Rhinofish!

For this month's Mighty Wall: Hybrid Animals.

The battle continues

Here's where I'm at with Marvin Gaye and Erykah Badu. With Marvin, it's mostly a matter of punching up the colour and contrast from here on in. For Erykah, I have no idea where I'm going with it, but it's been a lot of fun so far. I'll post the final versions once they're done.

Halloween and Superheroics

Tessar posted a challenge on his blog for other Sheridanites to do superhero sketches. After Fred's masterful turn as Cyclops this Halloween, I couldn't resist the opportunity to show off the superheroes I hang out with every day. Here we have Fred as Cyclops, Rey as Nightcrawler, Tessar as Batman, and Chad as Tony Stark/Iron Man. Daredevil and Supergirl appear as their own badass selves. Finally, here's me in my Halloween costume from this week. I figured it was my last chance to be Ghost Rider before the movie comes out and ruins everything.

Another Rough

Work continues on Marvin Gaye, hopefully he'll be done in a day or two. In the meantime, I'm kicking around ideas for the next one. Erykah Badu maybe?

Marvin Gaye - Final Rough

Here's a rough for a painting I'll be doing next week. The plan is to do a series of R&B legends, they'll be about 18"x24" in the end.

The Hook

Here's another visual narrative assignment. The outline: a four-panel conversation, with a "hook" at the end. My friend here seems to be Steve Leduc, but in platform shoes.

Why you shouldn't spit into the wind.

Here's a quick little assignment for my Visual Narrative class. Be forewarned, it's been established that this is little bit avant-garde for some people.

Robofun

Hey, I'm back!
Here's a piece I'm working on for Harvey Chan's Interpretive Illustration class. Basically, he went through my sketchbook and picked out all the fun stuff and said "do that". So I did.



Kinda looks good in horror-movie sepia, too.
The scan's a little blurry and cropped, as the piece is just a little too big for my scanner.

CICA Logo

Sorry about disappearing for a bit, it's been busy.

Unfortunately, I've had to discontinue work on the kids' book for the time being, since the co-op office wants me to do more work involving clients. This is a logo I'm working on for the Christian Island Cottagers' Association. The black and white one is just playing with the idea a little bit.

Down in a Hole

Here, our heroine falls down a big, scary hole.
Sometimes, I feel the same way.

Frogs and Rabbits

Here's another work in progress. Current plan is to get them all mostly done fairly quickly, then revisit them later with some touchups and digital magic. The scene here is a daring amphibian rescue at sea.

Work in Progress

I'm heading out of town for the week, so I thought I'd post something before I head out. Here's a work in progress, an illustration for Chapter One, say about two-thirds done. This is more or less the style you're going to see from here on in, I'm trying to mix my usual cartoony stuff with more of an impressionistic feel.


See you next week!