Extreme

Soooo.....I extremely HULK-ed out at work last week and while it was happening I drew this little cartoon and then later colored it in Photoshop. Even though I hulked out I still had to answer my phone.

Illustration Friday's - OPEN

Che Guevara - Revolutionary, Idealist, Open-minded thinker. I had watched "Motorcycle Diaries" about the young life of Che, and it really opened my eyes to reasons to why people stand up for the thing that matter to them.
This piece is Acrylic on Masonite and measures 11" x 13".

Illustration Friday's

Well this is my first entry into the Illustraton Friday's website (I hope I do this right) I am not so sauve' with uploading stuff on to websites, my panche is for traditional illustration.
That being said..this is a pencil sketch I was going to do a series of Blues artist paintings, B.B.King being the first of this series.
I hope you can all enjoy.

I WOW By....

Being the Illustration Procees Owner is a lot of work at the O.C. but sometimes you do get fun projects to work on. I was asked to illustrate the first of 7 posters we are using all around the office building and I had a good time working on this project. It was hard subject matter and really made me think outside the box. I sketched ideas in pencil, scanned them in and Illustrated over them in Adobe Illustrator CS3.

88 M.P.H.

So I am the rhythm guitarist for a 1980's cover band called 88 M.P.H. (Like in Back To The Future)and it is really fun. I have designed the logo for the band to look like the Back To The Future movie logo. I did this piece in Illustrator CS3.

Backgrounds

I have been doing these backgrounds in my spare time as just a fun thing to do(it is a form of meditation)
. I do them in Illustrator CS3

Cherry Blossom

Here is a nice little comission, I call it Cherry Blossom. It was a purchase by an employee at O.C.Tanner for her Grandmother.
I did this piece on canvas 10" x 14" in acrylic.
It is a very colorful piece and I hope it is enjoyed.

SVIRZ

Pronounced "Sphere's". I designed this logo for Cindi Perkins for her new natural cutical oil, body oils, and natural body line. She gave me free reign to design the logo, she wanted something hip and modern, with a natural element to it.I really like this design alot. Thanks Cindi.

Flowers

I have been comissioned by a friend of mine, Steve Wilkinson, to paint a picture for his wife Quisha. This was a huge project, the painting is 5' x 3' on canvas. Steve picked the subject matter and the color and I came up with the creative style and balance of the piece. I normally would take a month or two to develop a painting, but this was a suprise birthday present for Quisha and I had to complete this piece in 3 weeks. Buy supplies, create painting, paint, get the picture photographed, and get the painting shipped to Kansas. It was quite the project. Quite fun.

MPI

These 2 pieces were commisioned by MPI of Utah. They needed a Dragon for their Save the Date, Invitations, and Programs for their Chinese Auction. I created the second Dragon by pencil drawing it then scanning it into Photoshop and coloring it in the computer.
The first Dragon was a piece I did for their silent auction, it is a 10" x 14" acrylic painting on canvas. I donated both pieces for charity, the auction benefits the Make A Wish foundation.

Directory of Illustration

I have bought a page in an Illustration Annual called "The Directory of Illustration". This is the cover of the annual and my page is on the left. I am really excited to be in this book because it is seen by almost every Art Director in america, close to 150,000. The hope is that this will generate new business for DEAN Illustration. Keep your fingers crossed.

Classic MARVEL characters

I love the classic MARVEL comics characters, 60's and 70's Iconic figure of strength and power.
These two are Crymson Dynamo, and Apocolypse, I have been doing sketchs to get in the feel of the classic design with my style of drawing. I am going to do a small mini-comic of a classicMarvel character called "Molecule-Man". These are just pencil sketchs done in my sketch book.

Zodiac

Currently I am recreating some Zodiac symbols I had from an old calender I collected from a chinese restaurant. I am recreating them in Illustrator. This is just a sample, I will post some more as they come along.

Dr. Holman

I am in the process of having my teeth straightened, and my Orthodontist is an avid hunter. He knew I used to work at Hart Signs and was wondering if I could make a sign for his hunting cabin. I made this design to give the backwoods feel by using multiple browns, but a little more modern feel by excluding high details and using shilouettes. He enjoyed the sign very much and has it posted outside of his private road.
The sign is 4' x 4' 1/2 MDO board w/High Grade Vinyls and outdoor paint.

Classic Garrick Artwork / Ben & Elledge

I used to draw a comic strip for fun called Ben & Elledge, about my two friends Ben Simonsen and Elledge Bowers...they were funny and stupid and full of inside jokes. I thought it would be fun to show you all a little glimpse into some artwork I used to do before I knew what to...do.
These will be called "Classic Garrick Artwork"

Horse for Jamie

I was asked by my brother Jesse to draw a picture of a horse for his wife / my sister-in-law Jamie, for her birthday. I did this piece at 11" x 17" on Brown Paper with Pirsmacolor pencils. I really enjoyed doing it, it took quite a while, but I am always interested in projects that take me out of my comfort zone.

Tim and Darin's Boat

This summer my good friends Tim and Darin bought a brand new boat.
I have done the boat name on all of their boats for the last 4 boats.
Normally the boats name is "Private Reserve" but this new addition is called the "Knotty Bouys", and it was quite a process to get the name just right.
But we did and it looks great.

Effing Brutal

I was commissioned by a man in Seattle, WA to draw this nice little piece about a graphic novel that he is producing. I don't know if it will ever get published but it was fun to do, I drew it in pencil,inked it, scanned it, and colored the whole thing in Adobe Photoshop. It was a learning project...learned the hard way. Enjoy

Larping Piece

I was hired to do this piece for S.L.U.G. Magazine. It is an article about "Larping" it is a form of Dungeons & Dragons where people dress up as their characters and have mock battles...it is quite interesting.

First Entry On A New Blog

Many posts, alot of art, and tons of crap...still to come.