This was the first piece I made with Slowgo, the purple and red-winged character I’ve been working on. He’s sitting on a tree limb with a little yellow antlered guy. I haven’t been able to come up with a name for him yet. His label in Illustrator is literally “yellow guy”. They seem happy enough up there, but I wonder how they’re going to get down. I don’t think Slowgo’s wings are very functional.
This is Slowgo. He’s a character I created when I recently used Illustrator for the first time. I’ve been using the path tools in Photoshop to create vector art for a while now, but I decided it was time to get serious and learn that other program in the Creative Suite. In general, I found all the basics to be the same, but there are a few tools in Illustrator that make it better for this kind of work. I’m sure as I dive into it more I will come to rely on Illustrator.
Anyway, Slowgo was part of the first small project I did in Illustrator from scratch. I’m really happy with how he came together, but I’m not quite sure what to do with him yet.
Categories: Weird
Written by Androsko
June 24th, 2010
I know it’s a little after the fact, but I found this Optimus Prime card at a Papyrus near my house when I was shopping for a Father’s Day card. It’s actually an American Greetings card that somehow made it’s way from that store to the shelf in Papyrus. AND IT TALKS! Click below to hear what Prime has to say to your dear old dad. As ridiculous as it is, I feel like Optimus Prime is also telling me that I’d be a good father. He also looks like he’s about to grab me and then punch my face.
Categories: Video
Written by Androsko
June 23rd, 2010
I was pretty blown away by “Day & Night”. It was pretty brave of Pixar to put something so conceptual in front of Toy Story 3, and looking around the theater, I saw more than a couple confused faces. If you haven’t seen it yet, you really should.
Who cares if I haven’t posted to my own blog in… two months. After being possessed to make something today, I’ve been working feverishly on this little number. I call it “Blue Future Cityscape”, and you can see the full sized version by clicking on it. I seem to be in a blue phase at the moment. The other day I made an animation with a similar blue color scheme (I’ll be posting that later). I’m most happy with the way the monorail and the dome turned out.
Enjoy this fun little scene while I find my will to post again. If you’d like different sizes (for desktop backgrounds, etc.), just email me. And the picture goes great with some Tomorrowland music.
