IF-CRACKED

It's been a long time since I contributed to Illustration Friday forum. The topic this week was CRACKED. How could I let that pass? Well, I almost did.

WW2 CALVARY MAN

I painted this acrylic sketch for a get well card my wife gave her 92 year old uncle Rudy. He was in the U.S. Calvary in W.W. II before they transformed it into an Armored division. He's a great guy and lived through some of the best and worst times this country's seen. I used an internet photo for reference so this doesn't actually look like him.

MOB SLOB

YOB GOB

Another cartoon head with Bill Wray inspired Photoshop coloring .

OFFWORLD 2

OFFWORLD

Being trapped in the middle of uncharted space was a major setback. Still, Ven felt certain his strategy was sound.

The Man on the Street

CONAN HEARTS YOU

SKETCHES MACHINA

Face Sketches

These are sketches done while I was scanning art. I then scanned them and colored them in Photoshop. I used the brushes there to simulate a kind of watercolor painting technique. Why?
1. Creative personal amusement.
2. Research and development.
3. To post here for whoever may tune in.

POSTCARDS FROM SPACE

These are sketches for paintings I might actually paint.

Finally...

NEW HOPE

GIANT STEPS-COLTRANE

Great music by John Coltrane and nicely animated video by Michal Levy.

Larger version here:

COLTRANE

MUGSY

UPDATED: This looks closer, at least on my machine, to the original file.


Another tough guy mug sketch in color. The color looked better before I made it a jpeg. Ahh well, no time right now to adjust it.

DUUUUDES

A FOWL

HELLO BRIGHTER FUTURE

GOOD BYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Doodling as Rome Burns