Well, here it is, the night before I head down to the ICON6 Illustration Conference in Los Angeles. I feel like I’m prepared, like it won’t be one of those dreams where I walk into a room full of a 100 illustrators and art directors without any pants on { note to self, double check that the pants are packed! } … Continue Reading
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“Craft” is not a dirty word.
Summary: This series of essays is simply my personal perceptions and opinions about the field of illustration, an area for which I have a great passion. Part of my goal with these essays is to incite quandary in your mind! Through pictures and words I hope to encourage you to question and remain curious about… Continue Reading
IMC 2010: initial impressions
“Humble” would be the word that can summarize my feelings about attending this year’s Illustration Master Class. Never in my life have I been surrounded by so many incredibly talented and wonderfully supportive people. My plan is to revisit many of the ideas and experiences from this trip through different blog posts. I thought I… Continue Reading
12WC: Week 7 Branding like Bonanza {part 1}
There are no doubt some of you out there who remember this show. I have many fond memories of the rump-bubbabump bubbabump of the theme song and all the cool cowboy stuff, mostly the hats. For those of you who’ve not had the Bonanza experience, basically it’s a family from the old west who ran… Continue Reading
12WC: Week 5: The Strange Fruits of Labor
“Goggles” I am happy to have pulled this piece together… finally. The ardent reader will recall that this image was actually started some 7 months ago*. It is unusual for me to put something away like this, but at the time, well, let’s just say “stuff came up,” and leave it at that. For the… Continue Reading
12WC: Week 4: Get to work!
Now we’ve come to the end of week 4 of the 12 week challenge. Arguably, we’ve entered the “fun” part of illustration, making images! Before I move on to the painting, I have to say that part of this challenge for me has been about zeroing in on what I want to do, who I’d… Continue Reading
12WC: Week 3: Target Audience
The 12 Week Challenge has been really great at building upon the previous weeks. Well done Jon! The Task 1. Based on your research, I’d like you to gather a targeted list of 10 Companies, Publishers, Art Directors, or Manufacturers that you will be contacting when we get to that part of the challenge. 2.… Continue Reading
12WC: Week 2: OGSM
I will start off saying that this is a totally brilliant piece of information to generate for any business. Entering into the wild and wooly world of illustration, it is absolutely key. I see it as being a bit like a tuning fork. It allows me to retune to my initial objectives for my business.… Continue Reading
Mutant Challenge: Small Win
Anubis; my answer to a Mutant future Recently on Art Order, there was a Mutation Nation Contest. Basically the challenge was to come up with one of two Mutant paths; a gene splice of two critters, or an anthropomorphic blend. My thinking that ended up leading to the painting above, is that after whatever holocaust… Continue Reading
Loving Life, Drawing
I have to admit that this most recent life drawing session was a lot of fun. How to explain, just good people having good times. Well, enough said, the pictures can speak for themselves. 20 minutes Ok, I can’t resist making a few comments, these are all still so fresh at the time of this… Continue Reading
