Dr. Sketchy's Cincinnati with Vikings

I just wanted to let everyone know that Dr. Sketchy's Viking theme is next month for February 10th. I know a few have been asking about a viking theme. So as requested, you have it. I know I am looking forward to it as well. Spread the word.
If you need more info about Dr. Sketchy Cincinnati, please visit there facebook page.
Also they have a meetup page.

Dr. Sketchy's Cincinnati meetup

New piece in progress

This is about 60% done I think. Based on the legend of the Lambton Wyrm from England.

"Should I Work for Free" Flowchart

There are a lot of discussions lately about the mostly poor shape of the illustration industry. As everyone knows, it seems to get harder and harder to make a living as an illustrator. On top of that, there is a steady steam of requests for free work...

This cogent diagram by designer Jessica Hische says it all: http://jhische.com/workforfree.html

Genius!

Chevette Postcards

This is a set of illustrations I did for a friend who helped remodel our kitchen, who also loves Chevettes. The star of these drawings is his burnt orange '76, shown in various famous big places across the world. I ended up making them into postcards, with small postcard-style write-ups on the back (shown here underneath each drawing). You will probably have to click on the image in order to read the captions. Or you can see them all larger on my blog: http://stephaniesmithart.blogspot.com/

David Mack: Show at PAC Gallery

David Mack has an exhibit in Cincinnati at PAC Gallery this month thru February 26th.

 The opening night is January 21 (7-10pm). http://www.facebook.com/pages/PAC-Gallery/187002179286?ref=ts

Digital Collages Sold Must Print Edition

New Illustration for the Trek Store

This is a new illustration I did for the Trek Store in Blue Ash. The concept was to have the owner and his family riding in the Trek Team car like teams in the Tour de France. The big rider for Trek is of course Lance Armstrong. Both the owner I thought it would be funny to bring the two together. Being a huge cyclist myself, I loved the opportunity for such as fun job.

Jerry Dowling: Boehner Caricatures

From Jerry: These are the beginning and final of my caricature of House Speaker John Boehner.

The final version is framed and hanging on the wall at the Grand Ole Pub in West Chester.

It's all photoshop from start to finish. There isn't much left of the original.

"Orthe" logo sketch

This is a personal logo project for a world I'm working on for a role-playing game. It's just some fun I'm using to practice my typography skills and graphic design. I drew it on a spare piece of yellowish paper (just in case you wonder :P) Any info and crits about the layout would be much appreciated. Thanks, guys :) Hope you're all having a great New Year, so far! :)

First Art 2011

Although this was technically done in 2010, this is a teaser for the 3 pager I am doing for the Slam Bang comic anthology all robot issue called Iron Giant Chef: Roncobot vs. Spambot... 

For added fun, my layout thumbnail:

New Year's Resolutions: Drawing

Happy New Year Everyone!

If one of your resolutions is to be better at figure drawing, perspective, objects, etc., it looks like Manifest has a slate of good classes starting in January.

http://www.manifestgallery.org/studio/

There are also a lot of other interesting offering in a variety of media and subject for a reasonable price.