Merry Christmas Pt. II

Hey Folks,

Here are two new versions of this drypoint print that I did. 
One just Black and White and the other with a one Color hand tinted.

Here are a couple examples. Now on sale at my shop.

EHIMLE SHOP

Eric

Merry Christmas!

Having a Merry Christmas? 
Want to help me provide one for my wife and kids, and get a cool piece of art?
I've got a new print in my shop. 
Makes a great present to your favorite Metalhead, Goth, Wierdo.

MY SHOP.

MFA Assignment

Here is my first MFA assignment from my MFA program at The University of Hartford for their MFA in Illustration program. Here is the program's website, I highly recommend it. Squint.

The first finished art assignment (there have been many drafts, thumbnails, and written papers) is to create a magazine cover in the fashion of a famous illustrator, mimicking their style on a cover of a magazine they would've worked for, all with a celebrity of the time featured on the cover. 

I did two. The first one is modeled after J.C. Leyendecker's style (I know it's not quite there but I did my best) for the Saturday Evening Post. It is of the first star of football... Jim Thorpe. I probably should've included his name on the byline at the bottom but was really pressed for time and didn't feel I had time to find the font used on the Saturday Evening Post or recreate it. Probably should've anyways. 

This second one I did last second. It is in the style of James Montgomery Flagg for a Time Magazine cover in his day. When compared to the Post, one must wonder how Time survived with such a bland cover and art director.

This Portrait is more of a traditional portrait of Red Grange. I did this one since I feel more comfortable drawing, especially in pen and ink and wanted to see if my initial gut feeling to try and tackle Leyendecker was wrong or not. Then again Flagg's style (although a knock off of Charles Dana Gibson) is pretty tough too. I'll probably take both with me to the contact period. 

Why football celebrities? Well it is the season, is it not?

Word

-E

Some Cartooning Stuff and What Have You

I've never been asked by anyone at my church to do any drawings of any sorts... 
But a couple weeks ago I was asked and ripped this out one saturday. 
Hopefully they don't want me to do more this quality or I could get busy. 

Here are some pages that I put together for a portfolio for a Job in the animation industry for a Character Sketch artist... 
Unfortunately by the time I got the portfolio off with some other stuff the job was taken off the market... 
Oh well maybe some other time. I've kept most of these off the blog since they are sketches for a graphic novel I'd eventually like to do. 
There are also a few other things mixed in over the years. 

Hopefully you see some stuff you like.

Word.

-E

Paintings from this year so far.

Hello Everyone, 


I am on the eve of going out to Hartford, CT to start my MFA in Illustration.  Link


Here are a few Paintings I've recently done. I've been trying to get better at painting as it is the coolest medium to create art with (other than pen and ink).


I've experimented with various mixed media techniques and have found this one to be of my liking. It is a process inspired by C.F. Payne and Sterling Hundley. 


The Monster/Devil is my latest one. Followed by the Roosters, which I painted for my mother—who loves roosters—for her birthday and a multiple perspective boot I did as a classroom demonstration. The last one is just a Watercolor painting of a Manikin bird. I like drawing and painting birds. Enjoy.

-Eric

Super Mario!

Well here is my latest project. I'm apart of a video game art show at Trolley Square in the Hive Gallery. I would've gone with Burgertime, Rampage, Streets of Rage, Toejam and Earl, or something I always found fun to play. I will be honest. I wanted to get some attention, and get people interested in my art, so I went with some Mario themed posters. Oh well.

Enjoy.

E.