AvA gig poster

2nd Illustration project with Ben Wilson!

Ok, so I wasn't actually commissioned or asked to do a gig poster for the awesomeness that is 

Angels and Airwaves.  This was a project for my illustration class.  It was a lot of fun, and turned out a lot different than I had imagined it would from the thumbnails in my sketchbook.  That is both good and bad.  

As usual there are things I would add or take away once I saw how it looked printed.  But I'm pretty darn happy with it considering!

Rat o Rama

This is the first illustration project this semester with Ben Wilson.  It is an illustration spot that we had to do for an article in the Boise Weekly.  (not actually going in the magazine).  The article was about the bad connotations that rats have (plague, rattail hair, rat pack, etc), and it was for a rat convention that had contests and such.  Some of the contests were fanciest rat, longest tail, etc.  

Ryan Woodward "Thought of you"

A friend linked me this video.  it is amazing to say the lease.  I definitely understand some of the motions and the exaggerations of the arms.  like when his arms turn into heavy masses that fall to the floor.  I've been there.

anyway, here is the link 

Rompo catches the EasterBunny

I think that this is finished.  Something I don't quite like about it, but im not sure what that is!  There are a lot of things I do like about it, however, and I'm pretty satisfied for it being my first watercolor.  Some adjustments were made in photoshop.  Quite a few actually :P

Christmas dinner invitation

This is a flyer I did for a Ladies church organization

I used actual paper snowflakes that my wife and I cut out for Christmas decorations this year.  I think they worked out really well.

below is the pen sketch that I did at work to get a feel for what I wanted.  I took it into PS and tweaked it quite a lot obviously.

Rompo

 

A Rompo is a mythological creature from Indian and African areas.  It has a head of a rabbit, legs of a bear, arms of a badger, and ears of a human.  pretty weird.  oh yeah, and they supposedly eat humans nomb nomb.

This is for our (most likely) last project in my illustration class.  we are working with 3 other people, and we had to choose similar animal types and create a childrens book out of it.  we decided on mythological creatures.  we were assigned letters of the alphabet, and then we chose groups.  Our group just happened to get the letters A B F and R.  Which spells out B.A.R.F if you like.  so we will most likely do something along those lines.  more sketches and concepts to come.  I'm pretty excited about this project!

Whatif

A linocut print I did in my Printmaking class.  We had to illustrate our reaction to a poem

Whatif by Shel Silverstein

Last night, while I lay thinking here,

some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

and pranced and partied all night long

and sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I'm dumb in school?

Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?

Whatif I get beat up?

Whatif there's poison in my cup?

Whatif I start to cry?

Whatif I get sick and die?

Whatif I flunk that test?

Whatif green hair grows on my chest?

Whatif nobody likes me?

Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?

Whatif I don't grow talle?

Whatif my head starts getting smaller?

Whatif the fish won't bite?

Whatif the wind tears up my kite?

Whatif they start a war?

Whatif my parents get divorced?

Whatif the bus is late?

Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?

Whatif I tear my pants?

Whatif I never learn to dance?

Everything seems well, and then

the nighttime Whatifs strike again!