I've been working on stuff I promise!

For my next illustration, I chose a more serious article as a starting point. The recent shooting in Oslo, once again raised the question of whether or not Norwegian police should be allowed to carry firearms. Here's the article: After Killings, Unease in Norway, Where Police Few Police Carry Guns

I've gone through several sketches already. The key with this one is to highlight how outmatched the unarmed police can be, without sacrificing the drama of the situation.






This last one is actually the one I'm going with... unless there are any objections. It's the least thought out of the batch, but I think it will be the most successful as far as concept goes.

And then...

That wasn't enough, so I changed a little more... I'm finished now though... really.

Surprise!

So I drank a lot of coffee this morning and decided to dig into one of my old illustrations and make it more better! The second one is the rework.

So I'm pretty close to finished here... just a few changes to make.

You can click for a bigger image on this one.

Cheating girlfriend!

SO! its been a busy summer for me! Unfortunately, I haven't had as much time as I would like to produce some more finished illustrations. We are going to change all that though! I started swapping assignments with a buddy of mine who I graduated with, Jake Lee. We are taking turns picking out articles to do illustrations for, so every other week I'll have something new to put up!

This week's article is a short one from Men's Health about what makes a girlfriend want to cheat on her boyfriend. You can check it out here: Why She Cheats.

I'm not done with the drawing yet, but I felt like it was at a good place to post. The finished drawing will be up soon!

Redo!

Since I don't plan on using water color again, I decided to go back and redo these travel spots on the computer. I included the old ones so you can see what I changed.

Zombie, something, what?

Okay so the deal with this one was that it was a collaboration with some friends. We would each choose a random topic and just start sketching for five minutes on our own piece. Then after the five minutes was up, everybody would switch to the drawing on their right. The idea was to improve upon each sketch that you came to. In the end, everybody would be back at the piece they started on, and they would have the final say as to how the drawing was completed.
I got some pretty random stuff going on in mine after all was said and done. It ended up being pretty crowded, so I took a few things out and added some stuff. All in all it was a fun little exercise. You come out with an illustration that reflects the imaginations of all the people involved.

You better think quick James...

Okay, so this one has a long story... but to make it much shorter I'll just say that this haiku was my inspiration:

Drenched in memory.
Panic oozing along ribs.
Women akimbo.

It came a long way from the little thumbnail I started with. I like how it turned out though... Enjoy! More to come.

fear and loathing

Illustration for an online contest. The theme was drug use and intoxication. To me nothing says "drug use" quite like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Tissues for issues

Design for the outside of a tissue box. Need I say more?

Corel Painter

I did these storyboards in Corel Painter. Its a better program for emulating traditional media than Photoshop, and its pretty similar, but it is different enough to make you a little frustrated sometimes. Nonetheless, I think these turned out pretty good. This is an excerpt from a script my friend Jeff came up with, and my original character concepts are on my website. I'm also working on a full color keyframe that'll be up soon.

Poster

A poster I did for a theater production at SCAD of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.