Wake up & Smell the Robots

Here's two things I did recently. The Robits, they may need a bit more time. not enoughlikeness. Also might add Gandalf.

School Supplies

A group of school supplies that inspired my "Treasure Hunter" piece. This was for a project sophomore year  that was more about generating concepts to see how far we could run with a theme for it's marketability. The teacher liked it but it was pointed out by several classmates that a pencil sharpener that involves you sticking a pencil up a nose may not be the best thing for young kids.  They're probably right! 

Magazine

A cover for a magazine highlighting an article all about movies by the Coen brothers. The design is based off of the rug from Big Lebowski. This is a work in progress.  

Robotany

The Red Bandana

Based off a 9/11 story about a man who wore a red bandana and saved lives while giving his own. needs some revisions.

Matilda

These are spot illustrations for the much loved Rhode Dahl book, Matilda. The line work was done in pencil, then colored in photoshop. 

Rocket Mailer

An idea for a mailer that I didn't use.

Cosmonaut

An idea for a CD cover.

B-Movie Poster

Poster for Terror of the Satanic Amazon Aliens (fictional B-movie) starring Cathrine Zeta-Jones. WIP

Authors

CLIVE BARKER

SUZANNE COLLINS

NEIL GAIMAN

TERRY PRATCHET

J.K. ROWLING

ok, so this is a big post. Basically, I wanted to do a couple portraits of some contemporary fantasy authors. They aren't finished, but it's also my first attempt to color entirely in photoshop ( half of the project was done with a friggin mouse.... don't ask why. sometimes I like to torture myself). I didn't end up doing the Susan Collins portrait, because I got too many comments that it was similar to the cover of "Secret of Kells" and "Lord of the Flies'  and because it just didn't fit into the compositions of the others. Each Portrait is done in a complimentary color scheme because I thought it would be fun to try to define the mood of an author's work with simple color schemes.

They need a lot of work still, but I'll be getting photoshop for my tablet soon, so I should be able to noodle these out with a good day or two of work. I might still play with the colors and compositions more, Rowling is a bit too bubble gummy, Pratchett reads a bit gray, Barker too christmassy, and Gaimen could use some more contrast.