Self Promotion Piece & Illustration Technique Test
This was my first attempt at trying to really meld several different media types. I remember going into a panic when I sprayed it with matte varnish and it the guache started to speckle up. That is what gave me the idea to pick off the paint around the figure. I would just use a brush with water and brush around the figure or put droplets and pick them off with a paper towel. This picture took a very long time. It was submitted to the Richmond Arts Contest unfinished and won best of show. When I found out, I told the jurors that I was not finished with it and asked to have it back to finish it. They were reluctant, for worry that I would alter it too much. I had to clear how I was going to finish it before the would let me have it back. Years later it was repurposed for magazine cover as well as a local magazine.
Yeah, I remember this one. This one and the guys back are the two that stick out in my head. This one has so much energy in it. Great composition, cool texture, energetic lighting and there's not a single paper that doesn't look like it has some force behind it trying to move it. Even the stack looks like it's blowing.
ReplyDeleteThis one always made me think of something magical like he was conjuring up some kind of corporate black magic.
Which reminds me, did you ever submit to do art for TSR or Wizards of the Coast? I thought I asked you that before. Maybe not.