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Doug McGuire :: Illustration: slideshow image 1
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Trying new things

I have been struggling for a while (like every artist seems to) with my illustration – call it “creative block” or whatever, but I’m working through it. That said, I don’t normally draw a lot of monsters but I have a friend putting together a gallery project later this year and she asked me to be a part of it. I’ll post about it later once it’s ready to go, but the plan is for it to include local writers, artists and some sweet tech.

I felt like trying some new techniques/style on this one. I’ve not done any graphic novel-type illustration before but the subject matter seemed to warrant it. I got some great feedback from my brother, Bryan McGuire, friend, Andy Friz and my son Hayden.

Dream Thing

Here are a couple of hand studies I did trying to work out details…

hand-studies_doug-mcguire

I used this project as a way to get myself back into “learning mode” too. You should never stop! Spent some time reading drawing books, looking at other artists techniques & tutorials. A LOT to view and learn out there. I have really been enjoying the process again.

Just for fun illo.

This was an internal illustration for a department at McGraw-Hill. Just for fun. Enjoy.

Sketched in pencil, painted in Painter.

Very cool online video tool

I just tried out a new online video / slideshow creation tool, Animoto. Incredibly easy, quick & fun.
I grabbed some images from our recent trip to GenCon for Aidan 5 and created one of the Animoto shorts (free). Looks like you can purchase “full-length credits” as well for longer pieces.

Here’s what I put together (took about 5-10 min total).