Form over Function

I think it should be safe to share this now. Probably not any crossover traffic between my client's site and this blog. :)

I did some work a while back for a marketing company in Los Angeles. They came back to me recently with a request for me to modify some of the art I did for them into the above. I don't know what you actually call these planes but they are the ones that are printed on a foam material and you punch out the shapes and slide the wing through the fuselage. When you throw it, it flies! Sadly this one is designed to just look nice as part of their mailer. It was never designed to actually fly. Hence the title of today's post. :)

The artwork was done in Adobe Illustrator CS3.

This is Post #802

Rise the demon Etrigan!

This is the commission that I mentioned yesterday. This was done for Stephen and I believe it is the first time I have ever drawn The Demon. I had fun doing it and it seems to have worked out pretty well. :) Thanks Stephen for the commission!

This is ink on 11"x17" Strathmore Smooth Bristol Board.

This is Post #801

Sketchbook Monday

Another sketchbook Monday. I was pretty busy today but I managed to start on the new commission list. It's ready to be inked but I didn't get to it today. But it looks good for tomorrow. It's a character I don't think I have done before and I think I nailed it. If I can get it inked, scanned and emailed to the person who commissioned it, I should be able to post it here late tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

In the mean time, here is a page from my sketchbook. Just some warm up doodles that I did this morning before starting into the commission.

This is Post #800 (ish)

The Legion Founders

This is another commissioned Christmas gift done in fluid acrylic on 11" x 17" illustration board. This was commissioned by Patrick, for Patrick. They know who they are. :) I think everyone that visits this blog knows how fond I am of the original Legion of Super-Heroes. So asking me to do a painting of the Legion founders doesn't take any twisting of my arm. I think I have drawn just about every version of these three by now with the exception of how they looked in their very first appearance. Back when they had their names on their costumes, which had different color schemes, and Cosmic Boy wore a bubble on his head.

I always do roughs for the pricier commissions. Especially paintings. So I thought I would share them here. Below are the three ideas I came up with for this piece.

Thanks again to Patrick for the commission. I hope the gift was well received.

This is Post #799

Princess Leia - Alderaan Ale Girl

While some of you are still recovering from Christmas, and others are standing in line somewhere attempting to return a gift or two, I am back to work. Lot's to do in the next 6 weeks. Gonna get bumpy so buckle up.

But right now I am happy that I get to share a commission that was done for a gift. One of my favorite tech journalist/author/comic fan, Andy Ihnatko, commissioned this for a friend who is both into microbrew beer and Slave Leia. Nice combo, I thought. Andy suggested "Slave Leia as a cute/sexy barmaid". I ran with that idea to create Leia as the Alderaan Ale version of a St. Paulie Girl. You probably can't read the details on the labels but it does state that this is a limited run and there is a "Our Story" on the back depicting the Death Star wiping out the Alderaan Ale microbrewery. Oh, and the rest of the planet as well.

Thanks again to Andy for the commission. I hope it was well received.

This is Post #798

A Little Stocking Stuffer

Merry Christmas! I hope that everyone is enjoying the day with family and friends and getting lots of goodies.

This is something I did this morning for todays post. Our little stocking stuffer is done in pencil, ink and acrylic paint on a 9" x 12" 140lb sheet of Arches Watercolor paper.

This is Post #798

Sketchbook Thursday - Mister Freeze

After seeing how much snow is falling north of us, Mister Freeze came to mind. This was done in my sketchbook with Copic markers and some Photoshop effects.

Time to check the Santa tracker. :) Have a good night everyone.

This is Post #797