a knack for art
August 29th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Posted by mike in illustration friday

magnify - a little boy burns ants with a magnifying glass with a large glass over himMagnified cruelty? Little Steve was happily frying ants with his magnifying glass… but what happens when he finds that he’s the one under the magnifying glass?

Sketch to Photoshop, about 2 hours. Click it for bigger.

Illustration Friday


August 27th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Posted by mike in illustration friday

cautious robot almost steps on houseIt’s not easy being a giant robot. Sure, the kids love you, but the adults seem to have issues with property, telephone lines, and potholes. As cautious as a robot can be, well, accidents happen. Don’t they?

From sketch to Photoshop – about an hour.

illustration friday


August 25th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Posted by mike in illustration fun

girl running through field of flowersJust doodling and fooling around with PhotoShop. The background is from melinda webster.


August 24th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Posted by mike in illustration friday

lily's cat face girlAnother drawing by Aaron Zenz’s kids at Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty, this time by Lily. Here’s my gouache painting of it that I’ve sent off to Aaron for Lily today. Hope she likes it.


August 21st, 2009 at 11:21 am
Posted by mike in illustration fun

Gracie draws a girl with pink and blueI joined in on the fun at Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty, a site where illustrator Aaron Zenz posts his kid’s (Lily, Isaac and Grace) amazingly creative artwork. Some other artists have been re-interpreting the art and this is one attempt by me. Thanks to Alina for pointing this out.


August 19th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Posted by mike in illustration friday

wrapped - girl wrapped up in ribbon, dancing, as boy pulls ribbonsIn the musical comedy, Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse do a dance fantasy in which they get rather wrapped up. That was the inspiration for this.

From sketch to Photoshop – under 4 hours.