Random Bits

My mind has been an unfocused blur for the past month or two, so it only follows that my postings would reflect that. I've been devoting time here and there to a new pulp poster, but it's taken almost a year for me to get it from concept to page, so who knows how long it will take for me to finally post here. My efforts at continuing the "Go With the Flow" and "Robot and the Reindeer" poster series have been stymied by summer creative doldrums and no real exciting personal projects have emerged lately. I have paid the price for my lack of vision. Here are a couple of random pieces I did this summer. The dragon was for a friend's birthday, the subway lady is from a book I did. Hopefully I'll get a creative boost this fall and be able to complete and post some more complex pieces.

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Dead to Me

Hey internet, what's the poop? I have been neglecting my blog for a couple of months. I'm as poor as a church mouse, so in March when I was blind-sided by a veritable hangar bay of extra paying projects I decided to take them all on, and they have eaten away at my personal art time. But I'm finally back, ready to bask in the collective glow of my adoring public. Or at the very least, spout self-aggrandizing guff into the vast, cold, digital abyss that is the web. A fellow zombie fan and illustrator friend of mine is moving away this month, so I decided to make this farewell painting of him to express my feelings the best way I know how. See ya when I see ya, Benton!

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Robot and the Reindeer

Here's a happy little image I just completed yesterday. I say "little" but it actually prints up at 24"x18" and was quite the behemoth (a fact I was reminded of every time I saved the file and had to wait 2-3 minutes for it to finish). It's the second in a series I began with the Go With the Flow poster several months ago. My first attempt had the deer standing in profile with the robot peaking from behind a tree and was among the most mind-numbingly boring compositions I've ever tried to convince myself was worth pursuing. Luckily, a friend of mine was honest enough to tell me the awful truth so I scrapped the whole idea and started over, this time having actually thought things through a little bit.

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Michael Phelps

So I was working on a character design today and once I'd finished the face, I realized it wasn't Cowboy Bill, as I was expecting, but rather a very distinct rendering of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. Once that realization was made, I had to finish out the sketch. A happy accident just for my blog.Greg White Illustration

Dog Abomination II

So this month I'm illustrating the sequel to a book I did a while back about a pug with one eye. In this book, the lonely pug befriends another dog who's missing a leg. So of course once again I had to do an alternate version of the character to exploit in graphic detail the gruesome possibilities. I give you Jojo, the second dog abomination.

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Zeyla! Mistress of a Thousand Worlds

So I finished this piece months ago and completely forgot to ever post it here. A dummy am I. I think it may be my favorite of the pulp posters so far. However, it was such a vicious mother to get done I had to step back from the series for a bit. I'm just now getting back in the mood to tackle the next in the series (for which I already have a sketch and color test done) but with the holiday hoopla about to hit, combined with an insane work schedule, I figure my life would be a lot easier if I spent any meager minutes of free time I can get to yule the tide and chug the nog (both of which sound much more disgusting than I intended). However, there are some illustrations I did last month for a Christmas book that I'm super happy about, and will try to post them in the coming weeks.

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Halloweenie

It's about that time of year! For those of you who don't know, I love Halloween. I love watching scary movies, dousing myself with fake blood, the costumes, the haunted houses, pretty much everything but the candy corn (which is an unholy concoction comprised of melted sugar and Bigfoot piss developed for the express purpose of making children cry). For this reason, I try to spread the Halloweenishness throughout the whole month of October rather than blow it all in one night and hold my annual costumed pumpkin carving party the weekend before Halloween. Below I've posted the flier art for last year's (the Headless Horseman) and this year's (the Flying Monkey) parties. Have a Happy Halloween!

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