Showgirl Reel to Reell

Trying a little more texture photo-collage. Inspired by this guy.
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Illustration Friday: Grow

I've been thinking about doing "A Partridge in a Pear Tree" for some time. Perhaps, I'll do the whole set of 12. 2 Turtledoves is next.
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Welcome Print & Pattern visitors

One of my favorite blogs print & pattern featured me today. I originally emailed its creator, Bowie, about her rss feed. I've been using the Google Reader to consolidate my daily blog reading, but print & pattern didn't have an RSS feed. Bowie was nice enough to email back, that someone had been hijacking her content, so she shut down her rss feed.

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Blue Ornaments

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Some new card designs

I've really cranked up my texture exploration on these.
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Illustration Friday: Open

Illustration Friday: Visitors

The first thing I thought of when I heard the theme for this week was "Visitors" was the 1983 mini-series "V." And of course the scene where Jane Badler eats the mouse (I thought it was a mouse-turns out it was a gerbil or guinea pig). I remember this scene was very shocking to me at the time. Check out the excellent stop motion animation below.

I'd also forgotten the cool sunglasses and the space-age swastika logo.
















In my research on the topic, I found V's creator's website. Lots of great photos there.
I got the title for my illustration, from this poster. The Garp poster dates it nicely:

Illustration Friday: Emergency!

Illustration Friday: Missing

version 1

version 2

I did a limited color version and another full color version. I think i like the limited color better.

Jubilee!

Click for larger version

Illustration Friday: Moon

"La Luna Llena" means "full moon" for the non-spanish speakers.
I've experimenting more with textures. Tell me what you think.

Roller Coaster

For a Las Vegas Weekly article on a guy riding all the rollercoasters in Las Vegas, in one day. Including the one in Primm, NV, which is about a half hour from LV, the Desperado at Buffalo Bill's Casino & Resort.

Sketch:

Illustration Friday: Poem

Deflating Basketball

For the Las Vegas Weekly. An article about UNLV basketball needing funding.
Below the first and second sketch.

































This is the final, in the magazine layout.

Collage 2

Collage 1

Teachers' Lounge

For an article in the Las Vegas Weekly about teachers
quitting their jobs in large numbers.
(thats a Ditto Machine in the lower right)
Below is the sketch.

Illustration Friday: Communication

I did this a few years ago for the Christian Science Monitor for an article about satellite communication.

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Emailing

A little something I did for the Boston Globe for a story about spouses using email to communicate.

Signage

A couple of things i did for work.