Just finished this illo in Illustrator. The guy was drawn and inked on paper; scanned into Photoshop and cleaned up, brought into Illustrator, applied live trace and added color and details. The original file is 20″ x 16″ so it’ll be a nice size when it prints.

The Spanish type reads “filiberto vive bajo lineas electricas. que gracioso is filiberto.” When translated to English it reads “philbert lives under powerlines. how amicable is philbert.”

Update: This idea just came to a halt. I somewhat hit a wall with this so I’ve stopped working on it for now until I figure out what I want this to be. Once I do I’ll post the final.

OK. I’m finally posting some artwork. I’m working on a painting of a boxer. I’ve gotten into the habit of doing a digital study. I like figuring the colors, lines, and basically what it should look like digitally before I start painting. I think it’s a great way to solve problems before taking paint to canvas. That’s just my opinion of course.

Below is the basic idea. There’s more that I want to add to it, but I haven’t yet figured out what.

This is a great article from a great site. Here’s an excerpt.

Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.

Here’s another.

Great web designs are like great buildings. All office buildings, however distinctive, have lobbies and bathrooms and staircases. Websites, too, share commonalities.

I found the coolest thing. Wired has published “100 Geeks You Should Be Following On Twitter” by GeekDad.

Here’s a hilarious tweet from Tina Fey.

Here’s Al Yankovic’s page. And here’s a picture of Al with Daughtry.

Here are some pix of the skate deck painting process.