SPORT ART... ILLUSTRATED !!!!!

Today, I will be posting some SPORT ART images from my studio portfolio. All of these paintings were created in the TRADITIONAL METHOD. No digital tricks here.... just paints, brushes, and some good'ol elbow grease.
When I show these to my students at the University, they can't fathom that they were painted without the use of any digital software applications. Here are the following images, starting with several major Pro Sporting events.





These next three images were created for use in game schedule posters for teams in the NFL, MLB, and other poster uses.
The pitcher image was a demo piece done for a seminar given to a group of entry level Illustrators.





The last grouping are all Football related imagery. The Redskins image shown was done as a special Super bowl poster. The visual of the Receiver was more of a generic poster to be used for any needed purpose the NFL deemed necessary. The final artwork posted here today was a special "Monday Nite Football" promo for the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant Chain Franchise.
This type of Traditional artwork can, and still is being created in this modern day of the pixel, I'm glad to say. My only wish is that some of the younger, recent grads out of school would pick up a paintbrush more often than they pick up a mouse!!

Wizard of OZ Concept Sketches

There is a new blog from Blue Sky Studios at www.bsschallenge.blogspot.com that a friend of mine turned me onto lately.
It's a weekly challenge to all the animators at Blue Sky Studio to come up with clever,contemporary visual concepts that are variations on a theme, suggested by the BlogSpot site, created by BlueSky studios. it's ONLY open to their animators, but anyone can view the work, and leave comments. A few artists from the St louis area are doing a similar thing, and posting their work on
www.stlartthrowdown.blogspot.com.
The sketches above are my own concept solutions to this weeks BSSChallenge on Wizard of Oz characters... namely "Dorothy"
Wondered what Dorothy would look like with a little scarecrow in the oven???

These are a couple of different concepts with a more urbanlike street appeal. I think she looks pretty hot with short spiked hair
and a tougher cityfied body.
Be sure to check out the BlueSky Blog above and enjoy the work posted there this week on the Wizard of Oz theme. Also... go to the St Louis throwDown Blog to see more original concept art. Until the next Posting, keep drawing!!