Digital Peacock Weed

Peacock Weed has been a design I have done previously. I have imported a recent weed growth into Illustrator for a live trace and then into Photoshop for messing around with some color. Although I am not one to work this way, or to be fair, enjoys working digitally, the ease of which color comps and value studies are accomplished makes this process useful.

Also, exciting news! I moved into an art studio on Chinese Lunar New Year. This will be my first studio that I wasn't also my apartment. I feel like such an adult. ;-)

Color: Poppy orange

Song: "Night woven of Snow, Winds and Grey-Haired Stars" by Drudkh

Word: Atramentous

In Progress: Grandfather, the Great White Peccary

A progress shot of the Great White Peccary from the Mayan book of creation, Popol Vuh. Done in Illustrator, will be finished in Photoshop. Will post finishes with context soon...but not too soon. One can only go so fast working on a 12" 5 year old MacBook Pro.

Get Off My Stage and Dream Shaman

Entitled Get Off My Stage. This is what I think Billy Corgan really thinks of all the people who say that the Pumpkins suck, that their not the Pumpkins because only half (now only 1/4) of the original band is touring/recording. Well, at least this is what I would do, what I feel when people try to tell me what to do. A big middle finger to the Naysayers.



And this is the very long anticipated finish of Dream Shaman that I did for the surrealist part of Eccentric Illustration last semester (fall '08). This is what changed the way I work, really unleashing my brain on myself and letting it free to do whatever it is that needs to be done. These are all ink squirts...wouldn't you like to know what goes on in my head. LOL

Double Page Album Cover

Album cover for Radiohead's "In Rainbows"
Portfolio preparation midterm
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