Magpies like shiny things.

Okay, So this is my Comp for the classical album cover, which took a while to get approved. At first, I was too sure about some elements (Background, coloring, some minor details) so, didn't get an okay from the author of the blog we all love and worship. So, Went back and fixed up some stuff, figured out a dramatic background (He's flying off into/away from the sunset with his stolen loot) And got an okay ^__^

I think without the bandanna, The magpie looks a lot better.... But damn did I like that thing. If I had a pet bird, it would definitively have a bandanna.... and possibly cape.

Shut up and listen. You might learn something....

So, this isn't EXACTLY the version I handed in, but I dont know where its gotten too.... So you get this. The only differences are some minor tweaks to the Text and the MAC logo was actually correct. 


I completed this project on a very tight schedule, that being I started and completed it on the day before hand in.


BOSS.


Anyhow, I struggled a lot dealing with only 2 spot colors, especially in Photoshop with its weird, weird channels. Even though the face was originally planned to be in color, I like the way it turned out, Rusty did as well. 


But the Text.... I always make the damned text too big!! a;fha;hdfs;kfhj;asfh >:( 
Anyway, I'm happy with how this turned out. Not my best hand in, but definitively not my worst.

If only this existed....

The magic button — Make Everything OK

New Heart for Transplant

Completed Society of Illustrators Illustration. I was actually really happy with how this turned out. I got a lot of feedback from Rusty, which helped with some of the issues that arose. I spent a lot of time merging the organic and metal halves of the heart. Probably one of my favorite parts was how I could stretch the skin over the metal part, but also include the metal tentacles that burrowed into the heart, seen beneath the...Membrane? 0_0 Not sure of the word. 

Also, The final print out was really nice, Not having to color balance the illustration really pays off.  The glossy paper made the colors really pop as well.

SOI WIP

So, my weird Half Heart/cyborg Sci-Fi creation is coming along well. I need to add some details and clean up some of the lines. Rusty also pointed out that some kind of off set shadow on the bottom or possibly the side could help. I also think that the living side could use some more lighting in certain spots.

Overall, its coming along pretty well.

Rather die on my Feet than live on my Knees

Life and Death assignment. I was pretty happy with how this turned out. The comp that I got approval on was one that  was easy to accomplish, with the majority of my color relying on black and white tones. The bomb idea was taken from cartoons and possibly the bo-omb from the maris games (http://www.mariowiki.com/bob-omb) 

Also, from the loony tunes (http://www.google.com/search?q=Acme+Bombs&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1024&bih=867&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=Mq-qTuDBAcijsQLBu7jjDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAsQ_AUoAQ)

I felt that the Death part could have been resolved better. I mean, I tried, but everything looked worse than what I already had. I feel that the smoke trail looked pretty good though, very subtle.

I'm Half a Cyborg at Heart

This is my Color Comp for the Society of illustrators project. I went for a Human heart that's also Half Metal. Sooooo original, I know. I actually spent more time on this than I meant to, I was enjoying working on my own choice of illustration with Digital Paint. FEELS GOOD.


Looking at the completed Comp, it feels like more is going on with the metal side, More detail/activity. This is something to be corrected with the actual illustration. That big ugly line is the middle will also be removed. I thought I already did take it out, but apparently not... And I'm too tired to do it now. 


Rusty will give me some good advice tomoz, Hopefully.