Chicago Typewriter

Run for cover! Its Nick's awesome ASCii Art of the terrifically terrifying tommy-gun!

I always liked the the tommy-gun's "Chicago Typewriter," nickname, and the look of old Underwood typewriters that the authors used to write those cheesy noir stories.

Business as usual in Chicago...

(Click to enlarge the pic, 'caus that ascii tommy-gun took some doing!)

High Five

Lots of big news this week!

I've been selected as finalist for the Ideas For Impact 'Noble Prize for Social Impact' award. Keep your fingers crossed, and maybe send some cake or chocolates to the contest committee on my behalf! Read about it at their blog.

I've also officially joined a studio! The Platform Six Studio is alive and kicking. I'll be working along-side some great artists in a stunning work space. It is huge, framed with giant timbers, shares a building with many other great creative folks like Spudnik Press, and it has an incredible view of the downtown city-scape.

Finally, I sat down one evening and figured out how to make 3D images, because why not. Dust off your red n' blue 3D specs' and take a look at this picture below...it works!

Gluttony

I've been busy. Click the pic to see why...
These items will be part of a scrumptious poster. Soon...

A Moveable Feast

All these drawings are from the nutrition poster, which we'll be printing and selling soon. I've enjoyed creating the different textures for each plant and animal. These all start as ink drawings which I refine and color in Photoshop, as seen in my previous post. These actual images aren't part of the project, nor is the relative size of the items, but I slapped together these pics to show the different textures and to enjoy the groupings.

The little herring, just below, is probably my favorite item from the whole project. Click them to enlarge.

Where's the beef?

This cow is from the nutrition poster I'm finishing up. I sketched him out, in the context of being a delicious food item, and his indignant personality accidentally emerged. Maybe his glower is a reaction against my hungry eyes?

Every time I look at this sketch, I crack up! I laugh when a drawing's created-personality has some beef (ha!) with its intended use.


Here he is in color, with dull cow eyes and a vapid stare.

Fox V. Hare

This stunning fox and hare image was painted by Liz Longo; an extremely talented artist. We had a V-day art challenge and my first frivolous sketch was embarrassing when compared to hers.

(You've got to see the textures, so click through to a much bigger view.)


I went back and drew a new image, doing my best to answer her skillful picture.
(Dinosaurs should never be small, so click to see the bigger beast.)

Sketchy

I tend to prefer conte' crayon in a larger format, as it's so expressive and fresh on the page. But this week I've been doing smaller drawings with pencil to sharpen my precision, and the results have been satisfying.

Click the pic for full size.