Tag Archive for 'Illustrator'

Toonsday: Pucker and Bloat #4, Squidmas Pickle

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Jason
on December 9, 2008
in Pucker and Bloat
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Pucker and Bloat web comic by Jason Robertshaw [500x324, 136K]
Pucker and Bloat #4, Squidmas Pickle. © Jason Robertshaw


Hi ho, the Pucker and the Bloat return with Seasons Greetings. But as you can see, the War on Squidmas continues even into the briny deeps. But Pucker has done his ecumenical best to cheer his pal Bloat and so too, whether you are a Pastafarian or Spewish, celebrate Squidmass, Cephalopodmass or Fishmess, here’s hoping for good things for you and yours in the coming years. May all your growth rings be bright. Happy Holothuridays!

Mad Science! Vector Art Challenge

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Jason
on October 31, 2008
in Gefilter Feeder
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If you need affordable, royalty-free stock art, iStockphoto is a good place to start looking. Each month they also have a challenge for their contributing artists and this month’s topic was MAD SCIENCE! Check out the link and scroll through the messages to see some of the maniacal results. Some of my favorites:

Also, here is a list of mad scientist from Wikipedia.

Cephalopod Evacuation Route

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Jason
on August 19, 2008
in Pucker and Bloat
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Blue road signed with a stylized octopus and the words CEPHALOPOD ROUTE and a downward pointing arrow [284x521, 44K]
Cephalopod Evacuation Route, © Jason Robertshaw


Another Illustrator exercise inspired by this sign. Because cephalopods need to know where to go when it rains too.
 

Doodlebug #1

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Jason
on August 6, 2008
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Seven 7-sided orange stars will purple drops forming a circle [450x450, 44K]
Doodlebug #1, © Jason Robertshaw


Just messing around in Illustrator, working with a seven-sided figure.
 

Toonsday: Super Happy Funtopus

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Jason
on July 29, 2008
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[400x400, 24K]
Super Happy Funtopus


I came across a short Illustrator tutorial at Vectortuts.com that shows the steps for making a Super Happy Octopus Character. Some of the steps were missing, but it was a fun tutorial and I finally learned how to make one of those ubiquitous starburst effects. Expect me to abuse that technique liberally in the future. :D

The original vector file I made is more vivid than the the image reproduced here. I still need to figure out why the gamma changes when moving from Illustrator to Photoshop to the Web. I expect there are difference between Mac and PC displays too.

Pucker and Bloat

This marks the return of my Pucker and Bloat feature where I will share some of my Illustrator and Photoshop doodlings. The feature derives its name from one of the distortion filters in these programs. Pucker and Bloat are also the names of two sea creatures appearing in a Web comic I am starting.

Unfortunately, the external hard drive that housed my original art work for those characters decided to die. :( I don’t mind recreating them, but having those files would have made it easier to turn out some new panels sooner.