Baker’s Edge CEO, Matt Griffin, is an enthusiastic entrepreneur and inventor who serves up some great creative direction for us to run with. Recently, Matt requested a boxing type poster illustration featuring a shirtless chef and a menacing shark putting up their dukes, a la vintage cartoon style. This uncommonly cool direction would announce the…
We were the kids in class doodling cartoon characters in the margins of our workbooks, feverishly trying to finish works of art before the bell rang. No, our math and science grades weren’t the best, but we were building a foundation for our artistic future!
We’re a little old-school when it comes to illustration. At least we are in the beginning stages, starting with a pencil and paper to record our initial thoughts. Then, we refine the sketches, or ‘tighten them up’, to show the client what we envision for the final rendering. Here are some samples of how a…
We’re not the most narcissistic artists, but we did enjoy creating this illustrative likeness of yours truly. First, Casey roughed out the above comp of a Ural sidecar motorcycle and scanned it. Next… We place the scan into AdobeIllustrator and use it as a reference to draw/render a clean vector version. Above, you can see a…