Face in the Sky
Monday, July 30, 2007
Yesterday afternoon we had a severe thunderstorm come through and I decided I would sit on my front porch and watch the light show before the rain hit. As I was scanning the sky, I noticed how quickly the clouds were moving and going through various shape changes. So I ran and grabbed my camera and started shooting a rapid sequence of shots.


When I reviewed the photos later last night, I noticed most of the shots were typical looking and didn't offer much in the way of composition until I got to the last shot. I quickly got chills running down my spine when I noticed a distinct face in the cloud base. I didn't notice the face while I was shooting due to the rapid changes that were occuring in the formation. The timing had to be pure luck to have captured this image.

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Five and Dime
Friday, July 20, 2007
This an illustration I produced in Freehand as a vector, then imported into Photoshop, and then added multiple texture layers to make the sign and bricks appear to be weathered.

I first created the vector illustration of the sign.


I then imported sections of the vector into photoshop and applied textures to give the sign a weathered feel.


I did a similar sign illustration for a previous SFG exercise where the subject was texture. Click here to view the post. I think I'm going to do a series of these signs. They are a lot of fun to produce.

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A Couple of Cards
Friday, July 13, 2007
This weeks SFG challenge is: "Playing Cards." I recently composed a vector portrait of my wife in Freehand and thought it would be fun to make her into the Queen of Hearts. I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. I then decided she needed her King, so I used a vector portrait of myself, the one you see as my profile picture, as the King of Hearts.

My Lovely Queen of Hearts



King Me




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The Start of 50 Lemons
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
I have finally started working on my 50 Lemons. I wanted to do this exercise as a complete sketchbook of 50 pages. Once the book is complete, I will post all 50 illustrations to the 50 Lemons site and will also post the a PDF file of the actual sketch book for all to see my sour citrus delights.

Here are some samples of work I have produced so far:

3 of 50 Lemons



Lemon Head


If life gives you lemons ... sketch them.

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Seven Deadly Diamonds
Thursday, July 05, 2007

I recently participated in a competitive project called Custom 52. The ojective of this exercise is to participate in an online design community using playing cards as the canvas. Entries are graded by peers and the strong will survive. The top design for each playing card of each suit will be chosen to go to print and a deck of the top submissions will be produced. The deck will then go on sale for the world to enjoy.

My submission is titled, "Seven Deadly Diamonds," illustrated above. By clicking on the card illustration below, it will take you to my card site for voting.



Happy voting and wish me luck!


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SFG - Texture
Monday, July 02, 2007
To honor Von Glischka's latest book release, Crumble Crackle Burn: 120 Stunning Textures for Design & Illustration, Jeff Andrews decided to make this weeks theme: Texture.

The objective is to work some kind of texture into the illustration. If you haven't bought his book yet, you should. See I'm a Texture Addict for more information on Von's book and the wonderful world of texture exploration.

For my illustration, I chose an old neon sign as my subject. I first created a vector illustration in freehand. See below.



After importing the vector illustration into photoshop, I applied three texture layers to the piece to give the sign the appearance of being weathered.



Enjoy!

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