Our focus is on creating art that brings believability to film and stage productions, a better work environment to your employees, as well as invites customers to come in and do business with you. Art can create a desirable destination in a mundane world. Think back to how great art created favorite places in your past. We strive to create real world art that causes your audiences, employees and customers to want to come back to you for a rewarding experience. We love taking on any and all visual design challenges that our current projects schedule will allow. Or we can put you into our calendar que. In addition to remarkable artistic talent amongst our team members, we can boast a state of the art shop that allows us to produce one of a kind art and signage and stage dressing that is much more affordable than you would imagine. You don't have to be a Rockefeller to commission our work. Take one of our recent projects, at ADP, for example. Employing trompe l'oeil (deceive the eye) techniques, as well as shop fabricated art components we created a common area indoor space that chases away the winter blues. An indoor forest if you will, a relaxing space that allows employees to take a break and get back to work with more energy. Give us your challenge, you won't be disappointed.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Thanksgiving Newspaper Story Illustration

     My buddy, Bryan, called yesterday evening asking if I'd like to produce an illustration for the local paper. I asked him when it was due and he mumbled something about this week.  I asked him when this week and he replied trepidatiously "Uh, Tomorrow morning-this week."  Oh. that's why he didn't want it. 
     Why do most of my deadlines seem to be "tomorrow morning".  I said "No, thank you very much!" I wasn't going to get home till 10:30p.m., was already beat from working at the garage all day with Pat, and was getting up early for an appointment. Plus, the paper takes a notoriously long time to pay for design work. 
     However, as I began to consider the looming holidays, reason prevailed and I decided I could probably use the extra money. (75 big ones!  everything's relative.)  So, I turned on re-runs of the Andy Griffith Show and stayed up till 3 a.m. finishing an illo for this story about two sisters whose father brings home a couple of vagrants for thanksgiving back in 1961.  
Doing a drawing in pencil lets me produce very fine details, but I also like the texture of charcoal which also allows me to work a bit faster.  This was produced using both.  Oh, and this is Bryan's design, not mine.
This is what he sent me, based on the author's approval.
     The funny thing about working through the night is as the hours pass I work exponentially slower and begin making mistakes (note the sister's wonky glasses), so that in the last hour I accomplish as much as I do in my first 10 minutes.  Knowing this about myself I try to get as much done in the first couple of hours as I can knowing that from then on it's like bailing water from a sinking boat... actually it's nothing like that, but I'm to tired to think of a more accurate metaphor.

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