Brawny Man Animated! How Surreal Is That?
I was floored watching TV a little while ago. They animated Brawny Man from The Brawny Man Paper Towels. Digitally Animated that is. I was very impressed they kept true to my original illustration.
Back in the Saddle Again
I've haven't had a chance to post anything in awhile and I'm sorry for the two of you (if I'm lucky) that actually visit my Blog.
I've just finished illustrating my final picture book for the Hockey Hero series. It is written by Mike Leonetti and is published by Scholastic Canada. This time it's about Tim Horton. It should be out in the fall.
I've just finished illustrating my final picture book for the Hockey Hero series. It is written by Mike Leonetti and is published by Scholastic Canada. This time it's about Tim Horton. It should be out in the fall.
The iPad bruises the once shiny Apple
Ok, I think I’m over the let down of today. Like tens of thousands (of other Apple Geeks) I followed a Blog of Steve Jobs' keynote speech introducing the iPad.
I was hoping for so much from this device. I think I was bound to be let down. However, not to the extent it became.
From a standpoint of a Digital Artist, I was really thinking this would finally break me free from the confines of my desk. A Wacom for the road with all of Apple’s finesse. I know of the ModBook.
I’m just not sure of having a perfectly good MacBook dissected.
Another thing was Mr. Job’s omitted “One more thing”. I was really hoping it was going to be a upgraded Mac Pro considering my old Power Mac is slowing me down from upgrading to some new Painter software. ( I still need a Desktop too)
So after thinking about this for a while I have a pretty good idea what makes the iPad an average product.
Hubris… maybe. Greed… warmer. Marketing… hot. Price point… Yes!
If Apple threw everything in, including the kitchen sink…. This thing would cost as much or more as a MacBook. It’s marketed as being in between the iPod and MacBook. This was even illustrated during the keynote. It’s major competitor at the moment (I think) is the Kindle. The price has to reflect this.
Apple trumped itself by making the expectations too high (or did we) for the iPad. Maybe they rushed it to market to control digital content that the Kindle and upcoming tablets will use. Maybe Apple wants to be the “Poster Boy of DRM” and control the means of production. Where did we hear this before Comrade?
Maybe like Icarus, Apple has flown too close to the sun.
Kellogg's Illustration
I just finished this spot for Leo Burnett Canada. I'm pretty happy with the Retro-Look.
I'm working on a children's book about Tim Horton.
This will probably be my final hockey book with Mike Leonetti and Scholastic. I love the story and I'm gearing up to make it the best one ever!
Last month I began the process of shooting my photographic reference, and going through hundreds of photos from that era. You know... when the Leafs actually won the Cup.
Cameron Doyle was a great help posing as the main character. In the photo I used a chair to pose Cameron skating backwards.
Last month I began the process of shooting my photographic reference, and going through hundreds of photos from that era. You know... when the Leafs actually won the Cup.
Cameron Doyle was a great help posing as the main character. In the photo I used a chair to pose Cameron skating backwards.
Two heads are better then one, or at least the old one.
After finishing the new "Canada Post Holiday Poster" the client asked if I could change the expression on the girl. Even after approval of countless sketches and pencils they still wanted it changed. I didn't think it was necessary but the client is always right.
I frantically called back my model(s). For the first poster, I used a model that had a twin sister. This time I tried incorporating both of them to get the expression the clients were looking for.
I do feel now the change was a good one. I just wished it wasn't 4 days before I left for Hong Kong.
This is the original Poster:
For client approval I drew up a tight pencil. This was tricky because I had to match the new head to the old body and get the proportions right.
After I brought this far enough along in color. I layered it onto the girl in the original poster. I had to do a lot of cleaning up and color matching. Notice, at this stage I enlarged her eyes and raised her eyebrows. (I’ll cover some of my Painter tricks in later Blogs)
The final piece:
I frantically called back my model(s). For the first poster, I used a model that had a twin sister. This time I tried incorporating both of them to get the expression the clients were looking for.
I do feel now the change was a good one. I just wished it wasn't 4 days before I left for Hong Kong.
This is the original Poster:
For client approval I drew up a tight pencil. This was tricky because I had to match the new head to the old body and get the proportions right.
After I brought this far enough along in color. I layered it onto the girl in the original poster. I had to do a lot of cleaning up and color matching. Notice, at this stage I enlarged her eyes and raised her eyebrows. (I’ll cover some of my Painter tricks in later Blogs)
The final piece:
"Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop"
I found this on Gizmodo.com today. If you want to draw realistically... this is what you have to do:
http://gizmodo.com/5389780/norman-rockwell-the-original-king-of-the-photoshop
http://gizmodo.com/5389780/norman-rockwell-the-original-king-of-the-photoshop
Canada Post Holiday Poster
Here's a snippet of an illustration I recently did for Canada Post's upcoming holiday poster.It was an extremely tough gig, which took about a month to complete.
Just hope when they print it the colours will be true to the illustration.