Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Commission

I was commissioned last year to draw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a gritty cartoon style, the client liked the piece so much he commissioned me to draw the villains of the turtles.

Shredder, Be-Bop and Rocksteady.

Captain Phasma

STAR WARS IS COMING!!

Did you think I wouldn't do a Star Wars piece?

Tom Hodges line art with my colors.

Mountain America Credit Union Commercial

http://www.thebrutesquad.com/portfolio/

Here is the actual commercial after I story boarded it.

Storyboards for The Brute Squad

Recently I was hired to do storyboards for a local film company named The Brute Squad.

It was a 30 second commercial for Mountain America Credit Union. I enjoyed the project and loved working with the crew at The Brute Squad.

The storyboards are below.

Olive Tree Commission

I was commissioned to create a painting for Theory Brand Agency in Salt Lake City, Ut. Their client lives in Sonoma County, California and has a story behind how he could not get olives trees planted into his property due to size and weight.

This piece was designed to have a classic illustrative feel that you would see in vintage wine and olive oil ads. Beige and tan background give the painting a feeling of age with hints of browns at the trunk level and greens at the leaf level to imply the balance of earth and fauna.

I used willow blanches and willow leaves to stipple ink onto the surface to give a sense of light and dark patches to represent depth of field in the main body.

It was a great project to work on and I enjoyed collaborating with the owner of Theory Brand Agency, Jolene Smith. She is a creative powerhouse.

Acrylic on Masonite w/Ink 18" x 24" - Olive Tree

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Color

I hired colorist Lacey LeBlanc to color a copy of the commission of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I did a month ago. She did it in Copic Markers and it turned out phenomenal.

Prints are available for purchase email

garrick@deanillustration for pricing ans sizes.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Commission

 I was commissioned through a Comic Book Commission website I use to create this image of the 1980's icons the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

This was a fun project to draw because I love the characters, each one has a unique attitude and look and bringing that out in a black and white pinup was a challenge.

You can see at the bottom I do thumbnails for clients to approve and then move into a graphite stage and then the full inks.

If you are interested in commission work you can go to 

http://comicartcommissions.com/listing/garrick-dean/ 

To see work and page rates.

Utah Arts Festival Masquerade Ball 2015

I have been invited by the Utah Arts Festival to help participate in their Masquerade Charity again this year. (I have previous posts in January of the past two years if you want to see older entries)

I love creating these masks for the Festival, it is a charitable event and all proceeds go to help the festival survive. The have a gallery opening on Friday the 16th at the Utah Arts Festival HQ in downtown Salt Lake City if you happen to be in town.

I collaborated with my girlfriend Jolene Smith for the idea on the masks.

The two masks form one heart when placed together, but separated they are broken. The female (left side) is passion and life and love and is naive to the loss that is about to happen. The male side is sad and lonely even in the relationship he is done and wishes to move on and he weeps because of his silence, but he loves her so much.

Title: I'm Giving Up On You

Title: Say Something