Lizard Eye Photography - logo concepts

Some concept for my friend's Elizabeth's photography business. I like a couple of these. one especially. But it's not my decision to make.

Gusty

Let's Hear It for The Girls!!

As some of you already know, I contributed to a T-Shirt design for a breast cancer walking group, in Atlanta, dubbed: Nipples, Dimes and Quarters. I had a lot of fun on this project and I was glad everyone enjoyed the final product. I hear it was a hit!

I want to thank my friend Matt and Julie M., Jennifer, Suzanne, Fran, Tracy and Julie C. YOU GO GIRLS!

NDAQ helped raise awareness and moneys to help battle breast cancer. They also walked in the honor of friends and loved ones afflicted with this terrible disease. To find out what you can do or learn more, go here.

Gusty

Introducing the MIGHTY POWERPAL!

Hello Everyone,

So after long busy week, I'm finally getting around to publishing that post promised you guys. I know! I KNOW! Shame on me.

So for those of you who don't know, Tony Smith of Heroscribe fame and myself have entered Platinum Studios annual Comic Book Challenge. Today, I want to share with you the concept we came up with called The Mighty Powerpals. I like to think of it as a combo of Superfriends meets Cool World (yeah, that's right! I said it!) taking on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim.

Above is the actual Pitch Page we put to together for submission to the contest. Below is a piece of ancillary of the original cartoon cast. This piece was done first since it's going to be peppered throughout the story.



In the near future, I'll be introducing you to the cast members and updates on the progress of the contest and story.

'til next time possums

Gusty

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