Fighting Words

This image was done way back in January, under the art direction of Len Small for the magazine "Tablet." It accompanied the article, "Fighting Words," by Marjorie Ingall about the difficulty explaining the nuances of the English language and how it pertains to racial slurs.

Spot Images for The Dallas Observer

These spots were made with the Art Direction of Alexander Flores.

The concept was to spoof a movie poster from the 1950's.

ROYAL CURSE, Page 1 and 2

"The Royal Curse" p 1 and 2 , a short 9 page story.

SEATTLE WEEKLY COVER, COURTNEY LOVE

I recently did the cover for the Seattle Weekly. The Art Director had a great idea and wanted to see a few options. There wasn't a huge amount of time to deliver so I had to move fast. I took a few hours to scribble and compose a few options and then I sat down on nice sheet of paper and did tighter roughs of my ideas. I always feel that my roughs should be much tighter but given the time constraints I knew I couldn't ruminate too much and just had to commit to a few image options.

They liked the top left image. so I went straight to a final drawing. I realize now that I could have benefited from doing a tight sketch of the composition before I went to a final drawing. the more time I have to draw a face the more chance I have of getting the likeness. My first pass at the final Sketch made courtney look way to serene. So I went to work trying to give her that Rock'n Roll feel.

The benefit of using a nice 150 pound bristol paper is that you can play with a drawing for a long time. I must of worked on this for an entire day and could still try different eyes and placements.

Here is the Final Art.

MIA ILLUSTRATION

Inked and digital color final art

Final pencil
Rough Sketch

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COLOR TESTS for "The Royal Curse"

Color options for the martian scene.

New color tests for a short story called "The Royal Curse." The story is told from 3 different points of view and so I need a unique palette for each part of the story. Im favoring the images with less lighting effects and more simple flat color. Im haven't found a winner for the Mars scene. I will keep experimenting.