ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY:CRAVING

For all the smokers and FORMER smokers out there...

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: ADAPT

BRACE FOR IMPACT! ALL HANDS! This image is a tribute to all the incredibly STUPID things I did as a youngster. I had an old beater of a bike that I took off of any manner of ramps and jumps--most of which went horribly wrong resulting usually in very sore bits "down there." I never tried the wings admittedly, but I thought about it. This piece obviously depicts a much older dude, possibly a shell-shocked former fighter pilot who is feeling an urge to take to the skies once again but is lacking the necessary "vehicle."

DEALING WITH BLOCKAGE

Creative blockage is a real nasty hang. It can eat at you and before you know it, you find yourself completely paralyzed and afraid to put pencil to paper. Well, for those of you who suffer from occasional blockage, here is a great blog entry by Dani Jones from the blog Danidraws.com. There are a list of projects that an illustrator can do to hone his/her chops and create some nice pieces for the portfolio...

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY:CONTAGIOUS

This is too obvious I know... But, what the hell... It's been a busy week.

MORE MOVIE SCREEN PAINTS

Two quick movie scene sketches. A scene from Time Bandits and one from Brazil--two of my favorite Terry Gilliam movies in terms of aesthetics. I love the lighting, the colors, the use of skewed camera angles. Terry Gilliam is a master.

Anyway, I do this from time to time to help me work out some kinks in my rendering abilities. I am pretty confident in my drawing--given that I have had the most practice in that area. Working with color and rendering, however, require me to use a whole different part of my brain. So, every once in a while, I will do this quick color sketches of screen grabs from some of my favorite movies. I try to pick scenes that I like or that present some particular challenge for me. These two were just two very different types of scenes--very different in terms of set-up and color... It's a great learning tool actually.

SUP FOOL

I just though this was funny.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: THEATER

I had this sketch of Cyrano for a while so I thought I would just do a quick color-up for IF.