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Simon Birky Hartmann
Simon Birky Hartmann

Cleveland, OH

Designer, photographer, blogger, husband. USofA, France. Currently accepting projects: theshopdesignstudio@gmail.com.

adobe illustrator, adobe photoshop, brand identity, branding, illustration, poster design, textures

  1. Weathered grime textures Weathered grime textures — Destruction is an act of creation (that's a paraphrase from Pablo Picasso). In our context, it means that when that house got destroyed in my Cleveland neighborhood, I got access to a lot of cool things to use as the basis of new texture packs. After the rusted blue metal textures, the brick textures, the extreme scratched metal textures, and the painted wood textures, I'm happy to bring you t...
  2. Painted wood textures Painted wood textures — When something is demolished to make room for something new, you sometimes get to see the parts of the old taken away. That was the case for a house being demolished a few years back in my neighborhood. After the blue rusted metal textures, the brick textures, and the extreme scratched metal textures, here are the painted wood textures. The set is made of twenty-two (22) base textures. The old...
  3. Extreme scratched metal textures Extreme scratched metal textures — You'll never now when good textures are at hand. Turns out, houses being torn down are a great place to look for them. After the blue rusted metal textures, and the brick textures, here come the extreme scratched metal textures, from the same house. There are seventeen (17) textures in this set. They comes from the very old, very worn down, very damaged, excavator used for the demolition. I ca...
  4. The brick textures The brick textures — Houses being torn down are an amazing source of textures. The hidden becomes visible, the behind the scene becomes from and center. After the blue rusted metal textures, here come the brick textures, from the same house. The set features twenty-four (24) base textures. The bricks in question are a peculiar kind, with wear patterns that are excellent for masking/grunging out elements. They can ...
  5. The blue rusted metal textures The blue rusted metal textures — You know what's a great place to capture textures? Houses being torn down. Back in July of 2014, an old condemned building was being demolished in the Cleveland neighborhood I was living in. The first set of textures born out of this change of scenery is now available. Confession: I found the RAW files again after they were taking a long nap, in the depth of my many backup hard drives. Either ...
  6. Geometrical psychology diagrams Geometrical psychology diagrams — It's time for some more of The Shop's unusual vector assets : the geometrical psychology diagrams. These were originally created as an attempt to "mathematically model human consciousness through geometric forms" in the late 1880s. There are two main groups of assets: the first one, with mainly two dimensional diagrams, and second one, of more than two dimensions, that resemble flowers and cry...
  7. Rough pier texture pack Rough pier texture pack — Cleveland has something really neat: a lake. Lake Erie to be precise, "the fourth-largest lake (by surface area) of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the eleventh-largest globally if measured in terms of surface area" (Wikipedia). It's gorgeous, and its shoreline hosts a beautiful park, Edgewater park. The park includes a pier, used by wandering souls, tourists, and people who like to ...
  8. I love vintage diagrams so much, so I got a few more together. I love vintage diagrams so much, so I got a few more together. — Guys. I like geometric, vintage diagrams very, very much. So I assembled another set of them. This new one features over 270 assets, taken from a German treaty on geometrical drawing, and perspective techniques, published in 1525. They are exquisite–some are simple, some are complex, they can be layered together to make even cooler assemblies. They are good to be used as background pieces, ce...
  9. Hirschvogel geometria vector assets Hirschvogel geometria vector assets — Ladies and gentlemen, this is a new series of vector assets I'm really proud to finally release! These elements have been sourced from three different versions of an old mathematics treaty called Hirschvogel's Geometria, from 1543. I have sorted through the digitized pages of the volume, and selected the most visually striking elements. Wikipedia, the Met's digital collection, and the Public D...
  10. More old timey geometry teasing More old timey geometry teasing — More geometrical goodness! Can't wait to share more in a few days. Have a closer look at the level of details in the attachment.
  11. A bit of old timey geometry elements A bit of old timey geometry elements — I am putting the final hand on my next product for The Shop, my Creative Market store. After all the texture work, it felt good to come back to vector asset for this one. Can't wait to show more, early next week. PS: like the grunge textures? They're available for you to grab for your own projects! - Photocopy noise textures vol. 01 - Photocopy noise textures vol. 02 - Vector noise textures ...
  12. The expired instant film texture pack The expired instant film texture pack — I'm excited to share these 18 textures with you. They have been carefully scanned, at very high resolution (2,400 ppi), from real Polaroid prints. The film was expired, which explains why the shots failed. On the other hand, it gave us these assets, so I'll call this a win. The shots failed in a peculiar manner, taking neat gold brown hues. There is some marbling, smudges, and cracking. The ba...
  13. Hand-drawn vector maps volume 2 Hand-drawn vector maps volume 2 — Let me introduce you to the Shop's second set of hand-drawn vector map patterns. These twenty (20) set of intricate line patterns were created to mimic the topography line found on maps, architectural drawings, etc. Each pattern was drawn with care, using a fine line, on white paper. These drawings were then scanned in at 1200 ppi, carefully cleaned up, and turned into vector assets. In addi...
  14. A little something I got ready for Monday morning A little something I got ready for Monday morning — Now that I've finally released the ginormous Gordon Square Texture Collection, I'm ready to move on to other design assets. I'll share more about this little guy on Monday morning.
  15. GSTC - Wood textures GSTC - Wood textures — The Shop is pleased to introduce The Gordon Square Texture Collection! Gordon Square is a neighborhood in Cleveland, OH. I decided to stroll along its streets, and capture as many of the useful textures as possible. The fifth set in this series is of thirty-six (36) textures of wood grain, gathered through the neighborhood. The types of wood range from normal timber and boards, to compressed w...
  16. GSTC - Stone textures GSTC - Stone textures — The Shop is pleased to introduce The Gordon Square Texture Collection! Gordon Square is a neighborhood in Cleveland, OH. I decided to stroll along its streets, and capture as many of the useful textures as possible. The fourth set in this series is of twenty-six (26) textures of dark stone, that make some custom benches in the neighborhood. The stone is dark, rough, and features some really ne...
  17. GSTC - Paint textures GSTC - Paint textures — The Shop is pleased to introduce The Gordon Square Texture Collection! Gordon Square is a neighborhood in Cleveland, OH. I decided to stroll along its streets, and capture as many of the useful textures as possible. The third texture pack in the set are forty-five (45) textures captured of walls and bollards with multiple, sometimes extremely heavy, coats of paint. Time has worn these coats of...
  18. GSTC - Metal textures GSTC - Metal textures — The Shop is pleased to introduce The Gordon Square Texture Collection! Gordon Square is a neighborhood in Cleveland, OH. I decided to stroll along its streets, and capture as many of the useful textures as possible. The second texture pack in the set are ninety-two (92) textures of metal elements: urban furniture, barriers, bollards, and more. The textures tend to range from strong grunge to e...
  19. GSTC - Cement textures GSTC - Cement textures — The Shop is pleased to introduce The Gordon Square Texture Collection! Gordon Square is a neighborhood in Cleveland, OH. I decided to stroll along its streets, and capture as many of the useful textures as possible. The first texture pack in the set are fifty-eight (58) textures captured of cement barriers that were installed to delimit a construction site. The textures range from subtle to in...
  20. I finished the unfinished skull I finished the unfinished skull — Well, using the same base line work than the unfinished skull from a week ago, I did this. The "zone hatching" technique is interesting, and certainly to be explored more I think in future pieces, but it still leads me to a "hatch all the things" vibe, which I want to go away from a bit more. You can see the piece up close in the attachments, along with a quick gif showcasing some of the prog...
  21. Human skull Human skull — I'm happy with this one. I managed a shading approach that isn't "cross hatch all the things!", to leave open areas for the shapes to breathe, and to be more readable. The goal for the next pieces is to make the direction of the shading more in line with the volumes of the piece. I feel like there are still areas that feel a bit flat.
  22. Vampire bat skull, take #2 Vampire bat skull, take #2 — Here's another revisit: the vampire bat skull I drew almost six years ago. At the time, I received some incredible feedback from the ever so talented Justin Kammerer, also known as Angryblue. He reminded me that drawing is about using lines to show where light meets shadows, and he sent me an edited version of my original drawing with more space left open for light areas. Taking this to heart, ...
  23. Unfinished skull Unfinished skull — This old piece ended up unfinished. I hit a block in the road, and grew very unhappy with my shading technique. I might have to revisit my line work, and apply some other approach to it. The volume/light rendition right around the area where the eye socket meets the nose opening is satisfying, but overall the image is too dark.
  24. Apparel design illustration explorations Apparel design illustration explorations — These two illustrations, which ended up not being used, were done as explorations for an apparel design project for one of my favorite restaurants in Cleveland: Toast. Each were drawn using stock imagery as a reference. The first piece wasn't even shaded, just line work. The second one features a second color as shading. You can have a closer look at each piece in the attachments.
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