The Weather Outside is Delightful


An illustration for the fortnightly challenge that some friends of mine started up. This time around, the theme was winter.

Next up is Altered Reality. The challenge is create an illustration/motion piece/whatever starting from a photo. Feel free to sign up for the forum and take part!


AAAaaayyy


Alphabattle 2.0 is a fun project that challenges you to create a custom letters. Starting at A and ending at Z, alphabattle will go for a year, changing to a new letter every two weeks. To participate, simply submit your letter to the alphabattle 2.0 pool on flickr.

Here’s my entry for A titled AAAaaayyy


The World Is A Thorn Process


Ryan Clark, cofounder of Invisible Creature and lead vocalist for Demon Hunter, posted a nice little write up about the creation of the latest Demon Hunter album art on the Demon Hunter blog. With a perfect blend of design and illustration, Invisible Creature is easily one of my favorite studios right now. Any insight I get into their process is really inspiring.

The World Is A Thorn packaging


Big Team Scribble


Big Team Scribble is a coloring zine made up customized carriages — a doodle train, if you will. In the end, the zine will be printed and sold with all profits going to UNICEF.
Want to take part? Just visit the web site and start drawing! Submissions close Feb 26th.

My submission to Big Team Scribble


Kevin Dart Process


Kevin Dart, creator of Yuki 7, is good about sharing his process on his website. I found this one via his twitter feed — an animation of the whole weekend’s worth of painting

Keep an eye on his site because it promises a whole section dedicated to process is coming soon.