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.
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.
My entry for this week’s Illustration Friday challenge is from a cover illustration I did for the Graphic Artists Guild newsletter. The title of the piece is Intertubes, and comes from Senator Ted Stevens’ infamous comment that the internet is a “series of tubes.”
This week’s Illustration Friday submission comes from a children’s book I recently illustrated called Short Pump Bump.
It’s been awhile since I did anything for Illustration Friday, but I’ve been wanting to get back into it. I’ve also been doing Von Glitschka’s 21 Day Drawing Challenge, so I thought of combining the two this week since Day 7 is Draw What You Like. This was a ton of fun to draw. I recently downloaded an awesome set of Photoshop brushes- Kyle T. Webster’s Ultimate Megapack, and they have really opened up a whole new world of exciting possibilities. You can check them out here: https://www.kylebrush.com/
Originally a t-shirt design I did for Utah Adventure Journal, I think this cowboy’s moustache fits the theme for the week reasonably well.
This was originally done as a spot illustration for HappyReading.org to accompany a poem titled “Jamari is Smart.”
UPDATE: Here’s the final piece in glorious, living color! Below is the pencil version.
Basically the idea for this is how kids can turn just about anything into a toy and be totally happy. I know I wasn’t the only one who ever got some big new toy for Christmas or a birthday, played with it for ten minutes, then went off and played in the box it came in for hours.
Here’s another illustration for HappyReading.org. The art director wanted me to go for a non-European king, suggesting perhaps a Maharajah instead. I loved that idea and wanted to make sure I included a variety of patterns typically found in Indian folk art.