illustration

I didn’t submit that last image after all. Instead I asked my peers which images they liked best since it’s near impossible for me to not be biased. The problem with this method was… nobody picked the same pieces. How am I to whittle it down from 13 to 10 projects when nobody agrees which three suck the hardest? Yeah, it was a crap shoot in the end.

Anyway, I have been sorta slacking on the art / blogging thing. But I am trying to get better at Adobe Illustrator and vector graphics. Gotta diversify in this economy! Here is something I made for Rachel Ray’s website. Yes, Rachel Ray. Weird, huh?

David recently created this poster for the Focus Feature documentary “Without A Home.”

One of his designs incorporated my drawings. Unfortunately, the client will likely go with a vector illustration version. Oh well. I like how his poster turned out, so I colored it in and am posting it anyway.

The illustrations I did for Seventeen’s “Forbidden Love” feature are in the newest issue. I like how the art director incorporated my doodles throughout the story.  It lends it a Virgin Suicides feel, which is appropriate given the subject. Less Anne Rice, more Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is okayyy by me.

Here’s what I created for the third Mountain High Snowboard resort print ad. I was supposed to reference Disney and Alfred E Newman character from Mad magazine. But remix them.

That’s why the Mickey,  Snow White,  Pinocchio and even the Mouseketeer hat are tweaked and janky. If they were literal I think the Disney would sue, but this is ok for parody’s sake. If you look close there are also tea cups, Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty’s castle (who cares), the Matterhorn, the Monorail and what might be called a “dwarf.”

With Logo and added figures

Without

Here’s another illustration for Mountain High’s snowboard resort. The copy hasn’t been added, but I like it all simple for now.

To create the final, I took various scanned drawings and collaged them digitally. Because I shrank some of the assets I had to redraw it to maintain a consistent line weight. Then I colored it in.

Bryan Fisher created this double page ad using my Mountain High artwork. I think it’ll be appearing in Transworld Snowboarding or something. It was loosely based on my “Killing Moon” art but reworked to include LA’s “cityscape” and a freeway with wonky cars leading up to the snowboard covered mountain.

The whole campaign is about the resort being “fun” and “a party” plus, close to LA so you can save coin on gas. Works for me.