more experimenting

monks united

Playing around in Illustrator....

Strong: Cochin Bantams

A fashion forward Barred Cochin Bantam chicken.

Ben Shahn

Hartford Update: I spoke with Murray today about the magazine cover assignment. I feel really drawn to Ben Shahn. Murray agrees he was an "emblematic and pivotal illustrator" who was "responsible for the new look of illustration that started in the 50's." I read through some great oral history interviews with him from 1964, 1965 and 1968 in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Fascinating. I ordered his "The Shape of Content", part of his Charles Elliot Norton Lectures at Harvard. Ready to dig in.

Connor

Japanese Wakin Goldfish

Bunny with a Background

I spent a good part of yesterday making backgrounds for drawings. This was a photo of a cactus rose from my garden. Feel like a mad scientist. Asking "What if..." a lot lately....

Illustrator Effects

A day of experimentation.

Exploring Photoshop

Experimenting with PS and Illustrator. Finally having a few "aha" moments...also making some textured backgrounds for later use. Computers are magic.

Stop

Jack the Ripper

The Bard revisited...again

Spring Robin and Bluebird

Communicate

IF:Crave

A place of one's own is craved by many today....
Thoreau understood this.

Image made digitally in Photoshop and Illustrator. The bird was drawn into the image in Illustrator.