Why Hello There

So here's the mural in the kitchen at the Powhatan Community Center in Richmond, Virginia. Some college interns and kids from the center did the actual painting. Yours truly designed the whole thing though (and then came in for free pizza at the end). It was fun! Hopefully I get to be involved with more murals in the future.

Mmm...Cake Castle

Here's a sketch for the mural I'm painting next week. It's going in a community center's kitchen. A lot of baking happens in said kitchen, so I went with a baked-goods fantasy/surreal kind of image. I hope it's not too young-looking for the kids who use this room -- 5th thru 8th graders--but I just don't know what those darned kids are into anymore these days.

Murals: Quite a Different Experience for an Illustrator!

I haven't written in a few days so here's some words.
I went to Richmond this weekend. It felt so good to be back, like I was back home. My friends and me did all the things I wanted to: went to some of my favorite Fan bars, jogged through Byrd Park, visited the stores in Carytown, and attended a street festival. There was even time for some good old R & R in between.

I can't wait til I go back on the 26th, when I'll be volunteering my design for a mural to go up in (I think) a health club or gym. I've only done one mural before, which was a realistically-styled Colorado mountain in a classroom. Unfortunately, that was only made about 4 years ago and the school is now being torn down as the school's attendance (well really the Brandywine School District's demographics) has brought the need for the numbers of schools in the district down. I had so much fun making that mural, though. It'll be nice to get to experience that again. (I'll post pics when I find them, they're around here somewhere).

Wow This Took Forever

But it was worth it. Page 16 (I think) of Lizzie and the Fox (I'd love to think of a more interesting title still!) Ended up going digital for the trees' bark. That would've used up an unnecessary amount of Microns. Plus, gotta love copy & paste.

It Must Be Difficult...

...dressing with a fox on your head.

Something Pretty

Hello everyone! I just want to let you know, I am still here. I am currently working on a freelance assignment that I unfortunately cannot post due to privacy reasons for the client. I can say that it involves car racing, which is funny because I just attended my very first (and perhaps only) NASCAR event down in Richmond, VA a few weeks ago. Let me just say it was....interesting. I'll see if it inspires me for this assignment.

And above, a little psychadelic "Bird Sampler" to keep you entertained til next time. I swear the "adjust hue" function in Photoshop is my best friend. We have so much fun experimenting together.

Suddenly, two big eyes and a bushy tail appeared!

Here is page 2 from Lizzie and the Fox--I think it's my favorite. Dried up about 8 pens with the shading, but I think it was worth it! Next time I'll probably do large swathes of shading like that on the Wacom, though.