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World War II soldiers drawn in my sketchbook with my new Namiki Falcon drawing pen (fine nib).

Sketchbook drawings (pen and ink) colored, textured and composited in Photoshop.

Angie and I are getting married on July 22nd, 2010 :)

The above is the comic book styled wedding invitation that I made and had printed through lulu. Hand drawn and colored in Photoshop. The illustrations for the mini comic book invitation were inspired by the work of one of my favorite illustrators, Nate Williams.

If you’d like an actual printed book of the invitation you can buy a copy on lulu: Wedding Invitation – Giles and Angie.

Last summer we went on a great road trip and camping trip to one of my favorite northern California places, Big Sur. Here are some sketches of Big Sur and Monterey from that trip. Watercolor and pen and ink on paper.

My entry for Illustration Friday, ‘Fast.’ Created in Photoshop and After Effects.

Detail

Detail

I approached the design of the illustration as though I were going to animate it. I drew the cut-out character, props and scenery on paper in pencil, and then pen and ink – archer, bow, arrow, tree etc. Once scanned into the computer I colored and textured the drawings in Photoshop and then imported all the cut-outs into After Effects where I set up 2 scenes; one of the archer in the forest, the other of the arrows. Once the scenes were complete I rendered them out and brought them back into Photoshop to create the final comic-styled illustration.

This is the title drawing for ‘Dead All Along,’ my current animated music video project at UCLA. ‘Dead All Along’ is performed by Welsh musician, Ceri Frost.

Hand drawn and colored in Photoshop.

Sketchbook drawings from this weekend. Pencil on paper.

Our apartment overlooks an alley, so there’s often things and people to draw from. Sketchbook, pen and ink and colored pencil.

Smokin’, an original pencil, pen and ink drawing edited and colored in Photoshop and Painter. Mixed media and digital, summer 2008.