Concept Poster for Community Musical

I wanted to make this poster look like it came from the era in which the musical was written. By overlaying the color onto an aged paper texture and purposefully laying the color down like ink that is just out of register, the poster takes on the look of a screen printed piece from the 50's.

A Feast of Floats

Hoping to begin a long lasting tradition this year after our Thanksgiving Day feast. The Float Feast will take place the day after Thanksgiving. Not to be confused with the Float Fest which is a similar celebration, but is not accompanied by a large meal.

Happy 13,000

13,000 hits is nothing for some blog sites; however for me, I don't think I could even count that high. Looks like I've just hit this milestone in just a few short years without really trying. Who is looking at this thing anyway? Become an official follower of the blog or leave a comment why don't you. Thanks to those of you that have followed my progress, left comments, and encouraged me along the way. To celebrate, here is a tease for an upcoming project/event.

Rats!

Pizza - age 2

Chiquita Banana - age 4

Ali-Kat - Age 6

Snarrczar - Age 32

Here is my answer to a call to submissions for an illustrated gym rat for the Kaysville Sportsplex. My kids all pitched in as well (Mine is the one on the bottom)

The Pinewood Princess

I was so happy to have uncovered these pictures while searching through files on my computer. My recent project illustrating for the Boy Scout Jamboral reminded me of the pioneer day float that I was able to art direct and participate in. The Pinewood Princess paid homage to the tradition of mothers helping their young cub scouts in their scouting merit badges. We wanted to design a pinewood derby car with a bit of a Nascar flair. Add two incredibly large cartoon headed figures and you just about have a float. Our ramp provided seating for young cub scouts to ride on the float in comfort. We also displayed some of the cub scout's larger than life pinewood derby cars. This all took place in July of '06. We had a great time, and we took home the Children's Choice Award from the Ogden Pioneer Day Parade Committee.

Audrey on the iPad

Remembering Audrey Hepburn on her birthday this May 4th, I dedicated a quick 20 minute character sketch study to her memory. This is more or less the first study that I've completed on the new iPad. Sketching on this new little device will take some getting used to, but it should allow me to practice anywhere I like in a digital medium. My pogo stylus works pretty well. It would be nice if I had something that was pressure sensitive and something that had more of a point to it, but it'll do. The stylus is much better than trying to finger paint on the thing.

Towel Days

We always joke about what would happen if we just became too lazy to do any laundry. What would we do if we didn't have any clean clothes? Why not celebrate with Towel Days?

Lei'n Tracks

Illustration for some t-shirts to be used in a Hawaiian themed relay race.

Character studies 2009

This post has been almost a year in the making. The sketches shown are a sampling of quick daily character studies I've done in 2009. I've much enjoyed the daily effort of drawing someone's likeness and find now that I frequently analyze the facial features of those who cross my path. Red pencil sketches are all studies done without reference material and 12-24 hours after having done an initial study on a person's likeness. I have become fascinated with the mind and how it is able to remember features, shapes and form.

Becky

Tiffany, Lea, Diane, Jenna, Steve

Tiger, Justin, Matt, Shia, Napoleon, Ryan

Andre, Roger, Brooke

Sophia, Audrey

Brando and Will with and without reference. The Brando reference is one of my most favorite without reference sketch.

Shaq and Kobe.

Julia and Jessica. These are two of my first red pencil sketches without reference material. Likenesses are somewhat recognizable, but I don't particularly care for these sketches any longer.

Reese, Leo, Nadine, Raquel, Charlise, Janica

Obama, George

John, Karl, Michael, Yao, David

Bill and Dan. Dan's blue sketch is quite awful; however somehow I feel like I executed his likeness without reference material quite well in red the next day.

Selma, Lindsey, Joan, Sandra

Beyonce, Elisha, Adriana, Kirsten

Natalie, Eva, Eva, Alyssa, Jennifer, Halle

Jenny, Thandie, Penelope, Barbara, Michelle, Natalie

Ashton, Drew, Demi

Kiera, Hermoine, Ron

Ralph, Pat, Tom

Angelina, Brad

Kathy, Cindy

Megan, Evangeline, Walter, Michael

Simon, Ryan, Paula

Sean, Alicia, Mike, Terrell

Josh, Michael

Neil, Paul, Ed, Robert

Tom, Katie, Matthew, Sarah

George, Jack, Donald, Harrison, Conan, Deiter

Pat, Vanna, Alex, Jerry, Michael, Jason, Julia

Wendy and Scoob

For the a Hanna Barbera art gallery.

Toutau

Michael, Jason, Jerry, and Julia

Took time away from the blue pencil and the sketchbook this morning to do some value and portrait studies digitally. It was a lot of fun to put together. Each portrait study took 30 to 40 minutes to complete. I'm sure there will be many more to come.

Face Study: Heidi

Face study on model Heidi Klum. I'm experimenting with some pencil and ink over the top of the original sketches on the two faces on the left.