Larger versions of these sketches can be found here, and here.
Jun 30, 2006
Amazing Juggling Daughter
An illustration to go with a magazine article about the pressure parents put on their kids to achieve
Jun 29, 2006
More Rain
I decided to play with some rhyming verse this week for Illustration Friday to see where it took me visually.
Sweat the technique
I've been getting into this 60's AD art stuff that has this fast, sketchy quality to it. People like Austin Briggs and Bernie Fuchs. Robert McGinnis has done his fair share of it, and our contemparies like Bill Sienkiewicz and Phil Noto have drawn inspiration from this source for years.
Here's a great Flickr set that has tons of this kind of thing. (I hope this link works)
Leifpeng
Here's what I did. not so cool.
Here's a great Flickr set that has tons of this kind of thing. (I hope this link works)
Here's what I did. not so cool.
Here's one from a series called "Fairytale Wisdom: Things to Avoid".Watch out for those strange fruits now...
Ann
Jun 28, 2006
Looks like rain
I drew this sketch of a little girl holding out her hand to capture the first raindrop of a storm several months ago. What a coincidence that this week's theme for Illustration Friday is Rain, huh? Nice. I didn't have to think too hard on the concept, however, I did have a dickens of a time trying to find the right color scheme. I went through several iterations, from green, blue, red, etc. At first I had her in mostly blue hues with a greenish background. But I realized that I use green and ochre way too much. I wanted to use colors that I normally wouldn't use. Peach seemed peachy keen to me.
Well, here ya go. What do you think?
-Ward
Escapists inks
Here's a panel I just inked from issue #5 of The Escapists. It's the bedroom of Case's cluttered apartment. At least I *think* there's a bed in there somewhere.
- steverolston
- steverolston
Jun 27, 2006
Jun 26, 2006
'Founding Fathers' Picnic
Just wrapped up an upcoming cover of a weeklies' 4th of July issue. They left the idea open to me as long as I used the 'appropriate theme.' I thought of an idea of having important political figures from history who helped shape/found the US. Franklin is having fun flying his kite. GW is on the grill while Abe enjoys a burger. Finally, Teddy is chilling listening to music and having a drink.
Water Off A Duck's Back
My submission for Illustration Friday's theme of rain. A bit of messing around with the pens, the watercolours, the Photoshop. Click here for the full story or for a closer look.
Jun 25, 2006
Illustration Friday: Rain
Northern California had record breaking rains this year. I tried to remember this as I painted this piece. Although, nothing could get in the way of this couple's gaze.
-Vern
Jun 24, 2006
Drawings for "Avon Walk for Breast Cancer"
Two drawings I just completed for a friend's participation in the "Avon Walk for Breast Cancer". She was looking for images for t-shirts and baseball caps. "Tickled Pink" is the name of her team of walkers.
-Vern
El Presidente
A character study for a stereotypical Latin American Dictator. He awarded all those medals to himself of course!
Jun 23, 2006
Air Hostess, Now in Technicolor
Colour version of one of my sketchbook doodles. I don't often use a white background, but thought this worked quite well.
Jun 21, 2006
Ward's Dance
Well, whuddya know... I finally did an IF entry. It's my first since January. Been a long long time. Welp, this week's theme was dance so I just had to do it. See, my wife is a dancer as well as a dance teacher/instructor and I'm an animator, so there's a common bond we share. We both basically study motion and movement, but in different ways.
My process is the same: this is a pencil drawing that I scanned and then colored in Photoshop CS. I use a pastel brush that is labeled "chalk," found about two-thirds down the brush menu, if you're curious.
You can read more about this entry on my blog.
Rock On!
Here is some poster art I did for the 'Rock & Roll Hall of Fame' for their 'Summer in the City' event. They liked the tribal tattoo art I've done so I agreed to work in that style.
(Click Image to View Poster)
(Click Image to View Poster)
Jun 20, 2006
The Dance
This is my rendition of Illustration Friday's topic this week, Dance. I drew it in Illustrator.
Jun 19, 2006
Eraserhead
This David Lynch portrait is a few years old and my style has changed since, but I still like it and so I'm sharing it here as my first post.
Jun 18, 2006
Tiny flowers
This is a little illustration for one of my greeting cards. This was created in gouache and my inspiration was gardening. Unfortunately it is so hot outside I haven't even removed the weeds let alone plant anything new.
Holly
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