IF: Brave

Another catch up post. This post is for the IF brave. I was chatting online with my friend who is overseas in Afganistan right now when I got the idea for this IF. I decide to illustrate an example of the purple heart medal. Although my friend is canadian and the purple heart is awarded for US soldiers I thought it would be a recognizable medal to illustrate. It is awarded by the president of the United States to injured or fallen soldiers.

IF: Perspective

Next on the catch up list is the IF for perspective. I always found it fascinating when I was a kid to watch ants carry off big chunks of cookies and what not. I decided to put it into perspective to what we would be able to carry if the physics worked the same for us. I think it turned out pretty interesting let me know what you guys think!

IF: Propagate

Okay time for catch up post # 2. This is the IF for propagate from a few weeks back. I decide to go with a baby dino. To tell you the truth I dont really know why I decided to do this it kinda was just the first idea that poped in my head, and i went with it. I decided to have him rocking the bottom half of the shell as a diaper!

IF: Adrift

Alright it is catch up on the blog time. I was away at the olympics and had a little issue with a hard drive crashing so I am a bit behind on my posts. I will start off with posting the IF for adrift from a few weeks back. I originally was going to do a message in a bottle. I started creating the bottle and decided that I would find it a bit more interesting if it was a ship in a bottle floating out on the ocean. I did the entire piece in corel painter 11.

Let me know what you think!

IF: Mud Pie Master

For this weeks IF the topic was "Muddy" I decided to combine 2 things muddy to complete my sketch. First i took what i think of as one of the muddiest animals, a pig. I then was trying to figure out how i wanted to illustrate this character. That is when i came up with the idea to create a pig as a mud pie master. Let me know what you think!

Walk the Plank ad

This is an ad I created for the fictitious cereal brand trinkets. I made this to be a full page magazine ad in a swimming magazine. The idea behind this ad is that trinkets can be an enjoyable snack for more than just children. I decided that a swimming magazine had the potential to have similarities to the pirate theme of the trinkets cereal. I used the comparison of diving with pirates walking the plank and came up with this.

The sketch above was my original concept done in Photoshop

This is the composite that I then came up with. I have placed in and distorted the scan of my trinkets cereal box marker composite. The rest with the exception of the kellogs vector was coloured and done in photoshop.

The above image was the final I completed for the project. Also all done in photoshop.

IF "Focused"

This week for Illustration Friday I decided on a pen and pencil rendering of Brian Westbrook running back for the Philadelphia Eagles. With the Super Bowl coming up, and being a football fan, football is on my mind. Although my Philadelphia Eagles are not playing they are still my favorite team. I decided to Illustrate Brian Westbrook a powerful running back although the last two years has been unlucky with injuries. The focus and determination of every player on a team is important especially the quarterback, but i feel that the focus and determination of a running back is also a very important part to be a successful team. Especially when needing someone to get you a first down on 3rd and short. The reason I feel this relates to the IF "Focused" is mainly because of the focus any athlete in any sport needs. I feel that a running back is not only always looking for a hole in the defense to run through but also focusing on not loosing the ball. I feel that my illustration demonstrates the focus through the direction of the legs in comparison to the direction of the upper body. A running back is always focused on the next move he should be making even before he has planted his last step.