Steam Punk Again

The previous steampunk illo had a lot of issues. The drawing was good but the coloring was sloppy and very drab. And off course it needed some crazy steampunk airships. So there.

Discarded Sketch

An illustration I ended up canceling. There's a lot wrong with it. I scanned it before it was really finished. I didn't clean it up on the lightbox. The figure is boring and not cartoony enough.

I will probably revisit the idea and parts of the drawing after I finish my current work on the picture book and the steampunk illo (adding an airship or 2)

Bussinesscards arrived. Exciting

Fashion sketch

Not sure if I will color this. It's kind of a neutral sketch.

Picture book illustration 4

And here it is. I'm trying to make my drawing more dynamic. Better moment choice, stronger perspective and adding certain painted effects. This will be evident in my next couple of picturebook illustrations.

Picturebook spot illustration

I will also use this one on my business card. The drawing will probably change a little. I'm not sure about the front right paw (our right).

PS: those are two red or northern cardinals. Fantastic looking birds that are quite common in New England

Wouter

This is a Batman piece for my local comic book shop. Still some small things I'll clean up and then hopefully someone will buy it at Coast City Comics on Congress street.

update! I forgot the batman logo and I fixed some shading issues.

Quick SKetch

Steampunk show in Portland

This is the piece I made for the steampunk show in Portland. For the month of June you can see pieces by the MEIC, a group of local illustrators.

It's a little more realistic than my other work these days but steampunk is about machines so I had to whip out my perspective skills. Couple of good reference sites for scientific perspective here and here.

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Picture book advertisement.

Thanks to a generous offer by Judith Hunt I was able to be part of the Picture Book this year. It's an important annual publication which features hundreds of artists.