James and the Giant Peach!

Another book cover! (Only this time done in Photoshop!) I really enjoy doing commercial illustrations, especially children's book covers. James and the Giant Peach was one of my favorite stories when I was a kid, too. I made this illustration more interesting by adding a paper texture and drop shadows to create a paper cut out effect. It was really fun to work on!

The Finished Products!

Final rendering of Blueberry Traveler Bleuberry Beer.

Garfield Park Conservartory Spring Flower Show poster with added type.

Peter Pan book cover illustration from the beginning of the year. I finally added the type!

Blueberry Traveler Beer

This is my most recent design project. It is a product label for a blueberry beer that my brother makes. It is not quite completed, but I thought I would show my work in progress.

Garfield Park Conservatory Poster Illustration

This illustration was created to be used for a poster advertising Garfield Park Conservatory's Spring Flower Show. The text has not been added yet, but I hope to do so soon. Here is picture of the illustration. I will scan in a higher quality image soon.

Cave of Wonders

This is my most recent Illustration. The assignment was to combine two given words and create an illustration. My two words were succulent and subterranean. This is what I came up with!

This is just a picture of the illustration. It is too big for me to scan on my own scanner. Hopefully I can bring it in to the illustration lab at school to scan soon.

Mechanical Object

Digital painting of a mechanical object. During my first attempt I just tried to freehand in the shadow...

One of my professors then showed me how to create lifelike shadows using paths, a blur filter, and gradients. Looks much better! Still a work in progress though.

Artichoke Still Life

Here is the Original Sketch for the arthichoke still life:

A picture of the actual painting for my Illustration class (still in the works):

I used the same sketch and basic color scheme, but this time used it for practice while using Photoshop: