NIpples, Dimes and Quarters

So my friend Matt, a Graphic Designer from Atlanta, commissioned me a to draw a design for his friend's breast cancer walking group dubbed "The Nipples, Dimes and Quarters". The art direction was simple! "The busts of the respective presidents with big bosoms looking shocked." Ok! Different but definitely interesting, I thought.

So my first step was to quickly capture the concept in sketch form. As you can see the first sketch was really fast and loose. i just wanted to get the thought outta my head and onto the paper. Now, ordinarly, I would have done three to four sketches playing with various layouts and placement. But, in this case I knew what I wanted in my head and knew it would translate well on paper. So I sent this sketch for approval by Matt.

Once approved I moved on to executing the design. I'm a big fan of using reference material, and since there is no better reference than the actual thing. I went through my coin jar and picked out one of each coin. I went about the execution really kinda wonky like. I decided that I'd draw the busts (pun intended) first and then scan them in individually. Then i drew the ovals for the coins on a different sheet of paper. I assembled each coin individually in photoshop and added the color at this stage too. Then I took the coins and brought them into a new file in photoshop as layers and played with the placement a little. Once I was happy, again, i sent it out for approval.

The Client was very pleased, and fortunately there were no edits or adjustments I needed to do on my end. Which is rare.

I am exceptionally please with the way it all came out. I did make one change to the original art direction though. Instead of all the Presidents looking shocked that they've sprouted gigantic breasts, I thought it would be fun if George was just loving his new bosom and giving a pleased/coy look.

So that's that in nut shell. I'm expecting at least a picture of what the t-shirts will look like (maybe even a t-shirt itself). I'll certianly post it up here for you all to see.

'Till next time, possums!

Gusty