Monday, November 30, 2009

The Illustrabet: Alphastration # 3

Check out the latest installment.

I'm making 26 of these, so please help me spread the hype by participating!

Instructions:
1. Click on the image below to open the full sized version.
2. Look at the image to find the illustrated representation for every letter in the alphabet.
3. *Comment with what you've found
4. Pass this entry along to a friend.
5. Wait for the answer key to be posted.
6. Repeat with the next alphastration.


Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Illustrasbet: Answer Key for Alphastration #2

Here it is, folks!

Alphastration no. 3 is currently in the works.

Monday, November 23, 2009

The Illustrabet: Alphastration #2

I present to you the latest alphastration in the Illustrabet series!

Instructions:
1. Click on the image below to open the full sized version.
2. Look at the image to find the illustrated representation for every letter in the alphabet.
3. *Comment with what you've found
4. Pass this entry along to a friend.
5. Wait for the answer key to be posted.
6. Repeat with the next alphastration.


Illustrabet Answer Key!

Well folks,

There were plenty of great interpretations of the previously posted alphastration, and I appreciate the creative responses. While there are certainly no wrong answers, I've gone ahead and posted the key below. Feel free to click on the image to see just exactly what I was going for.























Below are my answers (and some interpretations).

A: Apple
B: Barf
C: Carp
D: Dirt (Diamond)
E: Elf (Entwine)
F: Flag (Footprint)
G: Gopher (Gorilla)
H: Hand (Hat)
I: Indie-Kid
L: Lizard
M: Monk (Man)
N: Needle
O: Ohm
P: Panini
Q: Question/Question Mark
R: Rattlesnake (Reminders)
S: Salad (Snake)
T: Tack (Tattoo)
U: Umbrella
V: Vest
W: Waspa
X: Xerox
Y: Yeti (Yarn)
Z: Zeta Frat Guy (Z-Man)

Friday, November 20, 2009

The Illustrabet Project!

Alright...

So, as an exercise I decided to illustrate each letter of the alphabet in my sketchbook today. It all started with the personified apple character in the middle of the illustration, and I was going to continue page by page, creating individual drawings per letter. However, recalling a few inspirational sources like Highlights Kids magazine that used to hypnotize me at the dentist's office, I wondered what I could dream up, quasi-cohesively on one page.

I've decided to make it a bit of a game for folks to find each letter's illustrated representation. All letters are represented as nouns in this "alphastration" and I invite you all to take a gander and point out what element represents each letter respectively. Feel free to click on the image for a full-sized version. I'll post the "answer key" in a day or two.

Extra points for creative interpretation.

Enjoy!





Sunday, October 25, 2009

Fun! With Stop Motion!

After dreaming about doing a stop motion animation film for quite some time, I finally decided to pick up the pace. I downed a jar of the mediocre picante sauce and got to work on a 2-D stop motion animated/time elapsed drawing video. Many thanks to my lovely partner for showing me the works of William Kentridge and motivating me to do the damn thang.

Checkit:


A Tribute to the Cranberries

I'm up super early this Sunday morning, so I figured why not ponder the idea of making an entry (un)de(a)dicated to being a morning zombie.

Here's my tribute to the cranberries:

and their bombs, and their bombs,
and their bombs, and there braums
zombie doodoo, zombie doo doo!