a knack for art
March 20th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Posted by mike in illustration friday

playin' da heavyJoey “Da Brick” Risso – He was a massage therapist until director Alan Smithee discovered him and made him a heavy in a dozen lousy gangster films from 1934 to 1940. Joey was drafted for WWII in 1940 and came back in 1945, retired from the film industry and opened a flower shop.

2 hours in Photoshop. Click for larger image.

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March 9th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Posted by mike in illustration friday

marys garden
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

8 hour painting, gouache on bristol paper. Click for detail.

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March 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Posted by mike in illustration friday

leap - fairy on a frog
Tulip Cress rode the leaping frog at break-neck speeds, charging through the wood with wild abandon…

6 hour painting, gouache on bristol paper. Click for detail.

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