Illustrated novel, part 5

This is part 4 of a series of illustrations that I developed for the book A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. This is a full page, full-color illustration of the planet Uriel, the first planet to which the children tesseract. Uriel is the mountainous home of beautiful centaur-like creatures with wings.

Illustrated novel, part 4

This is part 4 of a series of illustrations that I developed for the book A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. This is earlier in the book when the children (Meg, her brother Charles Wallace) discover a grave threat to our planet.

Illustrated novel, part 3

This is part 3 of a series of illustrations that I developed for the book A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. This is near the end of the book, where the main character Meg finds her father on another planet.

Illustrated novel, part 2

This is part 2 of a series of illustrations that I developed for the book A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. This is the introduction to chapter 2, with an illustrated capital letter.

I chose to do a starry background, since the novel is science fiction and involves space travel. The manner in which they travel is by tesseract, or a "wrinkle in time." A tesseract involves passing through the fifth dimension; the concept is explained to Meg (and the reader) with the demo of an ant travelling across a string. So, I also included a string to represent the tesseract for the letter illustration.

Biography book cover final

Changes I made for the final were adding details to her face and changing the pattern on the chair to be less distracting. People seemed to like the 'melting' chair effect.

Here's a mock-up of how the book would look:

Illustrated novel: title page (part 1)

The next few weeks I will present five illustrations that I developed for the book A Wrinkle in Time. This is the title page with Meg and Aunt Beast, full page in black and white.

The title page illustration features Meg, the main character, being carried by an alien who helps her recover when she is almost frozen to death. The aliens live on a planet that gets hardly any light so they are blind. They also happen to have four arms with lots of tentacles. Meg fondly calls her alien caretaker Aunt Beast. It was perhaps my favorite part of the whole book, and I remember Aunt Beast fondly myself.

Revised wine label illustration

Some alterations... I tried it out on a wine bottle but I had to turn it in to be graded. I'll put up a photo sometime (maybe).

Wine label final

Here is the final wine label illustration. I liked how it turned out--doing the text was fun! I started with black in a sketchy style to match the outline of the cat, then went behind it with the orange and purple complimentary colors to give it more pop. Next, I will print it and put it on a bottle to admire the final product! Click to make the image larger.

Foellinger Auditorium final

This is the final for my Foellinger Auditorium poster. The color was done with a Photoshop preset watercolor brush. I also fiddled with the copy and the positioning of the sidewalk X. I think this one turned out really well! It's probably my favorite that I've done so far.

This image prints at 11x17, so it's very large. Click on the image for a larger preview.

Holiday card final

Here is the final versions of my holiday card for Parkland College. The front features Coby, the cobra mascot, enjoying his winter break at home. I wanted to keep the price down, so I put single colors on the inside and envelope. The only changes I will probably make is to make the inside design a little more balanced with the logo a little smaller.

In a couple weeks we will present our ideas to the college President and his assistant.

Newspaper editorial final

Here is the final version of my editorial illustration with the article. I added some texture to the background of the illustration--just some halftone dots because anything more than that was pretty busy and took away from the concept.

Origami instructional final

Here is the final mock-up of my instructional illustration, made in InDesign. What do you think? Click the image to embiggen.

Silkscreen travel poster: Final

Here is my Rainier poster prettied up with some changes incorporated--mainly the text of the title more closely matching the Amtrak logo, and creating a softer brown with the rocks in the foreground.

I also worked on a poster for Mt. Shasta, using an awesome palette that I really love. The problem is that it is 4 PMS colors, and we are supposed to only do 3 for the sake of the silkscreeners who are helping us.

Product illustration: Final

There are several things I had good practice for finishing this project. First was changing the colors of the bag to match the bridge towers by using magic wand to select and use a color mask (the original bag photo was light red and lime green). Second was the vertical cables on the bridge fading into the distance--something I was very puzzled about for a while. I ended up drawing lines with the shape tool and converting them to a mask over a black-to-transparent gradient layer, then copying the layer, offsetting and changing the mask for the second row of cables. Also, something I didn't plan originally was to add the drop shadow to the pieces to give a more paper cut-out feel, giving the illustration more depth.

I'm very proud of this one!

Detail below (click for larger image):

Silhouette illustration: Final

Final illustration for the Misalliance play flyer. Overall, I think it turned out well. I played around with the colors and stroke weights of the image, but I like this version best. Click on the image for a larger version!