Liv Tyler ~ Mild Caricature?

Hey peoples. So maybe it's neither here nor there but I suppose I set out to do a caricature and got a slightly exaggerated portrait in the end. Anyway, it doesn't really need to fit in anywhere. It made me happy doing it. Mission accomplished :) It was done for Caricaturama 3000 on facebook

The "Dark and the Light" of Comp Art

   I've been pretty inspired lately with the way things have been going for our group. I didn't  realize how much I had come to dislike my work situation until I got out from under it. It's pretty amazing to think I could lose appreciation for doing art for a living, but my days were distorted into a really negative grind for me.

  Now that I've got some really positive things going and feel inspired being around my "virtual bullpen buddies" again it's "Onward and Upward" from here! (thanks B.T.!)

 Here are a couple of samples I've done recently. I did the "Pony Girl" first and so, I guess I needed to counter it's decidedly "saccharin" sunniness with a little urban grit I called "Street Call". Hope you like em. Check us out at www.PitchHouse.net !

Welcome to Pitch House

    The first three rules about Pitch House are... "you talk about Pitch House". Ok, it's a cheap knock off from Fight Club, but I'm just that cheesy. Well, as things evolve in life I find myself banding together with my best illustrating friends in this world to form Pitch House. We've been working together for the better part of 25 years in and around NYC's most dynamic advertising illustration studios.
    Geographic proximity having less importance than ever these days, our online studio with it's Project Management, Client Area &Administration will provide even more efficient service to our clients from our locations around the country.
   The Pitch House consists of Tom Fluharty, Kevin Sacco, Ray Ketchem, Tim Shinn and myself, John R Wohland. Please check us out at PitchHouse.net
  Here's a little montage sample I did to celebrate:

  So I guess I'm John R Wohland DBA Get Your Sketch at Pitch House.. "Whatever it Takes" right? Bring it on!

Cowgirls

Just a Little Sketch
I like to do some gesture sketches when I have some time. Here's one that I felt like taking a little farther and thought was worth sharing :)

Harry Shearer for fb

I've been enjoying the competitions on facebook the last couple of weeks at Caricaturama 3000 . Here's my entry this week

Bug Ladies

Hi, This one was Big Fun! Even the dearest little old lady can be quite frightening when the light hits just right. Oh my

Hope you like it! A few things "clicked in" for me on this one :)
Here's the steps.. watch the little leaf figure turn from a cheeky elfin tinkerbellish bug to a ladybug. It was too weird even for me :)

Here's the reference. Obviously I had a good start on this one. It helps a lot

Directing Eye Traffic

Just some gesture sketches in Painter that turned into a little picture somehow. ( I decided to post a slightly less "worked" version as the final. This is a sketch after all. I kept gravitating toward version 6 over the posted version 9.  I may not know when to stop, but here's to digital iterations!)

I thought it would be fun to experiment with the "divine proportion" grid trying to wrestle this chaos into some order. I really have only relied on instincts compositionally ( I once had a Design teacher tell me I was the closest in the class to being a "natural designer". Oh well, close but not quite. I guess I'll take it). Anyway, I'd love to keep studying more composition theory.  Any experts on the subject out there?  I'd love to kick the theories around a little.  Here's to never "knowing it all".

Here's the reference for anyone interested: