Recently I've been working on a new character design of an old school rapper. Not being too in tuned to the world of Hip Hop, I wasn't quite sure where to start. Thank goodness for sites like YouTube... and for jewels such as this:
The first drawing posted is the original rough character design I did. It was done quick and dirty... in Flash. The second image is the final design I ended up using. Some details got changed but overall he stayed very true to the original sketch. His pose is a frame taken from one of his animated dance cycles. At some point I'll try to post a clip.
This weekend I got word from Brannon McAllister that the brand spanking new Portland Studios blog is now available for you to check out. That's great news! If you're not familiar with Portland Studios, you can bring yourself up to date on them by checking out this post on Drawn, or by visiting their site. And while you're at it, be sure to check the personal blogs of the Portland Artists: Corey Godbey, Chris Koelle, and Justin Gerard. The work these guys produce is astounding.
To celebrate my first semi-free weekend in several weeks, I created this illustration. It was a lot of fun; goofing off usually is. Plus Amanda was kind enough to help me plan this one out, which only made it better in the end.