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.

Girl playing bass guitar - Pencil Sketch

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, PixelReason readers! Today, Santa has brought PixelReason reader, Jakhicks, his request for a pencil sketch of a girl playing a bass guitar on a white background.

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!

PixelReason Banner

 

By request, the first PixelReason.com banner! If you would like to promote this blog, you can use this banner on your websites or signature lines (on message boards). As always, thanks for everyone's efforts!

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!

Art Giveaway: Green Lantern brings the Android Invasion

The time is here! I'm giving away some original art!

Here's how it works:
The original PixelReason reader who requested the idea gets the first chance at claiming dibs on the original artwork. If he/she claims it within the alloted time, they get it!

Within a very few amount of days, if I haven't heard back, it will be first come first get! (The first person to comment on this post will get the original art)



*Update: Well that was fast. Just as fast as this post went up, PixelReason reader BlazingWolf managed to claim the piece! So there you have it. The first reader inspired art has been given away! Congratulations BlazingWolf! The next steps to having this piece will be sent to you very soon!