Cloudy Days

Lately, for what ever reason, I’ve been infatuated with the sky/weather and on a recent trip to South Dakota to see the fam I was taken aback by the amazing cloud coverage along the way. So with my camera always at the ready I snapped away at the sky in hopes of getting some inspiration and reference photos. To see a few of the awesome snapshots I got click on the picture below. Enjoy-S

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“J” to the Izzo

Hey everyone, here is the latest vector illustration I have completed. The illustration is of “HOVA” himself Jay-Z. Enjoy – S

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Here is the different stages. From concept illustration to coloring process to the final vector outlines.

Hula Dance

Here is a little animation that I did while trying to teach myself Flash. It’s pretty cheezy so don’t laugh to hard – S

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Hula Dance animation

Interactive Showcase

I wanted to showcase a few of the interactive jobs that I’ve helped create and thought that this would be as good a place as any to do so. All the layouts and illustrations were done by yours truly. Although my skill set in Flash is growing daily I can not take credit for all of the animation. I owe that to few good freinds who have helped me out along the way. Enjoy – S

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Kjackz.com :: Created website to match current branding for Marketing Company.

BerendsePainting.com :: Created website to match current branding for national painting company.

TheDenverShop.com :: Created website for Colorado based skateboard shop. This site was featured as the Skateboardmag.com site of the day in December 2006.

If you’re still interested here are a few more:

Starz Holiday Cruise :: Invite for the Starz Entertainment 2002 Holiday Party. This was the first Flash piece I ever helped create, so no laughing.

ASTD Presentation :: Qwest Mass Markets Training Group won The ASTD Rocky Mountain Chapter “Best Practices” award and this was our presentation. Click on the Qwest logo to navigate thru the presentation.

Training Game: Race Track :: Training game for Qwest. Only one page is active. The rest is to show the layout & animation that was developed. Design and layout done by ShanesArt, animation by fellow designer. Can not show actual training for confidential and legal reasons.

Training Game: Pay As You Go Wireless :: Training game for Qwest. Only one page is active. The rest is to show the layout & animation that was developed. Design and layout done by ShanesArt, animation by fellow designer. Can not show actual training for confidential and legal reasons.

Some past work

I was getting ready to archive some of my old files and came across these pieces that I put together for Starz Entertainment!

The Ludacris standee was created as promotional material for WAM!’s “Jacked” program, which was hosted by “Luda” himself. From what I hear he liked the mini standees so much that he had a life size one made and put in his house. Awesome! Wouldn’t that be a nice pic to add to the site?

The Adam Sandler illustrations on the other hand didn’t see the light of day but, I liked the work and thought that they deserved to be posted somewhere. Enjoy – S

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Ludacris: vector illustrations for WAM!’s “Jacked” show

Adam Sandler: vector illustrations

Masuimi Max: Tribute

Here is a vector illustration that I completed a little while back and have been wanting to post. It’s of the beautiful “Masuimi Max”. I believe she is on of the best Pin-Up models that there is. The image show a close up, line work and full illustration.

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Mini Business cards by MOO.com

Just thought I’d share some pics of the mini business cards that I got from MOO.com. They’re awesome! One of the really cool things about these cards is that you can get a different image on the back of each card. Photos, artwork or personalized sayings, it’s up to you. Along with your contact info on the front that makes them perfect for any artist trying to get their work seen. Enjoy – S

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H3EXT: Holy Hip Hop Extreme 2007

Here is a flyer that I just completed for my “New Beginnings” client. They are having a Hip Hop concert weekend, July 20th – 21st, in Denver, CO. The overall feel they wanted for the flyer was “Young Urban Street”. The graphics were to represent the “Showcases” that they will be holding through out the weekend, such as Emceing, Break Dancing, DJ’ing and Graffiti Art. If ya can go check it out!

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“No More!”

This tutorial will demonstrate the process I used to complete this particular project “No More”, shown below. I hope that it’s informative.

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Step 1
I start by scanning the pencil sketch into Photoshop. After scanning is complete I start to clean up the image a bit by taking out some of the unwanted smudges that are left by your hands while drawing. I then proceed to title the layer “Line Art”, then apply the “Multiply” filter in the Layers Palette and finally lock the layer.

Step 2
I then create a new layer below the “Line Art” layer and title it “Base Colors”. I then lay down the based colors for each section. This step gives me a basic idea of the final composition.

Step 3
Then I create another layer above the “Base Colors” layer and title it “Shading”, then apply the “Multiply” filter. I then begin to pull the mid-tones together and start to give the picture some depth.

Step 4
I now start to pull some of the darker values out by defining the shadow areas. Create yet another layer above the “Shading” layer and title it “Shadows”. Try to stay away from straight black by using a mixture of deeper primary colors. This will help you to not make the image muddy.

Step 5
After I have established my shadow areas I start to fill in my detail areas and highlights. These will help in adding even more depth to the illustration. I added a black eye, hand marks and redness to the skin to show that he had been abused. The highlights that I added helped emphasis that the boys skin was sweety.

Step 6
To finish off the illustration I play with the “Hue and Saturation” a bit. Sometimes they can take your illustration in a completely different direction. In the case of this image I like the way it made the boy look frightened and worn down. Almost as though he had been beaten or pushed to his breaking point.