illostribute: Jim Flora

Another tribute illustration done for illostribute for the Jim Flora post.

Flora has done some wild and wacky designs but i could to do my piece based on a ruins piece Jim had done.

it also gave me a chance to do something different by going down the illustrating buildings route.

more tribute ills can be seen on the illostribute post:

illostribute.com/2012/03/jim-flora/

illostribute: Mary Blair

Here's my tribute illustration for latest illostribute post based on the works of Mary Blair and her fantastic conceptual work she had done for Walt Disney.

This one in particular is from Blair's concept paintings of Peter Pan with Hook and Smee Lurking around in the dark.

As usual, there are some amazing tribute illustrations to behold from other contributors to illostribute.

Check it out:

illostribute.com/2011/09/mary-blair/

illostribute - a tribute to Ernesto Garcia Cabral

here's my contribution to the latest illostribute tribute post. Based on the illustrative works of Ernesto Garcia Cabral.

Personally, all the tribute illustrations are fantastic and i would urge folk to go and see for themselves.

here's my contribution to the latest illostribute tribute post. Based on the illustrative works of Ernesto Garcia Cabral.

Personally, all the tribute illustrations are fantastic and i would urge folk to go and see for themselves.

illostribute.com/2011/08/ernesto-garcia-cabral/

illostribute: a tribute to David Klein

Here's my contribute to the latest illostribute tribute.

This time its the fantastic works of David Klein.

I was really drawn in to the wealth of expressive and varied travel posters that Klein had produced in his lifetime. I was debating on whether to recreate the rome one which focused more on buildings or the greece one which all the mythos captured so colourfully.

well i ended up doing the image above. had a really good time trying to capture the essence of Klein's piece.

illostribute.com/2011/04/david-klein/

illostribute: a tribute to Al Hirschfeld

illotribute has now put up the 5th tribute post, this time based around the masterful pens strokes of Al Hirschfeld.

I have to admit this one was a bit awkward in the sense of working out how to combine the simplicity of the shapes with confident strokes. Should i go like Hirschfeld and do this completely in line form? Maybe a mixture of strokes and shapes? what about some colour or adding some texture? in the end it was mostly all of the above to create my tribute illustration way up there. Based on Hirschfeld's drawing of Clark Gable, i had so fun with this one since its been a while since i've done any form of caricature based drawing, though i think my version i need to make the head a bit fatter in places.

As always, there are some fantastic illustrations done by Steffi Schuetze, Sol Linero, Freddy Boo and also some new contributors have entered the fray including Jon Boam and Jonathan Edwards.

http://illostribute.com/

illostribute: A tribute to Earl Oliver Hurst

illostribute has just put up its 4th tribute post, this time paying tribute to Earl Oliver Hurst and his stunning body of work.

Above is my tribute piece to Hurst which, while looking for the potential candidate to base the tribute on. This one caught my eye with the subject matter being placed further away rather than the up close and personal subjects that feature in most of hurst's work.

This post has some really great tributes created by the likes of Ben Newman, Curt Melo, Cesar Barcelo, Gabriel Corbera and of course, illostribute's founder Toby Than Neighbors.

illostribute: Norman Saunders tribute

here's my tribute illustration for illostribute based on the works of pulp fiction cover artist Norman Saunders.

This post and more can be seen over at illostribute.com