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CORK SKEPTICS POSTER | MAY ‘12
Poster for the next Cork Skeptics talk at Blackrock Castle Observatory.
The talk is by ex-Scientologist John Duignan, who was a member of the Church of Scientology for 22 years, before he eventually extricated himself. In 2008, John published a book documenting his experiences, entitled The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology, which the Church apparently tried to have banned.
It should be a really interesting talk, and is free to attend, so if you’re in Cork on the 25th pop along!
Bit of context for the poster imagery here, if’n you need it.
LIBRARY BROCHURE CHARACTERS
I thought it would be fun to show the process behind these two characters I created for a local library brochure. The man with the binoculars will point out a map of the library’s location, while the bee-girl will remind people not to forget their library pin number—hence the pin in her hand!
The first step, the character sketches, were approved by the client with a few small changes suggested (the bee-girl lost her giant glasses, for example). From there, everything was completed in Photoshop: the inking followed on top of the sketches, then the colours were laid down, and the final tweaks involved a minor colour adjustment and a subtle texture overlay. The grey background was laid under the final artwork to make sure it would all look okay on a colour other than white.
And that was everything—except for a hastily YouTube’d tutorial on how to create a fancy animated GIF, to entertain and delight!
SCIENCE 140
If you’re into science stuff, and are upon the Twitter, go check out @science140—a tweet-powered, crowdsourced experiment collecting science definitions and explanations in 140 characters or less.
Browsing through the #science140 hashtag, I came across a couple tweets I thought would be fun to illustrate. Definitely going to do a few more when I have time.
SCIENCE!
‘SING UP FOR THE BOYS IN GREEN’ ALBUM COVER
The football-mad Indiecater Records have released an indie music tribute to the Irish football team’s efforts in the upcoming Euro 2012 championship, entitled “Sing Up For The Boys In Green”. This is the album cover I created for the release, featuring a sporty Ireland on the front, and its first-round opponents—Spain, Croatia and Italy—on the back.
You can find out more about the album (and stream it) at Indiecater Records, or go nab yourself a copy here. Score!
THE WILD VILEPLUME USED STUN SPORE
Indonesian kids are paralyzed! They may be unable to move. (Original Photo)
WORLD BOOK FEST 2012 ILLUSTRATIONS
Spot illustrations for this year’s Cork World Book Fest brochure (previous years’ illustrations here). The pitch sketches, shown here with the final artwork, included a book-munching ogre that I really hoped the client would go for, but alack t’was not meant to be!
Copies of the brochure will be available at the Book Fest launch on Saturday 31st March at Triskel Christchurch in Cork. The festival takes place from 19-23 April, 2012.
CORK SKEPTICS POSTER | MAR ‘12 (ii)
Poster for Cork Skeptics’ next talk which takes place on Friday 16 March at Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork. The talk, by Rebecca O’Neill of Dublin Skeptics In The Pub, is entitled Confessions of a Former Health Food Shop Worker.
SOMEBODY IS WRONG!
On the internet of all places. Oh, what is to become of us?
GHOST WRITER!
A Demonic Pact. An Unimaginable Sacrifice. A Lucrative Book Deal He Just Couldn’t Turn Down. These origin stories really just write themselves, y’know?
