Woof?

As evidence that I really have been making art--seriously, no kidding!--a new illustration! I've been doing a few pieces to fill out my portfolio, and recently finished this:


It's an additional digital piece, and a spot illustration, and one featuring a boy (instead of a [very white] girl), AND it's a dog (instead of a cat or an anteater).

I was inspired by Josh Chodorow for this piece; I'm not above rooting though a few childhood memories (and photos) for source material. But it's done with love.

Vectors are your friends!

I did a t-shirt design about a month ago for a potential client that produces custom apparel for sororities. We couldn't work things out logistically this season, but I had a blast producing an illustration in illustrator and creating some hand-drawn text. Working with the color limit (five, plus the color of the shirt) was also a great challenge.

The front (which would be about 3 inches across, on the left chest:


And the back:


Cute birds! And patterns! Surprising, right?