Long Time Coming

It has been awhile since I lasted posted, and it is not because I'm not working(maybe just lazy). I have been working the last few months on art work for my first gallery show! It is the Art of Star Wars and it is running all through the month of November at Forthrite Gallery in Oakland California. Here is the flyer to the show. And there is also a great Youtube video that was taken at the opening at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs9a8ORBn3k

Two more Zero2illos

Here are this week's pieces.

Another Week for Zero2illo

Alright, here is this weeks 2 pieces for the Zero2illo challange. More Prismacolor marker drawings.

On a side note, congratulations to my Phoenix Suns for beating the Spurs and making it to the Western Conf. Championship!

Week 4 Zero2illo

Here are mytwo pieces for this weeks Zero2illo challenge. The goal of this week is to create 2 portfolio pieces. Being on my Prismacolor marker and Star Wars kick right now I decided to do some more Star Wars inspired artwork. The top picture is 8" x 10" and the bottom picture is 6.5" x 10". I love doing the marker artwork but I think I want to get back to doing some painted work.

This week I listened to the audiobook of Coraline, which was very good. Nice and short but creepier than the film. I have not been listening to very much music except for a day of Guns N' Roses. And I went and saw the Nightmare on Elm St remake this week and it was terrible. That was the worst Elm St movie by far. I miss Robert England.

I love Star Wars

I don't know what inspired these drawing lately but I have been thinking about Star Wars quite a bit. These drawings are all done with Prismacolor markers. I really like using these markers for my more "comic art" pieces. I find these different gray pens fun to use. I'm not a fan of using the color pens though. I think the color pens are just too strong. The colors are too overpowering.

The Star Wars movies are my favorite movies, but I don't really do very much Star Wars artwork. And I have been seeing people doing Star Wars sketchcards on Deviantart and that got me wanting to do some sketchcards. But I decided to do some pieces that are larger than the sketchcard size. And today I started my next Star Wars drawing and I will post it as soon as it if finished.

On a side note, I have been listening to a lot of Tom Petty, I just listened to the audiobook of The Rise of Darth Vader(which was awesome!) and I read some really good comics-Superman:Secret Origin #5 and Avengers: The Origin #1(both of those were equally awesome!)

Zero2Illo-Week 2 Challenge

I am currently joining in on a 12 week to challenge to go from a non working illustrator to a working illustrator at http://Zero2Illo.com. This week's challenge is to set up a business strategy. This is mine:

Illustration Business OGSM

OBJECTIVE:

Income Goals:

-Slow and steady growth is the goal for the rest of 2010. My goal total income for 2010 is $1,000. For 2011 I look to double that goal with a total income of $2,000.

What Is My Primary Market:

-My main target markets would be the comic book community and the Disney fan community. For the work that I enjoy doing, I see both markets being equally important to my business goals.

Where To Show and Sell Artwork To These Communities:

-Online is the primary source to show my artwork. Online galleries, my website/blog, and message boards.

-Comic book conventions or Disney conventions.

　

STRATEGIES:

Income Streams:

-Selling originals, selling prints, sketchbooks, doing illustrations for books or magazines, commissions.

Markets Focus On First:

-The Disney market will be my first target market

Future Markets:

-Comic book market, trading cards, book cover/book illustration, greeting cards

Services To Offer These Markets:

Disney- Going for the collectors market, with originals and prints of Disney theme park inspired artwork.

Comic Book- Commissions, cover and interior artwork

Trading Cards- Sketch cards

Book Cover/Book Illustration- Book covers, interior illustrations

Greeting Cards- Artwork for greeting cards or stationary

Delivery Of These Products:

-All business will be handled by my company.

　

MEASURES:

Milestones:

-Getting the business infrastructure installed.

-Getting my artwork on appropriate websites

-Selling a painting

-Getting a illustration job for a magazine or book

-Having prints made

-Having a sketchbook printed

The Dark Crystal

These are 3 pencil drawings that I did this past weekend, all inspired by the movie The Dark Crystal. This is a strange movie because it is visually amazing but a little hard to follow. I don't know if it is just that I get caught up in the pretty visuals or if the story is just not very strong. But it is a Jim Henson created project so I have to love it! These were all drawn in a Blue Line Art bound sketchbook. There are 24 pages or so in this book and I am planning on filling the whole thing with images from the movie.