Sketchbook
So I drew this a few weeks ago, I think around the time the trailer for Season Two of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" was revealed. The show itself is very well put-together, and being as big a Star Wars geek as I am, it's exciting to see the universe being expanded upon like this. Hopefully Lucasfilm/LucasArts produces even more esoteric EU material in the same sort of accessible media.
Just a little preview of something I'm working on now...
I've been freelancing on and off for a clinical research company called CCRA, creating the characters and print advertisements for a unified marketing plan they've started (You might recognize the name from this site: you can find one of the ads I've done for them here). I'm happy now to share with you the four original character designs they had contracted me to create. Each was designed to model a different age group/generation, with a focus on creating versatile characters who could demonstrate different ailments, depending on the ad. Special attention was paid to make sure that they would not be caricatures; they had to be soft, relatable individuals to draw in those people afflicted with the disease each ad would target.
The tight sketch for the first Eli and Amos illustration:
From time to time my friend Rhiannon and I come up with little projects for each other to work on, just for the heck of it. The most recent one she suggested for me was a little boy and his dog, with a series of illustrations showing the adventurous flights of fancy the two embark on. These are the basic "real world" designs, which are intentionally a bit simplistic; this is to make them reflective of the dull nature of the everyday world, which will thus contrast strongly with the world of the imagined in the forthcoming illustrations.
I wanted to work out the design for the Private Eye in my forthcoming illustration before I dug into it, so here he is. I was looking to do something that was sleek and relatively simple, without too much extraneous information. He'd have an even simpler silhouette if I had stuck with just a suit like I had originally planned, but come on, he's a noir-styled P.I.! He needs a trench coat. :)
Just a little something I drew for fun not too long ago. I may do a color version, though I'm working on a private-eye inspired illustration that will probably take precedence over any further work on this.
Lately I've been wanting to focus on the type of work I really enjoy; I've been experimenting with lots of different approaches, but I tend to find myself pining for the styles and subjects I'm most interested in. With that in mind, I've begun working on a postcard to send to prospective freelance clients. It will be a subject I enjoy (early aviation), related to my website (travel), and indicative of the type of work I'm best at (bright, cutesy vector art). So I present to you the first step: the main character design! Just click on the thumbnail for the full image - it's in the Sketchbook section as well, for future reference.