Project 1 Statement

1) To create an illustration that not only demonstrates the meaning of the article but puts an interesting twist on what can be seen as a rather bland topic.

2) Anyone that is a voter in Washington State, especially those that live in the Seattle area

3) By seeing beloved characters from the Wizard of Oz being stopped on 520 I hope my audience is a little more skeptical about what this toll is all about.

4)They need to have an understanding of what the Wizard of Oz is

5)The key benefit will be getting more info out about the new toll

6) I want people to understand just what the cost of this toll and bridge will be on the tax payer

7)Slightly light hearted, but still serious

Some possible pic selections for the upcoming text illustration project.

These may not be the final images I've selected, because I'm not sure what level of contrast is really needed to execute this kind of project. However, these are the three pics I currently think could be interesting:

The Inks for the Editorial Project

Well, my first post on here was actually three different links to different articles that I may want to do an illustration. I ended up going with the tolls on the 520 bridge because, frankly... it's in my backyard. Plus, it gave me an excuse to do my take on the Wizard of Oz characters, which was alot of fun. These inks were done in Manga studio. There will be alot more black value added once I color the project later this week.

My second Compost Modern 2012 print

Good lord was this one more work then I thought it would be going in. Still though, I do really dig what came out. Between the two I think this is my favorite (but again that could just be the work I put into it talking.)

Over the course of my work load I did lose some of my steps in progress, but I can show you how it started:

All of these elements were drawn on bristol and then inked with india ink and a sable brush. I then used Photoshop to clean up the lines (a metric F@$% ton) and tinted them. Then it was a simple matter of selecting my palette, coloring, and shading the piece. In total this one took about 10-12 hours to complete. That's a little long for me as far as projects go, but most of that time was spent trying to clean up my line quality. 

My First Compost Modern Poster

Alright as per an assignment in another class. We needed to develop two different 11 X 17 posters for Compost Modern. For those of you who may not know, Compost Modern is a yearly conference held in San Francisco that is all about how we as designers can be more sustainable. Kind of a "go green" meeting for all of us artsy types. So with that in mind here's my first poster.

It all started as this:

A pretty simple tree that I inked with some india ink and a sable brush. Once I scanned that in, I tinted the lines dark green. I then made several copies which I manipulated in various ways to make the tree line in the background. Filled that with the dark green and added the ground and sky colors. Next I added the light green fill to the tree, turned it with perspective tool and added the "kickstand". I then made a few copies of that in perspective and then I added my text and clouds. Throw a couple of grunge effects on the top layer and with the lasso tool remove some of the color from various parts of the piece to add some more distressing and there you have it. Print number 1.

So... I'm working on an illustration for an Editorial...

Well, per the class assignment I needed to pick three different editorials and choose one to do an Illustration for. Now I'm pretty sure I already know what I'm going to do for the assignment, but here's the 3 articles that caught my eye:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2015602065_edit14cannabis.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17sun2.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

http://dailyuw.com/news/2008/feb/06/staff-editorial-520-bridge-toll-would-hurt/