P Is For Princess Leia...

 

P is for Princess Leia

who had buns in her hair.

Hey... I needed something to rhyme with 'lair.' So, have a little compassion for my mad writing skills, ok? 

This one is actually the second drawing that I did for the letter 'P.' My first rendition was sorely lacking in capturing a better essence of Leia, so it had to be fixed. I even had some art direction for this one from an art director. Hence, it's better than it was.

Ecuadorian Dart Frog

 

The Illustration Dept. has a critique group, usually held on Thursday nights and for yesterday's session it was suggested to a few of us beforehand that it would be funny if we did a bunch of frog related drawings. It didn't go over as well as hoped, but it was a fun idea and fun to do.

I even made a little backstory for my frog. This is Aguirre Fugeroa, the prominent Ecuadorian sculptor of turtles. You see, I was hired by the government of Ecuador to illustrate all of the famous artists of the country and who better to start with than the poisonous dart frog, Aguirre. At least his demeanor isn't poisonous. I'd like to think that he was a friendly sort of chap. I mean, he likes turtles. 

Triptych History: Mary Anning

 

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Here is my fifth drawing in the Triptych History series that I was developing under the mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano through The Illustration Dept. I am now working on more for a book proposal to be sent out to publishers. I have some interesting moments in history that I can't wait to share.

This piece is about the 19th century paleontologist Mary Anning. The movie Ammonite was good, but wildly inaccurate. Her life was interesting enough on its own. It didn't need the added assumptions.

Triptych History: The Marquis de Lafayette

 

The Marquis de Lafayette

11x17

ink on bristol

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This is the third drawing in a series that I did under a mentorship program through The Illustration Dept. and Giuseppe Castellano. This series is called Triptych History and focuses on interesting, odd and/or little known historical facts. Our subject today is the Marquis de Lafayette, 'The Hero of Two Worlds.'

Triptych History: The 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition

11x17

ink on bristol

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This here drawing was done during my mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano and The Illustration Dept. This was the second series that we worked on involving odd, little known and interesting moments in history. I always liked reading about Salvador Dali's deep sea diver antics during his lecture at the Surrealist Exhibition early in his career, so chose that for this drawing's topic. 

 

Triptych History: The Fray Bentos

 

The Fray Bentos

11x17

ink on bristol

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During my mentorship program with The Illustration Dept. and Giuseppe Castellano we worked on images for a potential illustrated Jules Verne book and also this series. Triptych History, where I profiled lesser known, odd or interesting moments throughout history. In the five illustrations that were done, I jumped around quite a bit. Here is the first in the series. The WWI tank, the Fray Bentos. 

Speculations From The Evening Star

 

The Evening Star

11x17

ink on bristol

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This is the 5th drawing in a series based on Jules Verne's Master of the World done through the mentorship program via The Illustration Dept. and Giuseppe Castellano.

Grogu

 

Grogu

6x4

scratchboard

This piece done on scratchboard is somewhat of a side project done during my mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano through The Illustration Dept. we were talking about the illustrator Mark Summers, who is a fantastic artist working in this medium. Giuseppe then recommended that I do a Grogu on scratchboard. He thought that it would be a good match for my style. After a minor tweak (Giuseppe excels at this), I think it came out rather well. 

Arthur Wells and The Terror

 

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This here illustration is the fourth in a series based on the Jules Verne book, Master of the World. This scene is when a Toledo police agent discovered that a submersible, was using the entrance of a creek near Lake Erie to make necessary repairs. 

This was done under the guidance of creative director Giuseppe Castellano through The Illustration Dept.'s mentorship program. 

More to come!

Morganton Alarmed!

 

I have a lot to catch up on in regards to work done these past few months. Some I can't show as of yet, but some I can, so here is the 3rd drawing in a series of work being done in the mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano through The Illustration Dept. These scenes are my adaptations of the Jules Verne book Master of the World. There's more to come from this series, as well as another that we are working on involving moments in history.

Robur And The Escape To The Eyrie

 

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I'm somewhat behind on posting the work that I have been doing amidst my 6 month mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano, as I have been gratefully busy as of late. This is the second drawing done involving scenes from the Jules Verne book, Master of the World. It has been challenging to not only compose these scenes, but to design the characters, the vehicle, the settings, etc. Guiseppe is one hell of an art director and his insights have been a boon for me. If you are not familiar with Guiseppe and the Illustration Dept., one would do well to check out the forum, the classes, the bookshop and the podcast.

Agent Strock And The Terror

 

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Here is the finished drawing that was shown last week through my mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano from The Illustration Dept.

This is a wordless kind of graphic novel type approach to illustrating a book, in this case, I chose Master of the World by Jules Verne.