Jane of the Apes (Finished)

     Here's the finished version of my take on Jane and Tarzan. I still have a few days to let it sit and see if there are any changes that I want to make. I was going to wait until Monday to post this but I figured there was no point in waiting. I might make a few changes, but it's mostly done. Enjoy!

EDIT: I've revised this based on some feedback. Thanks for all the help to those of you that gave me feedback in class :)

Warm up Sketch

    I thought I'd warm up a little bit today before I started into my big projects. Enjoy!

Jane and Tarzan

     Here's the sketch for the illustration of Jane and Tarzan in there reversed roles. I'm having all kinds of fun with this project! I'm still working out a few kinks but for the most part I'm happy with where it's at. Enjoy!

Glow Bug spread

     For my narrative illustration class I am illustrating a book about a chameleon named Lyle. The book describes the adventures that Lyle goes through while trying to catch and eat a very appetizing glow bug. I'm super excited about it! Here is a sketch from a spread within the book. The text is still undergoing revisions. Enjoy!

Jane of the Apes

     In one of my illustration classes I'm doing a project that involves redesigns of classic duos. The fun part is that I'm taking each duo and reversing their roles and their characters. In this instance I'm going to do Tarzan and Jane but, I'm going to have Jane be the one that was raised by apes. These are sketches of my designs for Jane and Tarzan. Eventually I'm going to do a full on illustration of the two of them. Enjoy!

Monochromatic Genie

     Here's the finished, colored version. It was hard for me to only use one color. But, it's definitely teaching me to do more with less. Enjoy!

Monochromatic Genie (work in progress)

     Here is a work in progress of my monochromatic illustration. For those of you that aren't familiar with the term, "monochromatic" means one color.  I am still working out what color I want to use. But for now here is the black and white version. Comments welcome!

I dream of Genies....

     Well, not really. But, I thought that it would be fun to paint one for a class assignment.

     In my color and design II class we are exploring monochromatic color schemes. Here are a few rough sketches of some genies that I was messing around with today. We are working with 8x11 format. I like them both for different reasons but I think I'm leaning more towards the first one. Either one will be fun to paint. More to come!

Little Racoon Friend

     Here's the finished version of the previous work in progress. I've had a lot of fun with this one. I hope you all enjoy!

My website's back!

Hello everyone. My website was offline for a month or so while I made some hosting changes and such. But it's back now! Enjoy:

www.stephensitton.com

Work in Progress

     I thought I'd give you guys a little peek. I just blocked in a rough background for lighting. I'm going to actually go back in there and paint up a sweet gypsy wagon and some more defined trees and leaves and stuff. Enjoy!

Little Racoon Friend (sketch)

    A quick sketch just for fun. I kinda like where it's headed so maybe I'll finish it :)

Airline Travel

     

This piece has been alot of fun. Actually most of the illustrations I do are fun. I think that's because being an illustrator is awesome. I love what I do. Honestly! I didn't have a whole lot of time to work on this one but I'm still happy with how it turned out. Enjoy!

Sneak Peak

     Here's a sneak peak at the illustration I'm working on. Enjoy!

It's Been a while...

     So, it's been a long time since my last post. With good excuse, however! I just barely finished the internship portion of my stay at Picture Plane Imaging and they have agreed to let me stay on for the summer as a Freelance artist! I work there 40+ hours a week and have had the privileged to have worked on quite a few unique projects. In the meantime, this is a rough sketch that I'm working on for an illustration for Perspectives magazine. It's supposedly a feature on travel or something like that. I'm still figuring things out. Comments welcome!