Green House and Garden
February 02, 2009
It is in reference to the Dogwood Arts Festival’s House & Garden Show featuring speaker Sara Snow, and her presentation “Small Steps to Save a Big Planet.”
painting the Earth green
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A Couple Recent Paintings
January 31, 2009
Here are a couple noncommissioned paintings I finished recently. I found two canvases with children’s paintings on them at Goodwill. I painted over the existing paintings keeping some of he work and adding my own elements. The imagery is inspired by Spanish vocabulary flash cards that I have had for as long as I can remember. (Sorry, the pics are not that great)
el Toro - acrylic on canvas 16''x20''
el Gallo - acrylic on canvas 16''x20''
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Holiday Commissions
January 12, 2009
Happy New Year everyone!! Its been a while since my last post. I wanted to share some work I did for holiday gifts. First, below is an image of Elvis Presley’s Graceland for my parents. This is done with painted paper collaged together. It doesn’t really translate on the web, but gold paint makes up the interior of the mansion.
Elvis Presley's Graceland
Next, This is a secret commission from an individual for his wife for Christmas. The couple was married in Vegas. The image is of the Paris Hotel. The gift was a hit!!
Paris Hotel in Vegas
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West Hartford ad in the news
December 20, 2008
As you previously read, I completed an illustration project with Go Media for the West Hartford Center. Today I was referenced in a blog discussing the center and the ad. Check it out.
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My First Commercial
December 11, 2008
Recently, I connected with the folks at Go Media in Hartford, Connecticut. I worked on a project with them for the West Hartford Center. They wanted an image that could come to life in a broadcast ad. The objective was to show the shopping center and some of the cool stuff one could experience while shopping there. I created separate collages and compiled everything digitally, delivering a layered photoshop file as the final product. Below you can see the sketch and final image. Click here to see the video.
final composite image for commercial
rough sketch
Comments (1) | Tags: cafe table, collage, fountain, shopping, stores, the center & the square, video, webster statue, west hartford | More: commercial
Recreation (Vehicle) in Nashville
November 22, 2008
This is a piece I did for the Nashville Scene’s Annual Manual early this year. I was tasked to create a section leading illustration for the Recreation Section of the directory. The idea is that a guitar shaped R.V. is driving around Music City. The final illustration and initial sketch are below. You can see this image a little larger on my website.
Recreation section opener
sketch for Recreation section opener
Comments (0) | Tags: guitar, Music City, Nashville, recreational vehicle, rv | More: Editorial Illustration, Nashville, Scene
Toll Booth Perry
November 16, 2008
This is a recent piece I did for the Texas Observer. The issue it’s in should be out soon. The article is about how Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, would like to privatize major highways and turn then into toll roads. continue…
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Hello World
November 12, 2008
Welcome to my blog. I am an illustrator and designer. My illustration website is AndyTheIllustrator.com. And just to let everybody know, I was Andy the Illustrator way before Joe the Plumber and every other “first name the occupation” came into light. continue…