Illustration Friday 001 - unbalanced

So I'm going to start participating in Illustration Friday.

This week's theme is unbalanced.

ISCA Speed Competition - Joe Bluhm

This is Joe Bluhm, who handily won the speed competition.



I think he's using a thicker marker than the usual Markette. The way he can be so quick and confident with his lines is amazing.

All right, last ISCA-related post. I'll post some of my own work tonight.

OH! And if I would have worked at Six Flags/Geagua Lake another year, I'd have worked with him. And yes, I am bitter about it. :p

ISCA caricature convention, part 3

Taka Watanabe


This guy worked from cut paper... Some with patterns, some semi-opaque, some transparent. Really cool stuff.


KILLITWITHFIRE
That's more teeth than are allowed.


Great drawing of Roger Hurtado. Lookit that second eye hanging out there.


Shiroi's epic double-pants


The sketch that resulted from Shiori's double-pants.


Miguel! He's got a great Rat Finkesque style.


Jert's Walter. What DOES that guy have in his briefcase, anyway?
Also, check out Jert's work, will ya? It's great.


Toru Tanaka drawing Tomo. Dig them teeth.


It's a black guy with a beard. It made me laugh a lot.

ISCA caricature convention, part 2

The following four pieces from a Japanese artist (whose name escapes me) really blew me away. Since I went to the con as a guest, I couldn't vote, but this would have gotten my vote for best color technique.


Soft purples in the shadows... Something about this reminds me of the way color is used in some anime nowadays... Colors are soft and non-primary, but often super-saturated.



Seiji and Sean Gardner. This guy really knows how to use negative space.


Alexander Clare... I really loved his loose lines.

This is Chris Chua's drawing of the Asian artists at the convention. The overall shape, is Shiori Sato, with everyone else taking up a small portion of her face. The amount of detail in this piece is incredible. And Chris appears to be an egg coming out of the rabbit's ass.

This was some of Dylan Glynn's work. He did wonderful loose watercolors and posted his thumbnails and developmental sketches. I really love being able to see the thought process, so his work was a treat.

I got drawn by Roger Hurtado! Great to see artists still rockin the airbrush. Roger was one of the kindest, most approachable folks at the convention (which surprises me, since he's a legend)... And completely without ego!

Tomokazu Tabata drew me! This thing is crazy! I love it!