illustration

Mano Cornuto

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In honor of my upcoming trip to Naples, I decided to design and illustrate a new postcard. The Mano Cornuto (Horned Hand) is an ancient good luck sign, the original “Rock On!” gesture, and is still very common in Naples, especially as a charm or pendant.

As usual, I started out with a simple scanned line drawing — in this case, I went with a more line-heavy, woodcut style to match the theme. When I colored it in photoshop, I offset the registration of the color layers to give the impression of vintage-style lithography.

Improved Imogen

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Imogen, my first foray into the work of pinup illustration, never seemed quite finished. At the time I was trying to go for a more minimalist, line-oriented piece, but I found the other night that adding a little bit of color made a world of difference. Sparkley stars also helped.

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Ace of Sarko

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A particularly time-consuming panel I created over the weekend for the “Margot” project. I’m excited to get a chance to portray my characters in a figurative rather than literal sense.

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Sarko’s delusions of grandeur are presented as a deck of cards, with himself (naturally) as the ace of spades. The background cards represent three avenues of power: money, sex, and brute force. As always, the project itself can be found here