Dog Days
I was out of town for the majority of the weekend, but I did manage to do a few logo mockups for a friend that works for a local animal shelter. The logo will be for an annual charity event to help less fortunate dogs get adopted, so it was worth the effort. My favorite logo design is above. I’ll admit that it’s really just an illustration, but I like it too much to add anything else. I’ll also admit that it suspiciously looks like my dog.
The fourth annual I Am 8-Bit art show kicked off this weekend in LA. It involves artists reliving their old-school gaming memories through art. My sister lives close by, and I’m trying to convince her to go check it out. For now, this gallery is as close as I’m going to get.
More Tablet C’mon Now
After a long period of cookouts, canoe trips, broken cars, filled cavities, and Burnout Paradise, I finally had the chance to get back to doing some art last night. I was asked to create a poster for my friends in The Rebel Set for an upcoming show on August 23rd. Apparently the show is at a “hilljack” bar and they wanted something blatantly stereotypical. Above is the linework for the main part of the design, a “hillbilly” if you will. Drinking Moonshine. It’s my homage to Bugs Bunny’s Hillbilly Hare where they had the two squat Hatfield and McCoy types duking it out for a cross-dressing Bug Bunny. And they say cartoons now are bad for kids.
This is another piece I created using my Wacom. The first few times I’ve used it, I’ve been very meticulous at following the original sketch lines, but on this one, I went a little more wild. I added in some details and changed some curves or hairs because of the freedom the tablet gives you. It really is like drawing with a felt-tipped pen that you can erase. I like the “flowy” lines I got with this piece. I’m excited to get better at this.