Final for Bob Byrd

The Eagle and the Arrow

An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the Arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes. "Alas!" it cried, as it died,

"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."

For Ralph Giguere

Mummz

First piece for Tim Bower. Had to make a 2 page spread for an ad. The assignment was to take a historical figure (in this case, King Tut), and a contemporary product (ipods/ipad/ipod tough etc) and combine them in a piece.

this was the original color sketch:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgDH369bjHB5RhsdUYU-RCIPpl2AysJpkKkyNKvm2vgUj63555I1YVatfqqyetGuVPW07cGjJC1IaMPfKnn-BMm-O9pdT7QmoVu3XAx73_o5qHrYqlPD95najCtFgd6f0eMOGiL0pipU/s1600/king-tut-2.jpg

Bob Byrd

A Hound, roaming in the forest, spied a lion, and being well used to lesser game, gave chase, thinking he would make a fine quarry. Presently the lion perceived that he was being pursued; so, stopping short, he rounded on his pursuer and gave a loud roar. The Hound immediately turned tail and fled. A Fox, seeing him running away, jeered at him and said, "Ho! ho! There goes the coward who chased a lion and ran away the moment he roared!"

Gnarble Fish

Other Sketch

Another color sketch for the same project as the abe lincoln sketch

Sketch

Color sketch numero uno for Tim Bower. First assignment was to put a historical figure with a contemporary object. We had to make a 2 page ad for a magazine, so I chose a razor and... hopefully the face is recognizable... I tried to make his skin look like cracking sand but I think i might have to do something different for the final if this sketch is picked.

Bear

Ill Fri- Atmosphere

Illustration Friday: Atmosphere was the word

A sister piece (or I guess in this case, a brother, to the previous piece for "Trail")
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6962173&id=700280922&ref=fbx_album#!/photo.php?pid=6129626&id=700280922&ref=fbx_album

This is actually another recycled sketch from Tim O'brien that was, ironically, for the same assignment.

Illustration Friday- Caged

This is another piece I did for Tom Leonard. It is related to the other piece I've done. There is not written part of the story, but Tom described it as a progression from no color to full color. The story is about a girl in a boring monochromatic world, and her fish is the only thing colored. As the story goes on, more and more things become colored and weird plants and animals start coming out of objects. This is the middle illustration, so there is a balance between colored/painted and monochromatic/drawn. I thought that it would fit "Caged" because of how the little girl was breaking out of her world and into a new one.

Ill Fri- Artificial

Been awhile since I've posted anything new. This was due to the children's book that I'm currently illustrating.

I guess it was about time I tried making something for myself again. This week's word was pretty hard for me, or at least... I made it hard for me hahaha. I was thinking about how music was something that was created by man, so I attempted to illustrate some guy who has been waiting for his someone or something (which is why I put a watch there) and I guess it/they never show up. I don't really know why I put a trumpet-rose on his hand, but I guess that was my way of incorporating the word into the piece... It is not a well thought-out piece since I kind of rushed it.

Ill Fri- "Diary"

So I have not done Illustration Friday in a couple of weeks because of several things (like the children's book that I'm illustrating), so I decided to look up this week's word. As I thought about it, I remembered the piece I did for Tom last semester, and I also remembered how people kept asking me "what is she thinking?" In a sense, the pieces is sort of a diary because one can never be sure what the girl is thinking, only have a clue.

Here is the very first illustration to the unnamed children's book I did for Tom Leonard.