Scott DuBar Illustration

Tag: Utah Adventure Journal

Look Up | Client: Utah Adventure Journal

Editorial illustration for a Utah Adventure Journal article called Look Up about the lessons learned while taking an avalanche rescue course. The instructor hid the rescue beacon up in a tree, but the student is so fixed on staring at his beacon that he fails to notice it.

This was my very first 100% digital illustration done using Clip Studio Paint, my new favorite drawing program. Better than Photoshop in every way! And much more affordable. I was able to get the EX version for 50% off, so for $100 I now have streamlined my whole working process and get to forever avoid Adobe’s ridiculous subscription scheme.

March 30, 2020
I Ski Because … | Client: UAJ

I Ski Because …

Happy Valentine’s Day! This illustration, I Ski Because, was for an article on one man’s lifelong love for skiing, but I think it also works nicely for Valentine’s Day. Here’s hoping your Valentine’s Day is filled with the people, places, and things that you love most.

February 11, 2020
Quintessential Utah Moments | Client: UAJ

Swimming through freezing cold water covered in algae, sticks, and dead bugs while hiking in Egypt 3 Canyon, Utah.

Latest work for Utah Adventure Journal article titled Quintessential Utah Moments. I have to say it’s not often I get an opportunity to draw pond scum and dead bugs, nevertheless, I enjoyed it immensely.

October 30, 2019
Night Riders of Utahvania | Client: UAJ

Dracula taking a moonlit mountain bike ride along a spooky forest trail.

Latest work for Utah Adventure Journal for an article called ‘Night Riders of Utahvania,” on the joys of being a Night Rider (ie: riding your mountain bike along trails at night) and imagining Utah as “Utahvania.” This was so much fun to illustrate! I guess it’s still a bit early for Haloween, but I’m not gonna pass up an opportunity to draw Dracula, ghosts, a haunted house, and all the rest.

Work in progress.

September 3, 2019
FOMO: Stop And Smell The Reno Hotel | UAJ

Outdoor enthusiast is afflicted with FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) while his little boy delights in their cheap Reno hotel.

Editorial illustration for Utah Adventure Journal article titled Stop and Smell the Reno Hotel. A selfie addicted dad experiences Instagram-induced FOMO (the fear of missing out) at the end of his family vacation of hiking and biking in the California Redwood Forest. Meanwhile, his little boy declares that their stop in a cheap hotel in Reno is the best part of the whole vacation.

As a former kid, I can relate. I remember spending most of my time outdoors in nature, both at home and while on family vacation. Hotels, even cheap ones, were always fun. I can’t say I ever actually preferred them, but the novelty factor alone made them stand out. Who doesn’t love tiny little bars of soap?

July 3, 2019
Burning Sean | Client: Utah Adventure Journal

My latest illustration fro UAJ, Burning Sean, required a bit of extra care. It’s for an article about a perfectly innocent yearly pre-ski season ritual/party gone wrong. It also involves a bunch of drunken white dudes with tiki torches burning an effigy of their soon-to-be-married friend, Sean. As a long-time resident of Charlottesville, Virginia, I have to say I had some apprehension about depicting white guys with tiki torches burning something that could easily be mistaken for a cross (Which is where all of the humor of the article come from). Part of my solution was to make sure the effigy clearly had a pair of legs. This would ensure that it had more of a star-shape. The next was to give the effigy some ski poles. The last was to make sure the white dudes looked as drunkenly cheerful as possible. In the end, I think it all worked out pretty well.

October 10, 2018
Camping Compromise | Client: Utah Adventure Journal

Editorial illustration for an article about the type of compromises that need to be made by rugged outdoorsmen when they become a parent. No matter how much you might hate RV’s, babies can’t really sleep on the ground.

August 21, 2018
Bike Race Burning Man | Utah Adventure Journal

I had a great time illustrating this upcoming article for Utah Adventure Journal on the appeal of entering mountain bike races just for the Burning Man type parties. I tried to include as many of the colorful characters from the article as I could, like the gorilla, the metal heads, and even a Taiko drummer. The Viking and hula hoop girls were my own contribution, just to add some variety.

Click on the images below to get a closer look at everybody.

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June 6, 2018
Outdoor Gear Stickers | Utah Adventure Journal

This illustration was for an article on the joys of collecting outdoor gear stickers to put all over your favorite outdoor vehicle. (In this case, the ever-popular Subaru Outback.) As much as I love stickers, I don’t think I could ever put one on my car! I like putting them on my sketchbook so I can tell them apart from each other, but that’s about as far as I’m willing to go.

April 30, 2018
Three-year Plan | Client: Utah Adventure Journal

Recent illustration for Utah Adventure Journal. The article is about how most people who go to Utah for a job only plan on staying there for a few years before moving on. However, the ones who are into skiing usually end up staying for all the awesome skiing Utah has to offer.

December 21, 2017