Ghosts - Images

Yet another art show update!

Here is another cropped section (detail I guess) of one of my illustrations for the show. It will be in full color also, but I want that to be a surprise for the folks that show up to the opening.

Ghosts art show posters are finished!

Thanks to Pat Callahan for producing them, he did a stellar job.

http://prettypictureprints.com/

Also thanks to Will Dinski for posting the photos (an extremely wonderful cartoonist in his own right).  

http://www.willdinski.com/

You can take a look here at the posters.

http://picasaweb.google.com/willdinski/GhostsPrint#

I'm starting to reach fever pitch here...

"Spirit kiss" teaser 2 of 3 process

Sometimes we lose our heads, when in the moment.

Ghosts art show progress... process.

 The first mysterious illustration/painting (1 of 3). For the upcoming Ghosts art show.

Its been awhile since I've used tracing paper. But this was the way it panned out to compose it for Photoshop, especially when I scan it in the computer. To make life easier to edit this monster of a drawing. I joke because its basically the "real world" version of layers. It seems to look visually cluttered right now, but once I included color in the ghost "streams"... I hope it will all come together. I'll post the next step soon.

Matic

More to it then meets the glaze.

Raining heavily in Minnesota today. Steady oppressive rain, good stuff.

The Halloween Kids Show Begins Again.

Art show coming up October 15th

It will be ghost themed art. With art by myself, Chrysa Otto, Sarah Hedstrand and Katy Ellis. Limited edition silk screen prints (50) designed by Cory Speets http://www.gigposters.com/designer/57842_Cory_Speets.html and printed by Pretty Picture Prints. http://prettypictureprints.com/ Button packets designed by all of the artists will be for sale at the show also. I'm stoked!

My apologies Mr. Morrison

If Jim was a grunge rocker from the 1990's.

Hot Rod with a Radiohead flavor.

Old illustration revisited.

I made it more... fancy... I guess.

Finished Poster/ Process

Rough thumbnail idea.

Pencil minimal inking.

Almost there.

BAM! Color and layout!

More posters soon.

Trying out a "REAL" brush pen for the first time.

I don't know if I like it, a little too loose. I'll keep at it... everyone needs to bust out of their comfort zone once and while. I felt like a Japanese calligrapher... I was one with the Hulk.

ROCK MONSTER!

July Fighter Album Cover

I had a lot of fun at the photo shoot (even with the mosquitoes). Thanks to Jimmy for giving me the opportunity to design this album. Its not to often I get to illustrate a lighting bug.

If you are in the Minneapolis area go check out their CD release show on Saturday the 28th.


http://www.finelinemusic.com/

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Rain, rain go away.

Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam!

Ridiculous Concept: Take two dozen cartoonists and 20 blank pages in random order. One person starts a panel, the next artist draws the next one, etc... craziness! I had gotten a speeding ticket on the way to the jam (40 mph in a 30 and 145 bucks poorer) and was in a funk afterward. But the crew at the Jam turned my dark cloud into a double rainbow! Some seriously talented people, makes me want to up my game. I may be hooked.

http://www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/conspire/

Hot off the presses!

For the Lutefisk Sushi Volume D show in August.

http://cartoonistconspiracy.com/sushi/index.html

Two page finished inking

FYI & WIP

New blog started with my long time friend Josh, we hope to start a comic collective of some sort... who knows. But for now it will showcase our first comic.

http://slugwheel.blogspot.com/

Its still rough... but eventually I will make it all fancy and stuff.

Front and Back covers

I bet you've never seen ghosts play paper-rock-scissors. Poor Josh seems to have lost, best two out of three... right? Also I'm thinking I will stop using the blue pencil, its too waxy the ink seems to roll right off it. So conflicted because I like how it looks when I'm sketching.

Its a start. Josh and I in dreamland.

Two page spread, I still need to insert Josh being pulled by a thought bubble across the panels.

working out some ideas

A loose idea I think I'll recompose into a larger image.

Working on some similar themed artwork

I'm trying to do a series of illustrations based off a similar theme. I've never attempted something like this, so we'll see.

Marathon Poster making

6 hours nonstop... my eyeballs want to fall out right now...

Rejected Design

win some, lose some.

Another Poster

A night time Teddy Bear

Progress report:
Still working on the comic book. I think its has to be the trickiest project I've worked on in a long time, so many restarts. I'll post the first page in a few days. Also I'm doing another band poster, I'm having a lot of fun with this one (monsters and rainclouds). I'll post that soon.

Cheers!

Haitian relief benefit concert illustration

A poster I'm designing for a benefit concert that my friend Jimmy is setting up. I wanted to symbolize the regrowth that will happen through the tragedy that was the earthquake.