I recently did an illustration for Health Care for America NOW! in collaboration with my friend David Holtz. The client wanted a spoof of the Twitter "Fail Whale" as shown below:
The initial sketches went through alot of changes so I thought I would post up the images to show the process. Here is the 1st round of concepts:
And here are the near final concepts:
Finally, here is the vector version David put together for the client:
I figured it have been a little while since I posted up anything about When Pigs Fly on the blog so here is an update. We have moved into a concept/production phase. I am staying two steps ahead of Hodgeman on what needs to be figured out and then assets for said solution being created so it is ready for him to implement. I have added a link to the 1up Dev blog over on the right side of the page so you can check out more videos and details on the game. In other news we are going to be doing plush toys based on the pigs. So the team will be expanding into another division whole will be working on the prototypes for the plush pigs. I am not sure if that project will be tracked on here or the 1up blog. If you live around Chicago, like to sew and think might be interested in joining the team shoot me an e-mail at: astronautchimp@gmail.com or post up a comment on the blog here. Finally, here is a video of some new pig concepts I worked on last night: Cat Pigs, Shark Pigs, Elephant Pigs, and a Cooked Pig set to some Go!team and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Enjoy!
So, I can finally post up the illustration and the lineup for this year's fest. I am really happy with the end result and I am VERY excited to have been a part of a Murder City Devils gig poster. Look for these all over Chicago:
I was recently commissioned to illustrate this year's Chicago RIOT FEST posters. I will be working on the roughs this weekend for approval. I won't be able to post up anything yet since the bands have yet to be announced. Be sure to check back June 4th for the first wave and June 18th for the second.
So I got around to giving the vinyl a coat of primer and doing a test on the actual model itself. Still debating on what to actually color with. I tried out some paint pens and prisma colors and got some mixed results. I used a penicl and sharpie to outline the key features. I really wish I could just use sharpies to get the end result, but there aren't enough colors to do that. I might end up breaking down and attemping to do it with brushes, but I am not looking forward to that. Here are a few images of the the process.
I spent some time recently working on the demon pigs key frames for When Pigs Fly. He has quickly become one of my favorite so far. By making the pigs mostly giant dopey looking heads with nubby legs it is allowing me to play around with facial expressions alone to express the animations. I plan to REALLY push the extremes used. Hope you like. As usual, any feedback would be appreciated since it is early in the development process of the game.
The initial sketches went through alot of changes so I thought I would post up the images to show the process. Here is the 1st round of concepts:
And here are the near final concepts:
