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May 19, 2011#

Commission: Wedding Invitation


Now that the invitation has been sent out, i can upload the latest commission: a wedding invitation for my brother in-law and his fiance.
They asked for a superman theme, and this is the finished result.
I was trying to capture a bi of the Eamon’s goofy fun nature, and Lois’ kinda loving amusement by it. 

 

My initial sketch i had Lois holding Eamon, as it let me have a bit more fun making him look the part, but was asked to do the alternative one for comparison, which is the one they went with. I probably would have preferred the first one, but i’m still happy with how it turned out.
I manage to slip in a subtle play at them by flipping the ‘S’ on Eamons outfit, in honour if the dislexia that he wears proudly. I’ll add that it wan’t picked up until it was basically on it’s way to the printer. Make of that what you will.
December 1, 2010#

Solitary Turf War

The finished commissioned piece. It was a Christmas gift for the husband of the client. The husband is referred to as Francis of Assisi by the surrounding neighbours, as when he goes for a walk, his 4 cats, 3 dogs and Billy the goat go with him. And because he uses colourful nylon rope as a belt, because he feels that a normal belt just doesn’t cut it. The current colour is bright pink.

During the course of doing this work, the old labrador sitting in the cabbages died, so i was asked to kinda ‘nice’ it up a bit – i had made it a little geriatric and decrepit  looking.

For some of the background to this work, scroll down, or click here…

Client is very happy with the digital preview, as am I, though like most things, there is always something you ‘d like to change, or would like to spend more time on – but sometimes you just gotta leave it alone.

Been a good experience, full of learning and patience – primarily hardware shortcomings. (Taking donations now for replacement gear ;-) )

The print came back quickly from Steve at www.360-dpi.com and looked great printed on canvas, though paper would have been my preferred medium. After meeting the client on a cold windy day in the carpark of Coona Tesco the hand over was done.

Got a call on Christmas day to let me know everyone though it was great, which was nice, and a huge sigh of relief!

Submitted for Illustration Friday topic “Cultivate”

November 28, 2010#

Process Diary: Commission (part 2)

The continuing saga….

November 21, 2010#

Process Diary: Commission

Thought I’d upload some of the bits for the commission I’m working on at the moment – November has been a very slow month for blog updates! The image has a pile of animals, and getting the particular coats “correct” has proven to be a challenge, as has getting the personality of the critter too… great fun though. 
I’m having to split the job into different parts, as the required resolution and the size of the final output is giving my computer a nervous breakdown, and it’s already teetering on the edge. 
For now, however, time is ticking….