Disco Garden

I got a new camera this week and I'm still trying to get used to it. One thing I have to say is that digital thinks took much for you. Even on the manual setting the camera is trying to anticipate too much for me; it focuses on the wrong things and won't let me blur what I want. I have to hold the lens to take the photos sometimes.

I have to say that it's great that I can take hundreds of photos at a time, and the camera is much lighter than my old film ones. The lens is fantastic too, it's much more diverse than my older ones so I don't have to tote around three different lens to change. I miss the simplistic light meter of my old Canon though, I know exactly how to adjust it in accordance to the film I'm using. I just need to practice.

One thing digital doesn't do, and I bet may never, is give you a nice glow to your subjects (especially in black and white, and especially on nice overcast days).

Bird of Blue

Random sketchbook drawings

Alpine Mitrewort trading card

My Alpine Mitrewort illustration has finally become a Phylomon Card! I'm really happy that my work is part of this project and I hope to do a couple more pieces for it. I might even play the game.

Although I've never been into these kind of card games I've always liked the ways the cards are designed and the quality of the illustrations used.

In Progess

I'm working on a Frankenstein cover, but the man himself is not coming out so great for now. I gotta work on that shoulder. Anyway, stay tuned...

Cover Layout

Although this was not submitted as the final version for a potential job, this was my favorite version for the project. I hope I get this job, it'll mean some money and that all important experience for my resume.

Jekyll/Hyde Done!

Finally finished the Jekyll/Hyde book cover I've been working on forever. I kept changing my mind on the font so I would have to redraw it all. It was important to me that the lettering be hand done and I think it came out pretty good.

Random sketchbook drawings

I've really been slacking off on my illustrating this week, mostly because I've been having troubles laying out my classic horror book cover series, it's been harder than I thought. I'm going for a marathon drawing/layout session for the whole weekend so I can get caught up.

As for now I have some more sketchbook doodles. I really like the one on the right, it has this whole Bette Davis feel to it. The one on the left didn't come out so great, it looks like a foot with wheels instead of the trippy car I wanted it to be.