Digital Study - Leah

3 hours

Homemaking through the ages

I was approached a while back about designing the cover of a cookbook. That project never panned out; however the idea must have stuck with me while I put together some concept art for Hanna Barbera art gallery. This is one of two pieces I concepted for the gallery. I wanted to prepare it so that it could easily be screen printed in 5 colors. I decided to leave this one alone and push my Wendy from Scooby Doo concept further.

Bauer Study

Demonstrating my limited skill in coloring in Photoshop, but I think I've finally gotten to a place that I'm comfortable with. Took the 40 minute sketch taken down during an episode of 24. It took a while to figure out what I wanted to end up with so you see a version in the middle with some textures I decided against using. I also decided to reinvite some of the original lines from my sketch in the final version. Added the 24 logo, and tweaked colors a bit so that each componant nested well together.

Happy 25 years

He-Man and Teela 25 years later. I was interested in diving into the beloved color palette of my youth in the He-Man cartoon series and spread that out in this very awkward pose our our heros He-Man and Teela. He-man has kind of let himself go, he's got a gut creeping over his hairy underwear and a receding hairline. Teela has aged yet is still trying to make that outfit work. She's had some work done on her bust and her face to preserve that youthful look, but the grey streak of hair shows her age. Let's be honest, we all wondered if these guys were going to hook up one day.

Go Jazz!

I always got into the team character drawings as a kid. Not sure I picked the best season to characterize the Jazz, but it made for a great desktop wallpaper this year on the Jazz website. I sketched everyone in my sketchbook--sometimes multiple times--after which I scanned the sketches into the computer and tied everything together by redrawing everything with the Wacom tablet. I wanted to leave this looking as if it were drawn with a ballpoint pen, maybe by some fan drawing this all on the inside of his personal pan pizza while sitting on the sidelines watching the Jazz play.