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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Editorial Ilustration



This is an editorial style illustration I did. Susan and I have been living with her sister and brother in-law until we move into our new house and they have a 2 year old and a 1 month old. Being around parents produces some pretty funny scenarios. Susan came up with this idea while we were brainstorming and I drew it out and we started laughing. So here is the final product.



I explored some more with line texture and randomizing some color on the mom's face. I used a sponge brush courtesy of the very talented Chris Lee. I'm really enjoying texturizing my cartoony style. I feel its giving my pieces a new richness my previous cartoons have lacked.







And finally, I had a fun time figuring out how to get those lime textures. I took a high res photo of a lime, grayscaled it, messed with the levels, and then set the layer to multiply so that the texture simply layed on top of the color. Over-all, I really enjoyed working on this piece. Learned a lot and feel great about the final product.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012


Since I've moved out to Atlanta, I'm realizing that I need to broaden my portfolio. I have a bunch of animation stuff, storyboards, and line drawings, but the market out here is more geared towards advertising. So I'm exploring some new style ideas and focusing more on finished illustrations. In this piece, I'm trying to meld my cartoon style with the old Golden books illustration techniques, and add a few things I've learned from my many talented friends like Christopher Lee, Bryan Arnette, and Chris Allison. This is just a piece of the final illustration, much more is still to come.