treats his animated illustrations as add-ons, but for r40hz Brain Waves, animation was a part of the original concept and a great use of the medium.
Image above: 40hz Brain Waves Quanta Magazine
An animated illustration for Quanta Magazine for a story about how the brain responds to 40hz frequencies.
