With a paint brush in hand, Tina Vaziri is often away having adventures with Mr. Bee. Her travel notes are filled with illustrations, sketches, and stories.

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can you hear me now? | July 2, 2007

An editorial piece for the Performance Edge Journal issue 2, on demystifying VoIP call quality measurements.

I’ve updated this illustration to create more depth by adding detail to the foreground VoIP dogs, and blurring the background into space.


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36 Responses to “can you hear me now?”

  1. Adam Osgood Says:

    Nice! I love the mixed-media approach. It’s very sophisticated (also love the angles and colors). It kind of reminds me of the way you used to work a couple years ago (Victor and Rolf comes to mind) but I could be wrong. It’s definitely a step forward!

    July 2nd, 2007 at 4:04 pm


  2. steve Says:

    Wow, you’ve got some mad skills!!

    July 2nd, 2007 at 4:24 pm


  3. Anonymous Says:

    Might have been interesting in seeing the most details in the foreground “pets” and less as it goes back. Add to the sense of depth. Right now it seems like the person has the most focus.

    July 2nd, 2007 at 4:31 pm


  4. Tina Says:

    Totally valid point for added depth.

    July 2nd, 2007 at 4:39 pm


  5. David Poe Says:

    This is great! I think this is one of your strongest of your most recent pieces! Well done.

    July 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 pm


  6. elizabeth Says:

    cool illustration!

    July 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 pm


  7. Aaron Drath Says:

    Well done :) well done in deed!

    July 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 pm


  8. Adam Osgood Says:

    Nice update. Simple and effective. (It was wrong of me, but I loved the detail in the man’s clothing before. I think that’s because I love clothing and red shoes)

    July 3rd, 2007 at 9:26 am


  9. Tina Says:

    Haha, me too. I’d rather draw clothing than robot dogs, that’s why I had spent more time on him than adding to the pups.

    July 3rd, 2007 at 9:37 am


  10. michael dailey Says:

    nice hi tech robo dogs, i hear there all the rage in japan now ; )
    also like the tilted background

    July 3rd, 2007 at 11:32 am


  11. Tim Bye Says:

    Great work!

    July 3rd, 2007 at 11:44 am


  12. hartini Says:

    Wowwwww!! That’s awesome! I love the blurred background - gives the eyes more focus on the robodogs.

    July 3rd, 2007 at 12:36 pm


  13. Eoin McKeown Says:

    Groovy Illo!

    July 3rd, 2007 at 1:33 pm


  14. Jack Snider Says:

    Nicely done Tina. I think it’s a great image.

    July 3rd, 2007 at 3:32 pm


  15. Tony LaRocca Says:

    Awesome! One question- do you have to scoop up their oil spills?

    July 3rd, 2007 at 6:30 pm


  16. Tina Says:

    One good thing about robot dogs is that you can program them to clean up their own oil spills!

    July 3rd, 2007 at 7:29 pm


  17. Digital Scott Says:

    Great work! Excellently composed view. Interesting subject too!

    July 3rd, 2007 at 11:16 pm


  18. Colleen Says:

    How impressive! This is a very interesting illustration, its obvious some thought went into this. Very well done. Thanks for stopping by.

    July 5th, 2007 at 1:25 am


  19. An orange Says:

    the background is the most amazing part of this for me. it’s so futuristic.

    July 5th, 2007 at 5:15 pm


  20. tracey morgan Says:

    wicked drawing

    July 6th, 2007 at 3:47 am


  21. neilornstein Says:

    do geek hounds bay in C+++?

    July 6th, 2007 at 8:34 am


  22. Tina Says:

    I think they might.

    July 6th, 2007 at 8:46 am


  23. erin Says:

    this cracked me up, my pets are soooo low tech (p.s. love mr. bee too)

    July 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pm


  24. Jeannette Says:

    I want one.

    July 6th, 2007 at 5:22 pm


  25. David Marshall Says:

    My favorite of the bunch so far. Great concept, layout and technique. Funny, too. My Eye Friday

    July 7th, 2007 at 11:20 am


  26. Sarah Says:

    Wow, great work Tina. I love the robo pups, but there you go, I am a bit of a geek

    July 7th, 2007 at 11:54 am


  27. Kim Says:

    Wonderful composition. I would love to have a Robo-dog!

    July 8th, 2007 at 12:17 pm


  28. Rosie Says:

    I want to destroy the one on the right with my luv.

    July 8th, 2007 at 3:39 pm


  29. Anonymous Says:

    Awesome piece! The robot dogs look like the crispest- most in focus part to me? can even read the digital #’s.

    July 8th, 2007 at 4:47 pm


  30. AndyDoodler Says:

    the above commenter = me

    July 8th, 2007 at 4:47 pm


  31. emila yusof Says:

    Wow! This is a great work!

    July 9th, 2007 at 2:12 am


  32. Michelle Lana Says:

    great work.

    July 9th, 2007 at 4:02 pm


  33. Willie Says:

    Geeky, freaky and perfect! :-)

    July 10th, 2007 at 2:29 am


  34. The Unknown Says:

    Cool concept and a great illo.
    I love it.
    love

    July 10th, 2007 at 7:07 am


  35. zari - ZHM Says:

    I love this illustration, a v orinal way to deal with this week subject!…the “robotic” dogs are great!

    July 12th, 2007 at 6:56 am


  36. Tina Says:

    Thanks, everyone! The element of depth added to this piece is something I will carry on in my work in the future.

    July 12th, 2007 at 6:11 pm


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