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Digital Art by Beau Tardy produced on Quantel Paintbox - 1992 |
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MTV Logo design by Beau Tardy on Quantel Paintbox - 1992 |
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Digital Art by Beau Tardy produced on Quantel Paintbox - 1992 |
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MTV Logo design by Beau Tardy on Quantel Paintbox - 1992 |
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MTV promo graphics for Guns & Roses in Paris contest ('92-93) made by Beau Tardy on Quantel Harriet. |
Sometimes the Art Director of on-air graphics at MTV, Chris Harvey, would put out an open call for a job that needed some extra attention and a fresh look. I really wanted to do this graphic open for a contest MTV was running. It was for tickets to a Guns & Roses Paris concert. I spent some time on this but it was shot down. I actually had a little argument with the Art Director over it, the one and only time we had a disagreement. It did not make it to air and I'm not sure what they ended up using. I guess I took it a little personal being that I am French...😏
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MTV Show Logos designed by Beau Tardy in the on-air graphics department at MTV in 1992. |
This one is for @DextersTechLab This is a screen grab from my work at MTV making news graphics on the Quantel Paintbox in 1992. Recued from thermal prints I kept all these years 🤯📺💫I will be making a video about this soon. 😀#MTV #paintbox before #Photoshop #90s #TV pic.twitter.com/E47uNmilvF
— Dizzy💫📺 (@DizzyTV) March 19, 2021
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On-air graphics made for MTV in 1992 by Beau Tardy. |
Here's a good example of some of the behind the scenes design work that would go into on-air graphics. On the right the logo I liked for MTV's Most Wanted and on the left the one that was chosen for broadcast. I was already channeling vaporwave vibes back in 1992! This work was done on Quantel Hal as part of our everyday duties of providing producers with on-air graphics and original designs.
I have finally minted my first digital art NFT. This token is available for a short while as an auction on Mintable.app
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The first minted digital art NFT by Beau Tardy ©2021 |
Early digital art "Short Circuit" & "Cyberpunk" featured in ATOMIKCOMIX Vol.1 |
ATOMIKCOMIX Vol.1 featuring early work from 1985-1992 prior to getting hired at MTV. Underground comix & early digital art. |
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The new book 'AtomikComix' by Beau Tardy. Coming out Feb. 2016 |