4 Mar 2010
Psycho Psychic
Random stuff for CTT at U16 again. First one’s after Josh Hall’s sketch.
Archive for ‘monsters’
22 Feb 2010
Commando vs. Demon Nazi
Couple of quick images done for a “Draw My Character” activity at a forum. The first one is based on Chi-Yun Lau’s character.
19 Jan 2010
6 Jan 2010
Cell Phone Shark
I did this illustration awhile back. The idea of the campaign (that it was for) was to visually incorporate different animals’ defense mechanisms on cell phones. My animal was a shark. With the brief I got an image that illustrated the concept and which to me seemed like a stock image that someone else had done. So i was a little hesitant as to how to approach the assignment since I didn’t want to rip off or copy someone else’s work.
Well, with a little research it turned out that the image was actually a montage of two different images and it had probably been done at the ad agency that hired me, so I was free to do whatever I wanted with it. So, off to sketching I was.
First I googled a bunch of reference images of cell phones and sharks and drew a few quick sketches to get a grasp of how they looked and how I could mix them up.
Since the image would be a single character on a basically blank background, the shape and design of the cell phone shark would have to be interesting enough to hold the image and composition together. So I started thinking in shapes.
Above you can see the sketches that I thought were worthy of finalizing marked. They’re far from perfect but I now knew what I wanted and where I would take the final sketches. There were two different ideas: One for the traditional cell phone model (which was much like the image in the brief) and another one for the shell fish model. I finalized sketches for both:
The first one was pretty much a cleaned up and refined version of the thumbnail. The second was a combination of two different sketches. I wanted both of the sketches to have a sort of a fake fish eye perspective. I added the mockup type, and sent the sketches to the client.
They went for the second one. The final had to be all vectors which was a challenge since I usually work with raster images – and the final would have to have a painterly, retro quality to it. So, after some emails back and forth with the client and tweaking things, I finished the piece:
Some extra space added around the edges for cropping and bleed.
13 Nov 2009
American Werewolf
A quicky after the movie “An American Werewolf in London” for the Movie Tag Team at U16.
18 Jul 2009
5 Jun 2009
19 Jan 2009
Good Riddance, Cowboy
Barack Obama’s inauguration will be happening tomorrow January 20th, which means the good ol’ boy in power will step down too.
So, goodbye Bush – don’t let the door hit you in the ass. Hope the next time we hear from will be when you’re put on trial.*
In the mean time, the Guantánamo Bay detention camp is still running with full steam. You can sign a petition to challenge President Obama to close Guantãnamo, put an end to illegal detention, torture and impunity at Amnesty International’s 100 Days Challenge website. It only takes a minute to do it.
For more info about Amnesty’s framework to end illegal U.S. detentions check out tearitdown.org.
*) Not holding my breath, though.
15 Jan 2009
Apes and Their Money
For U16’s CTT activity again.
18 Nov 2008
Pimping
This one is kinda after Adam Duncan’s sketch, for the CTT activity at Unit 16 again. A pretty perverted version of the character, I would say.
24 Oct 2008
Cancer Face Halloween Mask
This is a Halloween mask I did for a Stylus activity. It’s gross. Your mom will love it.
15 Oct 2008
Tall Self-portrait
I’m a fairly big man but not this big.
Initially this just supposed to be a stylized self-portrait for a forum activity, but then it occurred to me that with minor adjustments it would fit another activity too: Japanese Giant Monsters at U16! Better to look like a silly giant than some lame-ass pop punk promo picture.
Swiped the photo for the quick montage from Satyendra.
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