Illustration Friday - Subterranean

My image for Illustration Friday - Subterranean. I thought of monsters underground. When I personalized "underground monsters", I thought of carrots. For me the carrot is a slightly menacing root vegetable. This is because my youngest son is allergic to raw carrots. When the carrots are cooked an enzyme is destroyed making them safe for consumption.



The image was created on brown stock using pencil crayons. Hope you enjoy.

...Andrew

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IF - Brave

This is my IF-Friday submission for "Brave".
No matter your politics about the wars currently being fought by forces from around the world, Bravery can be seen every day as Canadian and American soldiers risk their lives because their Countries have called on them.



I used Painter for the soldier, and the background was created using various text and masking techniques in Photoshop.

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IF - Perspective

Tried an experiment that failed miserably. I thought that to reverse the perspective vanishing points and place them in the foreground would be interesting. I was wrong. Thought that after all the work I put into it (really) it was worth a post. Sometimes you have to break an egg to make an omelet. I went into the hen house and destroyed the roost.



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Mr. Courts Blog Pic

Mr. Courts blog is to have three images. I went for a literal set of images. The primary image is a Mustang Bicycle (with a banana seat)


Here is the spot of the steel mills from across the Hamilton Bay.


The final is a chestnut with the string threaded through it. When we would do battle we would actually roast them in an oven at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit. This would make them act like steel.



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Rendered Comps for Storyborad

The next evolution in the stroyboard are the black and white comps.
These three were all created using Corel Painter 11.







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Illustration Friday - Adrift

The Illustration Friday image for Feb. 19th, 2010 is Adrift. I again decided to tackle the project using Corel Painter 11. I was pleased with the image of the sinking yacht in the background. I have a feeling that anyone else looking at it will think it is a color blob in the background....but I like it anyway. The life buoy is a donut I created using 3D in Illustration, that I then color mapped. By the time I was done shading and recoloring, it would have been quicker to just paint it.



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Cereal Storyboard Thumbnails

Wakazoos are a kids cereal. Here is a set of 12 thumbnails that will eventually become an illustrated storyboard.








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