I did a logo for the Rocky Mountain DeLoreans car club in conjuction with a meeting we had with a couple of the members, Wilson (http://mydeloreanblog.blogspot.com/) and Dan. I am a huge DeLorean fan and hope to be an owner one day. It was fun to get to explore these unique vehicles and talk mechanics with these local owners.
I took my boys to see Michael Jackson's This is It yesterday. What a show it would have been! We truly have lost a great entertainer, indeed.
The latest of my explorations into the world of the pinup. This is my good friend Kris set on a lovely tattoo machine. Finished Prismacolor pencil drawing on top, digital study sketch below.
Artwork for the brand new album - Magic Words - from children's Hip Hop group The Littleague. Look for it soon!
I saw Zombieland today. Brilliant new zombie flick! Loved it. Now, I am still a true believer in Romero's myth of the shambling zombie. However, a good dead flick is a good dead flick.
A birthday sketch for a friend of mine. Pin-up style incorporating some of her sporty interests. Happy Birthday, K!
As most people know, I am a huge fan of all things Pixar. Cars is one of my favorite Pixar films. I remember when I first saw the small die-cast Cars toys at the local mega-mart (take your pick) - I felt a that 10-year-old Jim inside of me saying, 'you need all of those!' I picked up four or five of my favorite characters and resisted the rest for the last few years. Well, I recently learned that a good friend of mine collects these sweet little Cars cars. I have since been pushed me over the collecting edge. Thanks Kris! :P
Most people know that I am a guitar nut these days. Having a musical outlet in my life again has been a great release for me. I'm still not very good at it, but I have a damn good time with my Stratocasters. That said, I have also become a very big fan of Fender guitars and am completely involved in the artful design and engineering of these wonderful instruments - especially the Strat. I was messing around with some freelance work last night and got the urge to recreate the Fender spaghetti logo for no particular reason. Sometimes I'll do that - recreate images. In Illustrator it's good for practice. Not really knowing what to do with the logo when done, I decided to make some quick wallpaper images. I thought I would post them here for all of my fellow Fender players and fans. Cheers!
Well, I'm hoping this drawing made it into the hands of Mr. BB King. I took the original framed version of this piece to BB's show at the Boulder Theater last Friday - which, by the way, was absolutely incredible - with some small hopes of being able to give it to him personally. Well, that didn't work out so much. I was, however, able to get it into one of his managers hands. He assured me that mister King would get it after making sure he had my contact info. After the show I wondered around to the back of the theater as I headed to my car. I saw a tour bus driving away from the back doors of the Boulder Theater and caught a glimpse of my drawing being passed around. That was good enough for me. :D
Some girlies.
Rock Man! There is a great story behind this sketch, actually. Ask me about it sometime.
I have been somewhat obsessed with the octupus lately. Here's some goofy sketches.
Sketches of Mr. Bill Stutte and Mr. Nate Storm sketching in Dallas.
Golden Era Hip Hop Zombies! Yeah, I donno'... :P
A few very quick character sketches of a B.boy worm for one of my ongoing clients. I like the way these guys turned out. :)
Some recent logo design explorations for a new client. This project is looking like it could be quite the adventure... I really like how these came out, personally. Fun stuff!
Some fun face sketches from photo reference. Yes, that's BB King on the left. I am going to see him in Boulder this coming April and am stoked! Been playing a couple of simple BB licks on the guitar - over and over - I'm sure my wife wants to punch me...
A quick bearded-angler I did for Holiday type uses at NetDevil. Painer & Photoshop.
From time to time my graffiti career comes around in my professional art life. It's cool to have that background to draw from, ya know - one more thing that makes me unique as an artist. Sometimes I want to push my graffiti further - do all the trendy things that writers are doing these days, like making collectible vinyl art toys and custom sneakers that sell for too much money. For now, the occational 'hey, bro! I need a custom BeastOH handstyle logo' will suit me just fine. Here's one I just finished for local music producer Improv. Cheers!
A quick painting I did for this year's NetDevil company Halloween Party invite. It's supposed to imply an angler fish jack-o-lantern.
The Rock-Ness Monster. A quick challenge by a friend at work. "Draw me a Rock-Ness Monster and I'll buy you sushi." So I did. Very quick - maybe 20 minutes... I'd like to fully render this. Maybe someday...
The monster what stubbed his toe...
Um... yeah. Not sure about this guy...
Well, subject-matter wise, this is one of the 'softer' drawings I have ever done. It was a request for a tattoo design from a lady on our HOA board. My wife, Tess, is on the board and I happened to attend one of the meetings with her. Doing what I do and doodling through the meeting, the client in question, after seeing my doodles, emailed Tess with the design request the following day. Honestly, I took on the job mostly because Tess told me I could not draw a pretty unicorn. Ha! I didn't spend too much time on this, but I like how it turned out. The top is the finished pieces, below is the initial sketch. I like the butterfly in the sketch better, personally.
Some vector work from last year. The blue portrait is one I did for Tess' card on out first Wedding anniversary in October of '06. The Deviled Eggs logo is my interpretation of the goofy name of an in-studio band we put together for the NetDevil 10th Anniversary Party. The second portrait was done upon request for a friend named Brenna. The two images with the LEGO Skulls are ideas for LEGO art team t-shirts here at ND... I'm not all together sure what is to come of them, if anything. Enjoy!
This is what happens when you leave my team of concept artists alone in a meeting room. My stickies on top, Dave K.'s stickies on bottom. Ha!
