Chapter . Blood Lust

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MOVING FORWARD SOMETIMES INVOLVES taking cues from the past; Dave Shea looked back to the Futurism art movement of the early 20th century for visual inspiration as he built the chaotic Blood Lust. The goal was to mix design elements of the past with today’s technology.

Using photos pulled from his personal collection to form the basis of this design’s imagery, Shea combined multiple masked layers to form a duotone effect reminiscent of the silk screens that were more commonly used for graphic design in the past. His sharply ...

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