On this page the following entries were made in the “October, 2006” time-frame.
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Creepy Cat
“Advanced Computer Illustration” assignment. We were given one week to do a halloween-themed image based on the word ‘creepy.’ The short deadline forced us to condense the illustration to something that could be accomplished quickly.
The ‘otherworldliness’ of the cat was created by digitally overlaying two different scans of the same image. The first was an ‘in progress’ scan of the work that actually ended up saving the piece, as I had accidentally gone way too dark and saturated with the markers afterwards. Combining the two, however, resulted in the cat’s ghostly image.
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Hungry Hungry Hippos
This was a project for “Advanced Computer Illustration”… and possibly the only illustration I did in that class that actually used the computer as a primary medium. For this assignment we were asked to redesign the cover of any game, considering the aspect ratio of the box and the target age range or market. I had a lot of fun with this project- both the process of creating the drawing and using Painter to color it.
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Akbash Dog Stamp
This was commissioned by Coyote Tangent for a 2007 wall calendar called “Wish You Were Here”. No, it’s not a Pink Floyd reference (unfortunately!); each month features doggy postcards from around the world and accompanying ’stamps’ to go with them. My stamp was featured in July.
The Akbash dog is a Turkey native sheep-guarding dog. Akbash means “White Head,” and any Akbash dog that is not pure white (light fawn on the ears and nose is permissable) is considered Disqualified by AKC standards. Shepherds needed their dogs to be white so they could distinguish them from wolves who would attack the flock at night, and not accidentally shoot their own dog. Prize Akbash dogs were given Spiked Iron collars to protect their throats from a wolf’s bite.
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