Space April

So this is a calender collaboration project I'm working on with 11 other talented illustrators and designers (mostly designers). Hosted by http://designcollector.net/.

The theme of the project is what you think the near future (2010) would be like as a child. Like your childhood vision. I have always been interested in fashion, so I always wondered what the fashion would be like in the future. So this is a fashion illustration from 2010 perceived at, lets say 1995. I have April, since that is my birth month.





I did this first sketch because I had this idea of floating digital jewelry but it wasn't interesting enough. Though I thought the head on poster was very big brother-ish. I went on to do the second one while I was upstate at my parent's house for Thanksgiving. I watched 2001, A Space Odyssey, which is a frickin' master piece. Inspiration for a colorful space scape behind the figure. Some of the thinking behind the fashion design is, sleek, streamline, sophisticated, and somewhat exotic. Of course on a very thin model. The Gazelles are a little something I won't get into, but they may have been genetically engineered. Water is precious.

Finish to come.

95%

So, this has been un-canceled. The publisher really liked the sketch I was told. I still need to make adjustments and corrections for both. Like her overly bendy leg.
It took me a while to get the colors right. With a lot of objects in the piece, getting the right hierarchy can be difficult. Simultaneous contrast gets tricky. I just need to paint more.
I'm so beat.

Hunt & Gather Book Coming Soon!

Oh, I'm so excited. Tina Ziegler (manager of the London Miles Gallery and director of this project), sent me the cover image for Hunt & Gather. It will be released internationally in February (2010)... wow... I just said twenty-ten... how future-y. (Too much coffee sorry). I hope this interests you to buy it when it comes out. Now that work is older though, I must have submitted it last winter. Exposure is exposure...
Find my pieces!


The site is undergoing a makeover, but here is the blog: http://www.huntandgatherart.com/ Has lots of great art posts, take a look.

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I'm working on too may things at once. New work soon. How long have I been awake? How mangy Burroughs have I been in and back these past two days? Have I eaten?! Yeah... this is when I do my best work... as long as I don't pass out... or run out of cigarettes and coffee.

I took that stupid banner down. I added a picture of myself. Is that unprofessional? I really need some guidance, I feel like such an idiot and that I'm doing everything wrong. Mostly with everything that doesn't involve me drawing or painting, but dealing with others and representing myself.
I'll figure it out eventually. People skills were never my strong suit. If anyone would like to throw some advice at me, I'm open.

95% Feline

This was originally a sketch for the lyric book I'm collaborating on. I was accidentally told the wrong song, so this is rejected. Boo... because I really like this. I'm finishing it for myself.
Here is the corrected drawing with some color added digitally. It's planned to be a limited color piece. The Antler Room piece I really want to finish too... too busy :/



"Ninety-five Percent" was the song it was drawn to. "Feline" is the renamed title. Here is an excerpt from that song if you're curious:

"Ninety-five percent of the time
Fucking bores her out of her mind
Whether she admits or denies
It's not every day that someone opens her thighs
The poor fools who think otherwise
Will be cuckolds all of their lives
When it's time to work the flesh
She is very often depressed
If she hears no beating heart
Her body will not play the part"

Postcard and revisions

*edit* Oh man! Thank you Lauren for saying something. I didn't realize how crazy the post office is. You can't send postcards with rounded corners for one... here: http://www.overnightprints.com/usps
SAVE that link! Gives you all the info to avoid being punished by nazi mailmen.

I did my new mailers, postcards, yesterday. I picked two pieces that I think have the most mass appeal. The Front image is tame enough to be acceptable for story book publishing, and content wise is heavy enough for editorial. Its a good example of a full color piece of mine. I took her nipples out and corrected some bad anatomy. The piece on the back, again can go for children's or editorial. The limited color is more appealing for newspaper and magazines. I plan to send out a heavier piece of mine to just magazines, galleries... places a nude girl being eaten out by a wolf won't be offensive.
I got rounded corners, which I think looks awesome. I hope they print alright :/

Post card Front and Back:



"Snipped" Old:



Revised:


*edit 2*
Fixed back...