Obama in the House!

This morning after getting an awesome caricature illustration of Barack Obama from my friend Joel Carlo and watching Obama’s presidential inauguration I felt inspired. However, I didn’t have enough time to start a new illustration so I reworked the “Obama” vector illustration I did back in October. I was just playing around with it for a bit and came up with these two images. The top image is a poster layout that I’m going to put up for sale on my “TheUntappedSource.com” gallery and the other image is a background for my desktop.

All-in-all, it was a great day! Congrats Mr. Obama! Peace – ShanesArt

Just Don’t!

Here’s a little Photoshop work for ya. I’ve been wanting to brush up on my photo manipulation skills for awhile and since I have a friend that’s going through a rough time right now due to smoking I thought I’d put the two together and see what I could come up with. I’m pretty happy with the outcome and it was a blast throwing the images together. I highly recommend stepping out of the norm and try something else for a new change of pace.

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Rockin’ Character Design

This was a commission piece for RockinBabySling.com. They wanted a revamp of their existing character design and asked me to see what I could come up with. They wanted me to change the character from the “club/party” mom to an older more mature “Rockin” mom. I think I did a pretty good job.

However, I’m not sure if they are going to use it or not so I thought I’d show it some love. I like the original sketch more but think the final vector piece came out well.

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Happy New Year!

Hey everyone, Happy New Year! I hope it’s been good to all of you. I wanted to start the year off with a new image that I’m going to try and have printed up onto a few shirts. It’s a fairly simple design and will be a one color limited run on black. The lower images are alternate pieces that led to the final image. Let me know what ya think.

Peace! – ShanesArt.com

Storm Trooper

I’ve been a huge Star Wars geek for as long as I can remember and lately have been playing around with a few of their characters. Here’s a Storm Trooper sketch that I’ve been playing around with for awhile. Here I’ve taken it from sketch to vector and added some pattern fills. Let me know what ya think so far.

Enjoy! – ShanesArt.com

Another Random Skull

Here’s a new vectored out skull illustration that I worked on the other day. Nothing to different in this piece. I just really like the initial sketch and thought I’d see what I could do with it. Enjoy – S

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Happy Halloween!

Just wanted post a quick illustration and wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween! Enjoy the new illy. – S

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FrankenBride Sketch

Here’s a sketch I was messin’ around with this weekend. I’m gonna try to vectorize it sometime this week but may fall short due to busy work schedule. Enjoy – S

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Obama

Let me start by saying I don’t want to hear about anyones political views. Keep those comments to yourself. Your choice is your choice, and I don’t care to hear about it.

Now, as for the artwork, I finished the Obama piece awhile back and am finally getting around to posting it. I had been surfing the web for a bit and came across a few posters designed by Shepard Fairey of ObeyGiant and kinda got inspired. I’ve always been a fan of his style and thought I’d give it a shot but with a ShanesArt twist. I’m very happy with the outcome. Hope you are as well. – S

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Another Skull

Here is a vector render of one of the skulls that I’ve sketched out lately. I wanted to showcase all of the different stages that the illustration went through. From rough to detailed sketch to vector. Enjoy – S

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