Something Fishy

I've been a little busy the past month buried under deadlines, but I am starting to see the light. So hopefully, I can get back to at least a weekly post. Anyway, here is a poster concept I did for a client. It was done last years for Carmel-by-the-Sea Concourse on the Avenue. This was not the artwork the client went with, I'll post that one next, but I still liked the idea of the Lamborgini-Gallardo, as a tiger shark. This may be a year old, but it's still a great poster. There was more that I wanted to do with the car, this was just a quick mock up to show the client. I wanted to remove the graphics off the car, and work the gills of the shark into the intake just behind the door. I may go back in and rework the file, if I get any time!

Earth Moving

Here is another concept I worked on. This was from a photo I took for a class project when I was back in college. I scanned the photo, and worked it up in photoshop. I was feeling very experimental at the time so I used a lot of different filters and layers. I built the file pretty large, and I'd liked the way this one came out, I've always want to print this out, but it's been cost prohibitive because of the size; it's 40" x 30".

Minimal Wheels

I've been going through all my artwork to create a new website, and I've come across some old stuff that I may or may not put on my site. This piece, I titled "minimal wheels" was inspired by some old Hot Wheels backer cards. I was so into hot wheels back when they first came out. and I still think that the old packaging designs are far better then what they are coming out with today. I wanted to make this into a limited edition set, just as soon as I can come up with some extra money. Hope you like this, and some other things I'll be posting in the coming week.

Shark Tees

Here are two of the tee shirt designs I created using a vector version of the shark illustration I posted last week. These are more concepts for tees that have not yet been produced, but I am still hoping that we'll get them printed some day.

Hot Water

Boy, talk about being in hot water if you saw something like this swimming at you! Here is an illustration I did a couple of years back when I was working on some new tee designs. I was looking at tribal tattoos and motorcycles at the time to get some inspiration. I used it in a couple of designs with some type treatment, in a team mascot style. It came out looking pretty good. I'll have to post the logos next.

Fine Art Drawing

Here is a one of four drawings I did of a large Scraper tire. they are 34" x 68", and drawings in charcoal. When you hang the four images together, there is an energy almost as if the tires are moving. These are part of a larger series of artwork I've been working on the feature a Caterpillar Scraper.

Book Cover Illustration

Just a quick change of pace. I'll add more tee designs again soon. I just wanted to share this illustration I created for a book Cover that almost got published. Funny story behind this artwork. I was asked to come up with a new concept for a cover for a book we were doing at work that was fun an whimsical, something that would stop someone in a bookstore and make them want to pick up the book to read it. At least that's what the creative brief said. So I worked up a couple of comps, and since the book was about the health of our water, and frogs are like the proverbial canary in a coal mine for that, I settled on the image above. The publisher loved the image and it tested really well with all of their sales force, they were all set to publish, and at the last minute, their was a change. There's a story there too, but I'll tell you another time. Anyway, the cover got changed, and I didn't get my big break. Oh well, I still think it would of made a great cover.