After the success of the visualization project I created for him, Mr. Ryan hired me to create a gratitude postcard for his clients. Though it's not my typical style, I wanted to design something that would correspond with the look of his website, creating a unified, professional presentation.
In my latest post to the GooBlog, I created a portrait of H.P. Lovecraft using pen and ink- no pencil layouts, no Photoshop fixing, no do overs. Kind of intimidating, but I think it came out all right. Check out my blog with my friend Matt by clicking here.
Yeah! Three more letters towards my total conquest of the alphabet! Wa ha ha!! The iguana is a commission, the quail was for a friend's birthday, and the bat is just rad. And that's what we're all about here at OwlHenryDesign: Rad.
I was recently critiqued for having few ladies' designs in the shop, and I wanted to make sure everyone knows that any design in the shop can be put on any piece of clothing, though I try to make sure those clothes are made in the USA. Just email me and I'll set it up, no problem.
So check 'em out at my Spreadshirt store: http://owlhenry.spreadshirt.com/
or visit the brand new Cafepress store, where you can see pictures of my cousin Thalia sporting her "O is for Octopus" bib, as well as Tony and Karen's son Emmett in his "E is for Eel" t-shirt. NICE! http://www.cafepress.com/OwlHenryBaby
My friend Matt and I have been talking about creating a blog together for a while now. We think of it as a kind of conversation, one guy makes a piece of art, the other guy responds in any way he wants, and we create, over the course of a year, a combined total of 52 pieces. Follow the goo times here.
I should add that this idea was inspired by a similar blog between artists James Jean and Kenichi Hoshine, called "A Polite Winter." Though they haven't posted anything in four years, it's still worth checking out: A Polite Winter.
The Morty videos just keep coming, though I think this will be the last for a while. This one was written and directed by Rod Brogan, genius at large. Enjoy by clicking HERE.
For those of you who dig the baby products I've designed, there's a brand new "B is for Baby" storefront available at CafePress.com. These products make great gifts with a personalized touch: "My starving artist buddy DREW these!" As always, if you don't see what you're looking for, please feel free to request a design on a different product or commission a new piece. The new storefront can be found at www.cafepress.com/OwlHenryBaby
For special requests, please click "View My Complete Profile" in the sidebar to the right, then click "Email" on the left side of the new page.
I'm wishing everyone a very happy, safe and inspiring 2010!
The final part (but not quite the last bit) of the Morty Christmas Epic is HERE.
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The Morty Christmas bonanza begins by clicking HERE.
The Non-Permanent Parliament is presenting a very special Morty FIVE-PART EPIC for the Christmas season! As of this writing, only the first part, a kind of prequel, is up. Look for four more between now and Christmas. Watch the first part by clicking HERE. Don't forget to rate what you like and leave a comment!
Hey gang- TWELVE new designs have been added to the shop! All of them made in the US or Mexico! If you'd like a design on a different kind of product, please let me know- you're definitely not limited by what you see. The shop can be found at www.owlhenry.spreadshirt.com.
The latest from the Non-Permanent Parliament features the continuing adventures of Zombie Bruce, this time with his office staff. Click here.
This guy is AMAZING. Check out his site by clicking here:
I love when illustrators break their process down on their blogs, so I thought I'd do the same with a recent project I worked on. I was hired to do four character designs for a Spanish-language kids show called Dos y Dos; they're considering expanding into printed material- books n stuff. Below is how I created one of the character designs.
So first thing I like to do is grab some pictures to draw from. One of the guys on the show- Bayardo- is a friend of mine, so, with his permission, I lifted a few pictures from his Facebook profile:
That's him on the right. Then I make a sketch that's as true as I can make it to the picture I'm drawing from:
I'm working fast, so it's not crazy true to life, but I'm making an attempt to capture as much of his likeness as I can, and I'm getting a sense of what makes Bayardo's face distinct. I like B's chin- it's definitely distinct- and his face is longer, his eyebrows more defined, than the other male actor's. These aren't the only differences, of course, but my end product won't be all that detailed, so I just need a few keys.
Now it's time to approach the final drawing. I took a picture of myself in the pose I want for the drawing- I decided B would be holding an umbrella:
My picture includes my whole body, and it's hi-res enough that I can zoom in to look at areas I want to focus on. Then I draw the sketch for the final:
Then I scan it in to Photoshop and clean up the lines- I want them clean and dark, but I want to still get a sense that they're hand-drawn, that a pencil was involved at some point in the process. Sometimes I'll ink them and convert them to vector lines with Illustrator, but I wanted something rougher on this:
With this design, I can easily take out the white areas and replace them with colors, then add a background and I'm done:
And the final group shot:
A friend and I played Mr and Mrs Macbeth, yeeeears ago- I recently found a sketch I'd done of us, so I colored it and sent it to her as a Halloween gift.
A drawing for a very special Monster. :)
A good friend of mine is producing All In The Timing at Mira Loma Black Box Theatre, and commissioned me to do the poster art. (Can you say "commissioned" if it's free?) I'm pretty stoked on it.
I was recently asked to do a redesign of a logo for a theater in Virginia; I guess whether they're actually going to use it is still up in the air. Above is the original, and below is my idea for the letterhead, as well as variations on the logo itself.
Yeah! Three more letters towards my total conquest of the alphabet! Wa ha ha!! The iguana is a commission, the quail was for a friend's birthday, and the bat is just rad. And that's what we're all about here at OwlHenryDesign: Rad.
Reprezent, y'all. Get your shop on by visiting my spreadshirt store: http://owlhenry.spreadshirt.com/.
Hey gang- TWELVE new designs have been added to the shop! All of them made in the US or Mexico! If you'd like a design on a different kind of product, please let me know- you're definitely not limited by what you see. The shop can be found at www.owlhenry.spreadshirt.com.
That's him on the right. Then I make a sketch that's as true as I can make it to the picture I'm drawing from:
I'm working fast, so it's not crazy true to life, but I'm making an attempt to capture as much of his likeness as I can, and I'm getting a sense of what makes Bayardo's face distinct. I like B's chin- it's definitely distinct- and his face is longer, his eyebrows more defined, than the other male actor's. These aren't the only differences, of course, but my end product won't be all that detailed, so I just need a few keys.
Then I scan it in to Photoshop and clean up the lines- I want them clean and dark, but I want to still get a sense that they're hand-drawn, that a pencil was involved at some point in the process. Sometimes I'll ink them and convert them to vector lines with Illustrator, but I wanted something rougher on this:
With this design, I can easily take out the white areas and replace them with colors, then add a background and I'm done:
A good friend of mine is producing All In The Timing at Mira Loma Black Box Theatre, and commissioned me to do the poster art. (Can you say "commissioned" if it's free?) I'm pretty stoked on it.
