One Issue of Life

I was looking through an issue of Life Magazine from the 70's and I noticed it seemed like 1 of every 3 ads were for cigarettes. So I cut them all out and made this.

Collage
9"x11.5"

Good News!

So I applied for a scholarship to get my new book published along with copyright and ISBN, AND I got it! So, soon books will be available. The files and everything are on the way to the printers and hopefully, by mid-summer, books will be born!

Some Illustrations from But By This Path

I fixed up some of the things on the books that I was not satisfied with and sent another order out. They should be coming in tuesdayish.

Here are a few of the pages seen in the book. They have no text on them. Just illustrations. Hope you enjoy.

BOOKS ARE IN!

Hey!
I haven't posted anything here for a while because of my final senior project, which I have described in previous posts but I'll tell you again. Its a book about a WW2 veteran and his struggles through his post-war life.

Mostly what I wanted this post to be for was a declaration! I'm super excited to announce that a few of my dumby books came in they look really good. I'll be making a few corrections and re-ordering them, but if anyone is interested, sometime in the late spring I should have some for sale!
I'll keep you updated and here is a picture of the book!

An Old Collage!

Hey. I just found this online at the Ironwood's Daily News site. It's the first collage that I had seriously messed around with. Its about 20"x25" and is on a wooden panel that I had originally started painting a Popeye the Sailor Man on, along with some figure drawings from a life drawing class, and it all just ended up being this. I entered it in the Finlandia University Juried Exhibition a couple of years ago. Maybe 2009?  It won 1st place in the mixed media category.

This is the photo from the exhibition. It was part of a slide show so I wouldn't be surprised if it started changing into other images. Sorry if it does.

The Camp

My Great Grandma Siller's camp is a very special place to members of my family. My brother and I basically grew up on Lake Gerald in the summer. There we went fishing, boating, drove around in the woods, shot guns, learned to start fires, had family dinners, etc. And before us our family had been doing the same things there for 50 years. So to make a little poster about the camp doesn't fully illustrate my feelings for it, but I thought I would make a little poster anyways to frame and hang on the wall there. Here it is and my process for making it. Hope you like it.

finished

Gangs Of New York

Here is a poster I had started for an Illustration class a few years ago. I had it started pretty well with the characters drawn in and the US flag back ground and buildings but no lettering, so a few months ago i picked it up again and added in the "Gangs of New York."