Behind the Scenes: Johnny Bravo: Superhero!

BEHIND THE SCENES is where we take a look at the early steps taken to create the finished artwork featured on PixelReason. I will always try to include some insights as to why I made certain creative decisions during the process leading to completion and also share some of the techniques I used to create the piece featured. 

 

Welcome  back to another installment of Behind the Scenes! This time we show you the making of Johnny Bravo: Superhero! Hope you enjoy!

Rastafarian Smoker

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PixelReason reader, Zyryck, requested a rastafarian smoking in a peaceful atmosphere. The piece will be used as a computer wallpaper as well as cellphone wallpaper. The above image is 1600x900 wallpaper (for computer wallpaper). More cropped versions below! And to set the record straight, I may've shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. (Oh you know I couldn't resist)

Johnny Bravo: Hero

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Batman? Spiderman? Cyclops? Daredevil? Superman? Joker? Ha! The ladies have spoken! They've got nothing on Johnny Bravo! 

PixelReason reader, JohnnyBravo, requested an image of Johnny Bravo being a superhero for his avatar. Above is the large un-cropped version. The cropped 1:1 ratio images that can be used for an avatar are provided below. Enjoy Johnny Bravo in all his glorious chick-magnet-ness!

Muay Thai - Kickboxing

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Happy New Year everyone! This new wallpaper is for PixelReason reader "_me."  He requested a Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) wallpaper for his computer desktop (1280x800) . What are you waiting for? Put it onto your desktop and start intimidating your coworkers with your slightly-too-long stare!

Behind the Scenes: Ghostbusters!

BEHIND THE SCENES is where we take a look at the early steps taken to create the finished artwork featured on PixelReason. I will always try to include some insights as to why I made certain creative decisions during the process leading to completion and also share some of the techniques I used to create the piece featured.

Materials/Process : 
This piece was originally created with a traditional drawing pencil (hb grade lead) on a 9x12 sheet of sketch paper. Then I used a Pilot Precise v7 (fine tip) Rolling Ball pen to ink the Ghostbusters logo (you'll notice the grey lines are all still pencil. Only the logo was inked). This was to help the logo stand out if I needed additional ways to make it "pop" later on.

Layout:
Since this request was going to be used for a cellphone wall paper (portrait wallpaper) and a laptop wallpaper (laptop wallpaper), it had to be laid out to look good on both types of layouts. A cellphone has a very small screen so keeping it simple and "readable" is always the first rule. So the Ghostbusters logo was clearly going to be the main focus for that wallpaper. So for the laptop wallpaper version, I simply extended the left side and added more to the "story." I chose to extend the left side because most people view images from left to right. Meaning that whatever is on the right tends to be what the viewer's eyes ultimately settle on. So the logo was positioned to be what gives the piece its weight.

Droid does Graffiti : Concrete Variant

This piece got a huge amount of positive feedback from you guys, so here's a new version of "Droid does Graffiti" with a concrete background treatment. This version is available in the same requested sizes as the original (960x800). It's compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S cellphones. If you would like other sizes to fit your laptops, desktops, or cellphone wallpapers, let me know and it will be done!

*Update: By request: new size has been added for a tablet wallpaper!

Ghostbusters!

PixelReason reader John requested the Ghostbusters. With this piece, I wanted to give the Ghostbusters a more "realistic" and slightly darker feel. I guess you could call it more modern. But at the sametime, stay absolutely true to the characters.  I have to admit that this piece brought back alot of great memories. So I tried to include all the memorable things from the Ghostbusters (go Ecto-1!).

Wallpapers are up!
If you want to request a certain size to fit your specific cellphone/computer/portable llama, put it in the comments below and I'll resize the wallpaper to fit your needs!

UPDATE: Behind the Scenes is up!
Behind the Scenes : Ghostbusters!

Droid does Graffiti

PixelReason reader Alex requested the Android logo in graffiti style for his cellphone wallpaper. He requested it in 960x800 dimensions so I made two versions for you guys. One version has the graffiti taking up a very large portion of the screen while the other leaves more room around the logo. This was in case you liked having some blank space to place your shortcuts/widgets/apps/etc on your cellphone "desktop" while still being able to look at the open-source street-art. If you guys would like this wallpaper in other sizes to fit your cellphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop monitor, please put it in the comments below and I'll be happy to oblidge!

*Announcement!*
The previous original "Green Lantern brings the Android Invasion" illustration will be given away within the next day or two. Once the announcement is made, if the original requester of the idea doesn't take his first rights to get the piece, then the first to respond to me will be the lucky recipient of the piece. Stay tuned and be sure to keep an eye on this blog over the next couple days!
(All I'll require is a minimum donation of $20 to cover the postage of mailing the item and the supplies it took for me to create it. If you live outside the U.S., then I might require more. Additionally if you really like what I'm doing on this blog and would like to donate more, then it's always greatly appreciated).