Showing posts with label Illustration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illustration. Show all posts
Roberts Today Cover Spring 2001
Sunday, September 07, 2008 at 11:43 PM | 0 comments  

I was digging through some archives and found the source art for this illustration. I was asked to do a cover for Roberts Today in 2001. The basis for the concept was about taking a closer look at politics. So, I came up with this microscope idea. Kind of taking it literally - not very imaginative in hindsight. I wasn't completely impressed with my efforts - the rendering is sloppy and without Photoshop's help, this probably would have been a disaster. But it was a learning experience, and looked cool printed with the magazine copy.
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Works update: Joy
Wednesday, June 08, 2005 at 2:19 AM | 1 comments  
The next portrait in my new series is underway. I thought I'd share the sketches thus far for Joy's portrait.

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-B
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Works update: Terri
Saturday, May 28, 2005 at 9:48 PM | 1 comments  
I just completed my latest painting, 'Terri' for my current series, 'Clean'.

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Terri Schmidt works at Greece Olympia as a teacher, and from what I'd expect, she's a gifted teacher. Terri volunteered to sit for me in my studio a few months back. Terri, and her husband Peter (who also sat for me: work to be posted later) are pretty close friends of Christy and I. Seeing as how I am familiar with her personality, I was looking for a very particular image from our photo session. Of all the forty plus photos, this is the only one that caught a piece of personality. It was just the perfect moment. While some could interpret the expression as smug, or pompous - I can ssure you that it's best representative of her confidence and strength. She a strong lady, and smart. Although my wife will throw a few blonde jokes at her and her daughter - she really is quite smart (so is her daughter btw).

-B
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