A Shot in the Dark - ComStrip

One of my favorites of Sara. I had this in black & white before but decided to see what color would do.

Sticks & Stones

I dream of planes

Some people dream dreams. Others do not. Some dream but have no recollection of them when they awake in the morning. Some do. I usually do. I have dreams of planes. I should be more specific - I have dreams that I am standing at a distance and I see planes take off and the basically start to fly as if they were made of paper. The plane takes off and as its climbing, it continues in that direction until it does a 3/4 circle and its landing is nose first into earth. 

I have Googled this and it seems that many people have very similar dreams. To share the same dreams with someone else is sorta crazy. What does it take to get that stuck in my head that it shapes into a dream? I use to work next to the airport but that didn't seem to trigger it. A website said STRESS!!!. Not a whole lot of that in my life either. 

I guess they are okay as long as I remain watch at a distance and don't end up inside the plane that does a cartwheel into earth.

I drew this after a dream that I had. An airport on top of a building...

 

in with the old sara

Here are some older illustrations colored of Sara. I also found some photos of Sara's old hometown. I thought I would try adding it in.

in with the old

Sara and I have been cleaning...
I uncovered some folders of drawings that I did a few years ago that I either haven't scanned or didn't finish coloring but that I really liked. So I am finishing them up. This one is of my brother Joe. I have a few of Sara that I liked and will post some of those next.

Illustration Friday - Urban

PHX from a parking garage!

Green Line Operator - CD Release Poster

Green Line Operator is doing a CD release show so Dez asked if I could do a poster. I like doing posters. I never get to do posters.

Illustration Friday - Myth

I found it interesting that some of us use to think that the world was flat. And that when we would reach a certain point in the distant horizon, we would simply fall off into oblivion. Thats where my Myth comes from!

Cat Fight

So I had some cats laying around. 

Howdy Partner!

Snail Quail CD

A few months ago, I was given the honor to design a CD cover for a friend from work. They wanted a mix of Phoenix and the outer desert regions. I had an archive of photos of both of these locations. So I layer them and added some color. I am very pleased how it all came together.

I was asked again to design another CD for Green Line Operator. I will be working on this this weekend! This time its illustrations instead of photographs! Looking forward to it.

The Cloud Machine

So I have some good news! I am doing a new CD cover for a friend. Next post I will put the last one I did. I am excited because music itself is art and you get to make art for art. 

Here is a cloud machine (aka my wife)

the hunt for the avocado

I am starting this new blog off with an old story. In California we have some close friends that live off the beach. One day we were outside and I thought I saw something in this tree next to their house. I picked up a football...and for the next hour and a half we proceeded to try and knock down what we believed was an avocado. The part that I find so funny was that it was not known that this was an avocado tree until that day.

I have not made an effort to illustrate as much as I use to. Things will be changing here soon as work goes and I want to make to make every effort to draw as often as possible and post new things when possible!

Enjoy,
Steve