Jul
12
2010
#120 – Tools of the trade
I was working on some more digital illustrations today; these are just a few of the things I always have around.
[Comments and critique always welcome]
Jun
24
2010
#102 – The Pointer Brothers
Following on from yesterday’s sketch, these are a few iterations of a hand icon for a touchscreen demo video. Â I was trying out a few different ways of modeling some light and shadow on there. Â The last one is getting close; I’ll probably tweak it a little more in the morning and call it finished.
[Comments and critique always welcome]
Jun
22
2010
#100 – Eagle vs. Squirrel
So this is the outcome of the last couple of sketches. Â This idea sort of came from all the squirrels I always see on our street. Â They’re always leaping around in the trees, running along telephone lines, and pretty much having the run of the place. Â I guess I got to thinking how they’d do out in the country among actual predators. Â Somewhat less well, I imagine.
I guess the companion drawing to this would be the “country squirrel” wandering goggle-eyed into the street as a taxi bears down on him. Â But I think one impending-rodent-doom illustration is quite sufficient.
[Comments and critique always welcome]
Jun
15
2010
#93 – Modular Mars-scape
Taking the concept drawings from yesterday to the next level. There are still many things I would want to do differently, but the idea starts to come together. This would benefit from a lot more details throughout. I did have enough time to add a few details to the rovers (shown below), but overall there is a lot more time that would need to be invested in this idea.
[Comments and critique always welcome]
Jun
7
2010
#85 – Good for food *and* pleasant to the eyes!
This is part of an unfinished digital illustration assignment. Yet to be added: serpent and upward-reaching woman.
[Comments and critique always welcome]
May
24
2010
#71 – Hyperdramatic self-pity
This is the self-portrait concept I did for class (based on Sketches #65 & #70). Â It ended up being a lot more pathetic-looking than originally intended. Â I wasn’t trying to be such a sad sack — just trying to illustrate the occasional frustration with creative blocks and/or not being artistically proficient enough to execute my concepts the way I want to.
But enough whining. Â The only thing that will fix that is more sketching…
[Comments and critique always welcome]