Another celebrity portrait, a valentine to the stars of Portlandia.
These elements are destined for greater things.
I was just playing around with some stuff I scanned for an animation I’m working on and thought it looked pretty. Love these colors together.
Im working on making some celebrity portraits, not sure yet what will become of them but here are some sketches I’m working on… see if you recognize the boys:
(Jimmy Fallon, Jason Schwatzman, Jay-Z, Ryan Gosling)
Check out this months Bust Magazine, and more specifically the full page illustration done by yours truly. I had fun working on this one and I love how it printed, the colors came out exactly how wanted them to, which doesn’t always happen. Thanks Lan Truong.
I’ve been working on a series of celebrity portraits, here is one for Martin Luther King Jr.’s b-day. More portrait to come very soon…
Original MLK drawing:
MLK photoshop fun:
I did this album cover for an itunes exclusive compilation of 50 Christmas carols. If you are in the mood for some prolonged christmas spirit you should buy it.
self portrait—
I recently did a feature illustration for Oregon Business Magazine. It was a fun job, it was a little out of my comfort zone only because the final sketch that was chosen did not include figures. I usually use a figure to help tell the story or communicate the concept. The final spread came out good and it was fun to make, but the most fun I had was doing these spots. There is so much less emphasis placed on the spot illustrations that it is kind of freeing and I think the looseness makes them more intriguing. I especially liked the wind turbines which worked immediately in the sketch fase.
You can see how they ended up using the spots on my website . The designers did a great job incorporating everything.
With the new year approaching I decided I needed a fresh start blog-wise. So this is my new blog where I will be posting some of my sketches and other interesting things. Like my holiday screen print:
I screen printed 250 postcards and 150 holiday cards. I really didn’t think is through before I stated printing these. I used one screen and had to print each color individually. 400 prints X 3 colors = 1200 pulls! So crazy. Oh well, at least they came out well. Next time I’ll just invest in additional screens. You live and you learn.
