Thoughtcrime does not entail death, thoughtcrime IS death

Sooo, I was actually really excited about coming up with an awesome book cover, cause frankly I love 1984 by George Orwell. If you haven't read it, I would highly recommend it. On the first one I went for a combination of graffiti style type consisting of terms from the book. They culminate into the the Giant 'Obey'  written in a shocking colour reminiscent of blood. I think the Thick type for the title really helped with bringing it all together. I'm going to be creating the actual illustration using a calligraphy pen and some India ink. I'm going to use some Ochre watercolor to get a nice yellow effect on the paper for the background.

For the second comp, I went with a more typewriter/stamp effect, but still using terms from the book. Four letters are picked out to spell 'Obey', but this second attempt definitely didn't come together as well.

Feckin' Birds Again.

Heres the completed LP sized classical composer cover. I choose to do La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) by  Gioachino Rossini. Really, this isn't even finished, at least not properly. Its still got lots of little details that need fixed (The calligraphy pen, Pocket watch, feathers) And some touching up in places. Going to be including this in my final portfolio, but it needs quite a lot of work.

From what I've got here, I was kinda happy with the background, and in general the majority of the Magpie.

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.