The Boston Globe And Edible iPods
The other day i got a call about a job for The Boston Globe. It was a job i really couldn't pass up, but there was a problem...they needed a finished piece in 24 hours basically. Normally i would avoid this sort of situation due to stress, but i figured one illustration wouldn't hurt. Oh, and how wrong was i when i figured out they wanted an 8 paneled comic. 24 hours and 30 cups of green tea later i want from this:
To this:
(You'll probably want to enlarge this thing) Needless to say, i impressed myself. I decided to go all digital with this, which is something that i promised myself i wouldn't do a while ago...but considering time restraints and the look they wanted, i figured it was my best bet. I also didn't do all the shadow separations on different layers, the shadows are just one multiplied layer...which gave everything a very unified look, as well as saved me about an hour of work.
I have a lot of exciting jobs on my plate right now. the sorts of jobs i have really needed for a long time. and remember how i was so stoked about drawing nipples a while ago? yeah, well i get to draw a lot more of them...my mother would be so ashamed.
- I caved in and bought a new iPod. Ended up getting the new 8 gig Nano...which is quite a step down from my old junker 40 gig, but at least now i can keep check on what the hell is on the thing - if i had a dime for every time i skipped a Leonard Cohen song that i thought would make me keel over.... Anyway, the future is in my pocket, and it terrifies me. Apparently i can put video on there too, though god knows why i would want to do that. The thing is so ridiculously small i keep worrying that i am going to swallow it.
- I met a girl. she makes me feel like i should have felt a long long time ago
To this:
(You'll probably want to enlarge this thing) Needless to say, i impressed myself. I decided to go all digital with this, which is something that i promised myself i wouldn't do a while ago...but considering time restraints and the look they wanted, i figured it was my best bet. I also didn't do all the shadow separations on different layers, the shadows are just one multiplied layer...which gave everything a very unified look, as well as saved me about an hour of work.I have a lot of exciting jobs on my plate right now. the sorts of jobs i have really needed for a long time. and remember how i was so stoked about drawing nipples a while ago? yeah, well i get to draw a lot more of them...my mother would be so ashamed.
- I caved in and bought a new iPod. Ended up getting the new 8 gig Nano...which is quite a step down from my old junker 40 gig, but at least now i can keep check on what the hell is on the thing - if i had a dime for every time i skipped a Leonard Cohen song that i thought would make me keel over.... Anyway, the future is in my pocket, and it terrifies me. Apparently i can put video on there too, though god knows why i would want to do that. The thing is so ridiculously small i keep worrying that i am going to swallow it.
- I met a girl. she makes me feel like i should have felt a long long time ago
posted by matthew at 11:02 AM
8 Comments:
im really happy youre feeling good again.
the speedy commision is wonderful!
Wow. Just wow. That is a beautiful piece of artwork and simply brilliant. Sometimes the best work comes from a tight deadline like that...you don't have time to worry about anythings, no huge fear of mistakes since you know you won't have time to correct them.
Wow. Gorgeous.
...and yeah, the new nanos are so crazy tiny. But the 8gig is a good deal compared to the previous gen 8gig...which was $50 more and had no video. Rock on.
oh yeah, and pop a scan of the finished page from the Globe when it's done. Im curious to see it with all the content in place.
Wow, I'm really impressed. That's some great work to turn around in 24 hours! As a matter of interest, when you say you went digital with this work did it mean drawing straight in with a tablet? If so, was it drawing straight into Photoshop, or was it some other app?
wonderfull artwork, 24h design! awesome you could pull it of on such a short time! good to hear you feel better! keep it up!
and show us those mighty tatoos! :)
Holy crap, I'm looking at this very illustration in the Globe right now. You did this in a day?? I just had to look you up to tell you how awesome it is in print. The Globe added some thought bubbles with the guy trying to engage the girl in some thoughtful collegiate 'meaning of life' discussion. I'd show it to ya, but my scanner got stolen and my digital camera's busted.
I can see why you want to avoid going purely digital. The work looks much more, let's say "referenced".
Do you ever feel odd having your likeness floating around out there for various projects that aren't personal? Do your friends, acquaintances, exes, mind if something very much them is accompanying some article? Or do you not incorporate them as often into your work.
you've been one of my greatest inspirations ever since i've discovered your work when i was 13.i'm 18 now,and going off to cegep(college) in january,and i cant wait till u post more work so i can bring myself to paint or draw.
ive been contemplating nepali red ink sanskrit tattoos lately...
goodnight.
-Tatiana
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