Graduate Research & Creativity Symposium Cover Illustration
SUMMARY: MY ILLUSTRATION “THE ASTRONOMER” WAS RECENTLY CHOSEN AS THE COVER IMAGE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD’S GRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY SYMPOSIUM CATALOG.… Continue Reading
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Author Archives: Brian Bowes
Illuminating Illustrations: Navigating Fantastical Realms with a Gilliamesque Touch
Summary: A Quixotic Journey from Doré to Don Quixote leading to an illustration of Baron Von Münchhausen that has been crafted with Absurd Romanticism and Artistic Mastery It was a dark and stormy night. Well, it was dark at least, and I was doing some late night internet ramblings into The Public Domain Review website which a friend… Continue Reading
The Devil Gets His Brew
Summary: A brief discussion of diabolical draftsmanship and details discovered during the creation of this devilish illustration. Ok, truth time. I listen to the Grateful Dead… a lot. I know a lot of you might be stunned, but I feel like I just need to come clean on this one. Anyway… this project starts with the Grateful Dead song, “Friend… Continue Reading
Holiday Cheer with Elves & More
Summary: Volunteer work with a bike charity in Ohio, and the gift of a new logo illustration. … Continue Reading
Slappy the Squirrel
At the end of August, I began to make regular sketches of a character I’d thought of long ago. Slappy the Squirrel was first conceived of maybe 5 years ago amongst a whirlwind of story ideas I was dreaming up. Recently Slappy popped up again during the SCBWI’s LA conference Illustrators Intensive. After graduating in July,… Continue Reading
Ahab & The White Whale
Over the last few months I have been listening to the unabridged Blackstone Audio of Moby Dick. Along the way the story has seeped into my thoughts and drawings. I present to you some work that I made along the way. As it turns out, I am a little obsessed with illustrating stories. Hmm, perhaps there a… Continue Reading
Creative Quarterly #44 Entries
These are my entries into the Creative Quarterly #44. Wish me luck!… Continue Reading
The Astronomer’s Dream
Summary: An illustration based on my visit to the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.… Continue Reading
Monkey Mod! Fan Art
After seeing some fan art in a comic book, I decide to do some of my own of the Kevin Cross’ character Monkey Mod.… Continue Reading
Sherlock Holmes Character Study and a Video
Summary: I Share a character study and a video of my watercolor painting. Happy New Year! A few of you may have seen via my Instagram or Twitter feed that I was developing a character study for my Sherlock Holmes character. For those who were paying particular attention, you would have noticed that I did it twice! The… Continue Reading
