Illustration Academy 3

Illustration Academy 2

Illustration Academy

I'm in the middle of the Illustration Academy right now and have to say that it is one of the most enjoyable things I have ever done in my life. The instruction here is absolutely fantastic and its very exciting to be around so many talented artists and teachers. It was a little scary to take time away from work to devote myself to improving my skills for the summer but I'm so happy I made this decision.

This is one of the assignments. I am depicting the 2004 Orange Revolution of Ukraine. Trying to work with acrylic paint for the first time is very tough but it is starting to make sense to me. I still need to clean it up a bit in Photoshop-- the scan is a bit blurry-- but it was an outstanding learning experience that was hopefully make my digital work better down the road.

Quick Sketch

A quick photo shop sketch while looking at a magazine ad done as a warm-up today. I kind of like it... I've been trying to experiment with the idea of using as little info as possible to capture the picture.

Night Club

Originally this was a storyboard frame that I did for a client a few weeks back that I really wanted to turn into a final piece. I did this all as vector art like my last few posts. It is an approach that has been interesting me lately.

Movie Poster

This is a section of a poster I created for Juggernaut Pictures, an upstart production company in LA that I have been working with quite a bit this year in various capacities. I had to crop the image to hide the title of the movie for now-- but hopefully I will be able to post more about this project soon.

Trojan Pigs

Finished this up a few weeks back for a really fun group at Colangelo in Darien, CT. The Screaming Machine is an animated ride that Trojan will be traveling with around the country. The Art Director designed the architecture and I was responsible for the main visual and banners.