New Work – The Old Man and the Sea
This is the latest in a series of new personal, self-assigned projects based on subjects that I’ve always wanted to Illustrate. The Old Man and the Sea is by far my favorite book, ever since it was given to me years ago by artist Jeff Dikio. I remember it being very difficult for him to part with the book, and after falling in love with it I realized why and felt honored to receive a gift that keeps giving.
As I mentioned, I’ve always wanted to Illustrate a cover for the book, so decided to take a crack at exploring some of the emotional themes that resonate with me when I read it.
Portrait Study – Sawyer from LOST
While I’m aware that the television show LOST is so over and done with, I was looking for a character with an expressive personality for a quick portrait study. Although I couldn’t stand Sawyer at first, he quickly grew on me for his Han Solo-esque qualities and his biting one-liners, not to mention his Clint Eastwood roughness. So, I thought I’d try to capture what it was about his character that I love so much. Hope you enjoy this little experiment.
New Personal Work
Incredibly inspired by last week’s ICON6 Illustration Conference, I’ve been pumping out some new work, including this latest ink and digital Illustration. This piece is part of a new series of self-assigned projects in an effort to hone my editorial voice.
New Work – Mona Lisa 2.0
Just completed a new Illustration for articles on Escape from Illustration Island and Print magazine’s blog post on the question of whether or not Illustrators should consider animating their work. At last week’s ICON6 Illustration conference, this was quite the heated topic after it was raised in the opening keynote address, The Future of Publishing.
In collaboration with the board at ICON6, I’ll be publishing a series of video posts throughout the week at Escape from Illustration Island here.
Harvey Pekar Tribute Illustration
Today I whipped up this tribute Illustration of comic book legend Harvey Pekar, who died today at age 70.
You can also see this piece in my related post at Escape from Illustration Island.
Pencil sketch on paper with baby on lap, digital color.
