I finished Bioshock Infinite the other day and it's still rattling around in my head. Because I can't stop thinking about the game, I made some posters. I'm wondering if I can make them cryptic enough to not spoil anything.
I tried a lot of new things with this latest piece. I think it might be the first time I've created a picture with the video in mind. Check it out:
The goal of the picture and video was to capture some of the joy that comes from playing with my son and getting to facilitate his imagination. I hope some of that came through.
I tried to mix up my style a bit by using a brush with a fixed width when doing the lines. I feel like that gives the picture an animation-like look, as if you paused a movie at this frame. I think I might toy around with the style some more in other pictures. This one was a lot of fun to work on. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
Happy holidays! Due to a printer break down at Wal-Mart, my Christmas cards weren't ready in time to be mailed out. So if you aren't here in Charlotte, that's why you didn't get a physical copy. Feel free to print this one out and stick it on your fridge, or wherever you put these things. This is the third year in a row I've illustrated the cards. Here's the card from 2010, and the one from 2011. Happy holidays!
It’s Wednesday, and according to my rarely followed posting schedule, it’s an art post day. Life was a little hectic in November, so I didn’t get much done. I had a couple of commissions to blast through, plus this year’s Christmas card (which is awesome). I don’t want to share the card yet because I’m mailing it out. But I will share the sketches of the pics I’m working on for my office Christmas presents. Animals!
I bought little 2.5” x2.5” canvases and tiny easels to put them on. My plan is to paint these sketches and give away the mini paintings. I don’t work with traditional paint often, and I’ve never painted on something so small, so it should be super fun! I’ll post pictures when I get a few done and delivered.
The other day I drew some Lifehacker banners as part of an "audition" to be a contributing designer at Lifehacker. Not sure if I'll be doing more just yet, but one of my audition pieces went up yesterday.
I did two like that in an hour or so. It was a ton of fun to do. You get an article title and a super short summary and you have to turn something around fast. After writing all day at my job, having to flex a different creative muscle like that is refreshing, challenging and fun. I'm challenging myself in these to be quick, stick to a consistent style, and to limit the color palette. Here's hoping you'll see more.
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