Shampoo for Lush Hair

Just a quick sketch. Taking a break from serious work. I'll probably vector this one up when I get a chance.

New year, New business cards

With the new year approaching I thought it would be a good time to create new promo business cards. Here's a teaser. I'll probably order them just after the first of the year.

Photoshop mock up above.

Above is the front.

Above is the back.

Bear

Just an exercise in Photoshop painting. I was playing around with lighting, color depth, and layering. I really wasn't concerned about the final outcome, and I wouldn't consider this finished (the paw is barely touched). I may finish it later. Or, I may not. You're just going to have to wait to find out. I know, I know, you may be saying to yourself, "But Josh, does that mean I have to keep checking back to your blog to see if and when you finish it?!" No. Just subscribe to my blog through RSS, or by filling out the email form on the right, and you will be notified whenever I post. Isn't that great? No more trying to remember to check my blog. How freeing is that? If you don't know what RSS is just Google "What is RSS" and you will be enlightened.

Christmas Carolers unite

It is a well-known fact that the Abominable Snowman's mortal enemy is the Christmas Caroler. This bitter feud goes back for hundreds of years. But this year is different. At last, these two powerful groups have united despite their differences—perhaps only for the season. Let's enjoy it while it's here.

UPDATE: I've decided to include this in this week's "Illustration Friday". The topic this week is "Similar". Despite their centuries-old feud these two groups have deep similarities. They both have a strong love for Christmas, egg nog, "The Office", and both are passionately disturbed by the increased commercialism of the holidays. Perhaps these issues are why they have finally moved past their silly differences.

carolers by ClelandIllustration
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Hot Chocolate Mouse

Here's your typical Christmas illustration depicting a mouse stirring yummy hot chocolate with a candy cane. Mmmmm. I think my last several posts have something to do with food.

You can buy this illustration as a card at my new CafePress shop here.

Update: I am submitting this illustration to this week's Illustration Friday. The theme is "Pretend". I think it's pretty obvious that we're all pretending that a mouse would actually take the time to stir and savor hot chocolate. I think he would just dive right in (after devouring the candy cane).



Below is a detail.

Illustration Friday "Memories"

Who doesn't remember the epic water wars of yester-year?

I'm not sure if I'm done with this yet, but I wanted to post it for this week's Illustration Friday.

The Dark Knight

Rayna and I went to see "The Dark Knight" last night and it was awesome!! …Probably one of the best movies I have ever seen. Go see it!

Explorers Final

A few weeks ago my wife and I helped out with our church's VBF (Vacation Bible FUN!!). Being that I'm an illustrator and designer all I could do was stare at all the illustrations and designs done by LifeWay for the curriculum. After the week was over I wanted to do something with a similar look and feel, so voi' la!!

In Progress (maybe)

A few weeks ago I started an illustration with a specific idea in mind. During the process I lost interest in the idea. I thought I'd post a couple versions of the illo. One vectored and one taken into Photoshop. Neither are considered done (especially the Photoshop one), but I thought I'd post them anyways. I can't decide which I like better. I guess they're two different styles so it's hard to compare.

Some of the shading on the body is weird because this guy was going to pull a blanket in his teeth, thus covering up most of his body and casting a shadow. If I continue on with this I'll fix that definitely.

After some Photoshop work. Definitely only halfway done. I think the reason I lost interest in these is because I felt the character needed more developing, so I didn't want to spend the time on the computer. Plus there's other illustrations I want to work on, and I've been real involved lately in developing my church's website. If you're really good I'll post some screenshots of that.

Royal Bachelor

Here is a poster illustration I did for mi Papa's play. He got the 100%-off "father discount".

First Greeting Birthday Card

It is believed that the first birthday greeting cards ever recorded were not done on paper at all, but actually on stone--done thousands of years ago in caves. Here is a scene depicting the creating of such card.

Maybe I'll post some process screenshots of this one a little later. Right now I'm going to go have some ice cream and brownies covered in chocolate sauce!

EDIT: Because this is a theory I'm submitting it to this week's "Illustration Friday".

Chimney Inspection

Here is the finished piece! (at least for now). Below is the begining of the work done in Illustrator. After I had all the colors done I took it into Photoshop and painted the rest.