Work in Progress: Aztechka

Hey Guys,
Here's a work in progress for you guys. I'm going to be filling in the second ring of this design with website url's of today's best (or more popular) tech sites and I'd like to include urls that you guys recommend. So leave it in the comments and I'll put it in the drawing!

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!

ART GIVEAWAY: Girl playing bass guitar - Pencil Sketch

Time to give away some more original art!

How it works:
The original PixelReason reader who requested the idea gets the first chance at claiming dibs on the original artwork by posting the claim as a comment under this post. 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)

Good luck!

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.