I just received a quartet of blank android figurines from DeadZebra and upon sitting down to figure out what I wanted to do with them design-wise I realized that a template would come in pretty handy. Instead of redrawing the same little guy over and over in sketch form I decided to ease the process by making an easily printable 8.5″x11″ pdf. Download, print, design away.
Earlier this week I found time to slap together a button for PAX Prime 2010. Playing on my JonnyBrokenBones gamer ID, it features a lettermark, bloody splatters, and imperceptibly small background patterning of the Blue Bomber himself. Weighing in at 1.25″ and in a limited edition run of 100, this will be THE pin to get at this year’s PAX West.
See you in Seattle.
So I’ve slapped on my blogging training wheels and am trying to a bit more update focused. Since I’ve been away from the drawing tablet for quite some time and am attempting to get my sketching skills back up to snuff, I’m going to make an earnest effort to post my successes and failures here.
Today’s offering: Funny looking babyish t-rexafunkasaurus.
BASEBALL!
Riveting
If only puns were as funny to other people as they are to the person who puns them.
I was handed an illustration gig on wednesday by my undergrad design professor, which is certainly both the best paying and highest profile job I’ve had to date. I’m happy about those things. The job was for a Kansas City architecture firm, and it involved doing some concept art for trophies that will incorporate old rivets from the Golden Gate bridge. The firm had done some retrofitting on the bridge a few years back, and they ended up keeping the rivets they removed as…souvenirs? I guess its best not to waste old steel, especially if it has some historical significance to it.
I was given one of the rivets as reference material while I worked on the project, and have been treating it with the utmost of reverence. Sure, it’s just a chunk of steel, but it has an artifact quality to it since it’s both part of one of our most well-known bridges, and because the people who gave it to me really seemed anxious about getting it back in good condition.
