Icons

This is an icon set I did for my Illustrator class. I chose to do old school monsters for my icons. I really like the facial expressions of these icons. They definitely don't instill a sense of fear in anyone but I like to think they make people smile a little. My favorite is definitely the mummy icon. I wrestled with whether or not to have his whole face exposed and in the end I'm glad I went with that option. It really connects his expression and face with the rest of the icons. Also it looks like he has masking tape around his head and that's just hilarious. 

Thrash Comic Ad

This is an advertisement I did in Illustrator for my Presentation class. I decided to create an advertisement for my comic I've been toying with. I wanted a real sin city vibe to it, since the comic, in my mind at least, would be a sort of drug filled noir adventure. I really liked this ad, unfortunately my teacher did not understand it at all. 

Thrash and the Beaver

I've been toying around with the idea of making a comic book lately. The idea came from a friend of mine who told me about shooting up beaver tranquilizer one time. I found the entire scenario so magnificently absurd that I wanted to make a comic book about him and his exploits with a magical talking beaver that only he could see. Here are the preliminary portraits of the two main characters, the beaver and Thrash. I did these in Illustrator.

A Ninja and His Steed

This was also done in Illustrator a year or so ago. There is absolutely no point to this picture other than the absurdity of a ninja riding a panda. It makes me smile and I hope it does the same for you.

Ratboy Greets the Radio Controlled Beast

This was done in Illustrator at around the same time that Limbo Cowboy was done. Again I used the same color for the background as the beasts skin, but I left Ratboy, the monster's Radio Control hat, and underwear white to give the picture a sort of contrast and make those parts stand out. The line that Ratboy is holding originally went to a balloon in the shape of Frankensteins head but it didn't look quite right so I cropped it out.

Limbo Cowboy

This was done in Illustrator a long time ago. I may eventually turn this into a painting of some sort, but i really like the visual of making his skin the same color as the background. I used that idea quite frequently a year or so ago when this was made.

Spock in Repose while Reflecting

This was done in Illustrator. It's a preliminary illustration of a painting I'm planning on doing. I really liked the quote I used for Spock and I wanted to depict him relaxing on an alien world, almost like he's a philosopher. The final painting will be on plywood and will be 2 feet high and 6 feet high with vinyl lettering for his quote. I also might change his speech bubble up a little.