People on the GO - REDUX

Ok, so here's the guy from my first "People on the GO". I pulled him into Illustrator a while back and gave him some colour.

When I finished it, the style looked familiar but I couldn't really figure out where I had seen it before. I realized later that he looks very Hanna-Barbarra-ish. Couldn't help thinking he looked like "Black Vulcan". Check it out. Do you see a resemblance?

As a side note, no I didn't remember his name that's the magic of Google. As well the only reason I remembered him was because I'm fan of "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law".

Enjoy this fun post.

Illustration Friday - Moon

Yet another kooky idea I had for this week's topics. The fun for me with Illustration Friday are the concepts over the execution. So here's my interpretation of "moon". How many times has this happened to you? Or were you one of the guys in the window?

More serious and less potty-brained pictures can be seen throughout the rest of my blog. Just click on the header.

People on the Go IV - Green Portrait

I've seen this sort of illustration done a few times before, and in an art blog I saw recently. I figured I'd give it a try. I'm happy with the results. What I'm not happy with is the amount of time it took me to do this. I had a couple of false starts (using the wrong tools) and had to re-do the highlight and the shading to get it right. Still though, I feel it took me too long to complete this.

I'm still having a hard time with backgrounds. I tried a couple of 'canned' backgrounds, or just flat brown, it didn't look right.

Can anyone give me a hand with the backgrounds, I need a few ideas there.

Again, comments are always appreciated.

Couldn't Resist

OK, I couldn't resist. I put little buddy in a very mediocre picture of mine. Just for kicks.

Little Buddy

OK, here's my Little Buddy. I'm not sure what I'm going to name him yet, so for now that's his name. I think I've finally found 'my character'. You know the one that you always draw. I've been looking for him for a while. Hopefully he's going to stick around.

Little Buddy started off as a sketch for Illustration Friday - Geeky. I was going to do some over the top Japanese type characters and use them as my Geeky entry. Needless to say, that didn't happen. Instead I found my Little Buddy. He didn't look Japanese per say, maybe more French or the New Retro style. Needing the practice I pulled him into Illustrator and tried to ink and colour him. It wasn't easy, but not that hard either. I'm pleased with the results.

I'm trying to get used to drawing him. I find it insanely hard to redraw the same thing over and over again. I've tried it on the train but he becomes a little wiggly. If anyone has some good tips on how to redraw characters freehand I'd appreciate it!

Illustration Friday - Discovery

Here's another Illustration Friday submission done in Illustrator again. I had a few ideas kicking around. Soneone had already done my inital idea (Archimedes in the bath) so I had to noodle around for something else. Seems like I'm still on the simple graphical kick. I was going to do something more abstract but this seems very fitting.

At any rate, enjoy.

Illustration Friday - Geeky - The Pyramid of Geek

Well now, here's a topic that I was able to come up with TOO many ideas. I decided to go with my 'Pyramid of Geek'.

I have a few reasons I approached this topic this week the way I did.

First, I've been wanting to do something more graphic and less cartoonish, painterly, sketch or drawing.

Second, I wanted to stay away from drawing a geeky character (even though the horn rimmed glasses did make it into my composition).

Third, I wanted to better learn how to use the pen tool in Illustrator. As an aside, the pen tool gives me a headache every time I use it for the first 10 minutes then I get the hang of it, still it's a tough tool to get used to.

Fourth, I wanted to include all my geeky hobbies and things I have been/are interested in.


I did all the icons in Illustrator then played around in Photoshop. I feel the execution is a bit rudimentary, but the concept is sound. I got to tell you though, doing all those icons in Illustrator took me a while (still just learning).

I'm curious if most people can figure out what some of the more cryptic icons are. Click on the image above and you should get two at least. The first person that can provide me the most specific meanings for all my icons, including the top one, will get a print of the illustration signed and sent to their home for free!

Illustration Friday - Camoflage

Here's my entry for this weeks theme of 'camouflage'. I think I was influenced by the one guy who did a wolf in sheep's clothing for 'suits'. I think this one is pretty self explanatory. Enjoy!