Scott DuBar Illustration

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Wonder Realtor Part 6: Best of C-ville Winner 2017

The illustrated ad campaign I’ve been working on for the past couple of months came to its dramatic conclusion last week in Wonder Realtor Part 6: C-ville’s Best Realtor 2017. My client, Heather Griffith of Nest Realty, was nominated for the title and wanted to do a series of fun, comic book style ads to encourage voting. I’m so happy to have my work appear in C-ville Weekly’s much-loved annual Best of C-ville issue. It’s such a great resource for discovering new places to eat or shop, and is the one issue people in Charlottesville hang on to. I am also pleased that the ad celebrates a happy and diverse community, particularly in the wake of our recent tragedy. C-ville Weekly’s annual Best of C-ville for 2017 is on stands now.

August 30, 2017
Toddler Intimidation | Client: Utah Adventure Journal

This editorial illustration was for an article about a father, and avid outdoorsman, who felt intimidated by the impressive amount of scrapes and bruises his toddler was accumulating from his activities, while Dad had no such mementos of his own adventures. Was he playing it too safe? Had becoming a dad cost him his outdoorsy edge?

I’m not exactly sure a toddler is old enough to manage a Big Wheel, but I really liked the idea of a toddler dressed like a bad-ass biker.

July 17, 2017
Summertime Treat: Ice Cream!

Summertime is in full swing, so here’s an illustration in honor of everyone’s favorite Summertime treat: ice cream! I did this illustration originally for HappyReading.org for a children’s poem called Ice Cream Man. I think I did close to a hundred illustrations for that client with a fairly tight turn-around time, which lent the whole series a loose, fun, and energetic quality that I think works well for this type of project.

July 14, 2017
Wonder Realtor Part 5 | Client: Nest Realty

I got a happy surprise after completing part four of the Wonder Realtor ad campaign. Turns out, everyone was so happy with the ads that they decided to go ahead and have me do one more. Heather thought it would be nice to show her and her family expressing their thanks to everyone who voted for her. (Heather was nominated for best realtor C-ville Weekly’s annual Best of C-ville.) I figured this was a great opportunity to show the whole family as having super powers, and help gives the ad a little more of a narrative flow beyond a simple “thanks for voting.”

I had so much fun working on this ad campaign and am super-grateful to have had the chance to do an additional bonus Wonder Realtor ad. And who knows? If Heather wins in August, I may get to do one more!

June 30, 2017
Wonder Realtor Part 4 | Client: Nest Realty

Wonder Realtor Part 4 came out yesterday in this week’s C-ville. It’s the last of a four-part comic book style ad campaign for Heather Griffith of Nest Realty, who was nominated for Best Real Estate Agent in C-ville Weekly’s yearly Best of Charlottesville. I had so much fun working on this campaign! While I’m a little sad it is over already, the good news it that Heather is currently ahead in the voting and may very well win. If so, I’ll have a chance to do one more final Wonder Realtor ad announcing the win and thanking all the people who voted.

Below is a shot of the ad from the magazine.

Wonder Realtor Part 4. Last of a 4-part ad campaign for Nest Realty. #illustration #comics #cartoon #realty #realtor #bestofcville

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June 23, 2017
Wonder Realtor, Part 3 | Nest Realty

Wonder Realtor, Part 3 came out yesterday in this week’s C-ville. I decided to change things up a bit this time and went for a comic book cover approach. Given all the various powers being highlighted, there really wasn’t room to take a story based approach. All in all, I think it worked out really well and gives that feeling of a comic book packed with action and adventure that I was going for. Right now, there’s just one more ad to go. If Heather gets enough votes and wins Best Realtor, then I may get to do an additional Wonder Realtor ad. Keeping my fingers crossed!

I’ve included below a gallery of all the little action scenes from the ad, along with a work in progress image, and a shot of the ad from this week’s C-ville.

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June 15, 2017
Wonder Realtor Part 2 | Nest Realty

Here’s part two of a four-part ad series, The Adventures of Heather Griffith Wonder Realtor, for Nest Realty of Charlottesville. Heather’s in the running for Best Realtor in C-ville Weekly’s yearly Best of C-ville issue, and decided to do a whole series of fun comic book style ads while voting is taking place. (You can see part one here.)

Heather Griffith, Wonder Realtor Ad part 2 | Client: Nest Realty

June 7, 2017
Best of C-ville Ad | Nest Realty

I was contacted recently by local Charlottesville business Nest Realty to do a series of comic book style ads for realtor Heather Griffith. Heather has had the honor of being nominated as Charlottesville’s best realtor in C-ville Weekly’s yearly Best of C-ville issue. Voting takes place this month, and to help inspire voters, Heather asked me to illustrate four comic book style ads highlighting the heroic lengths she goes to for her many happy clients. I have to say, this may be my favorite assignment I’ve gotten so far this year and I’m really looking forward to working on the next three ads!

Here’s a shot of the ad from the current issue of C-ville. It’s been awhile since I’ve illustrated or designed anything for a newspaper, and I’m so happy everything came out well. The colors are bright, and the text is sharp. Stay tuned for the further adventures of Heather Griffith, Wonder Realtor!

June 1, 2017
Bunny Soccer Team

I got inspired by this week’s Illustration Friday challenge, team, to do a bunny soccer team. These challenges are a great opportunity for me to have fun exploring my Megapack digital brush set from the awesome Kyle T. Webster.

May 25, 2017
Stay In Bed Or Go Mountain Biking? | Utah Adventure Journal

This month’s Utah Adventure Journal article, Stay In Bed Or Go Mountain Biking, is about the age-old dilemma of wanting to stay in bed versus getting up and doing something productive, in this case, mountain biking with friends. I thought it would be fun to give my illustration a kind of Alice In Wonderland tumbling down the rabbit hole kind of feel. People often fantasize about having a bed that topples them out in the morning so they would be forced to wake up on time, but what if your bed could topple you out right where you needed to be, with all of your things that you needed?

Here’s the digital sketch I did for this illustration. Since I had a lot of items floating around, it was helpful to do my sketch digitally. That way, I could easily move things around and work out a nice flow for everything.

This is the inked version of my illustration. I do all my inking on paper, as I feel I have more control than with my Wacom tablet. Here you can see where I made changes to some of the things floating around, like the shoes and the mountain bike.

May 8, 2017