Is a Horse a Horse? Of Course of Course!

Some stuff from sketchbook class. 

The first spread illustrates my fear of monarch butterfly caterpillars. The big thing with the giant eye-head is a monarch caterpillar (there is an "m" on his head to signify this) and it is setting fire underneath the cage in which he is keeping me captive. I will be roasted to a golden brown before he consumes me.

The blobs of red drip-stuff are tears of anguish. I don't know. They actually aren't tears of anguish, I just made that up. Maybe they are drips of lava or something. 

NYSP

A cover page I came up with for the MICA program, NYSP, in New York.

Originally I thought "Maybe I will screen print this" but two things kept me from doing so:

#1. I only had a couple hours

#2. I do not know how to screen print.

-s.

Illustration Assignment

Assignment: Illustrate/Design a box cover for a movie which you feel should be amended to the Criterion Collection. 

I chose Lost In Translation by Sofia Coppola.

Here it is!:

(click on the image to enlarge!)

Sketchbook: Collage

I've been experimenting with collage lately, especially for my sketchbook class. Here are two images from a couple weeks back.

I might start making and selling pasta sauce. Visit again in about a week and I will tell you if I decide to do so.

In the meantime, think about how much you love pasta sauce.

Farewell!

Postponed

Mallory, the file will not upload! I'm sorry!

Soon it shall be up! 

Foxes for Mallory

Something I drew for Mallory a couple weeks back. I thought of Shigeo Fukuda and Mallory... Both romantically.

How To Be An Illustrator

How To Be An Illustrator by Darrel Rees is a fantastic read. If you want to know more about the world of illustration and how to conduct yourself in it without going insane, this will really help. Also there are great interviews included from the likes of Sam Weber to Johnny Hannah.

Here it is on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1856695301/sr=8-1/qid=1249498096/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1249498096&sr=8-1&seller=

Also, following a a great interview from one of my favorite illustrators, Jon Klassen:

http://www.illustrationmundo.com/wp/417

Lastly, my favorite photo at the moment (found in a dusty family album):

Farewell then.