illustration + design
With the New Year around the corner I thought about an image that would kick off 2015. I have been randomly watching Samurai Champloo late night so it’s pretty easy to see where the costume design is inspired from.
Ever so often I like to try digital painting with the short brushes it really has an effect on my character designs.
Some late night casual skimming through some classic manga has driven me to experiment with a more realistic look. I am going to blame it on all the synth-80’s music I have been listening to.
Once I figure out some problems with shades and more steady line value all the way through, I definitely want to try doing some prints.
Reference taken from Here: Bring the Rain Nicole Mejia
Last year I got into the habit of creating my own card for the holiday season. I wanted to deviate from the traditional card concept I started with in earlier thumbnail doodles.
It’s always fun to apply new techniques I have learned throughout the year for the yearly holiday card.
Ended up on The Sartorialist the other night and did a quick character sketch. I had to drop some color on this the same night.
Sketch Dailies theme the other night was Kermit the Frog. Sometimes ideas come to me and sometimes they don’t in this case once I came across the theme and knew what I wanted to do almost immediately.
