IF: Car 4.0

The M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) is a car...IF is an accronym for infrared. THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT Just trying to give you another perspective.

Technique:

I built this scale model of a humvee, I shot it with my digital camera on the kitchen counter and than colorized it in Fireworks. Here's the raw footage on my kitchen counter...notice the italian tile backsplash which I also made :-)

IF: Car 3.0

I like this subject. Here is another out of this world car, The Mustang. In its 40-year tenure as America's favorite muscle car, Mustang has performed in more than 500 starring roles on the silver screen - more than any other automobile. Click Here For a complete lists of movies and Mustangs.

IF: Car 2.0

Thought I would do something else. This is me and Christopher and the Cub Scout's Pinewood Derby. We would win our packs race but when we went to regionals we got beat like a red-headed stepchild. It was a Father/Son moment I won't forget.

IF: Car

This is the Grey Ghost, she is a 2006 Ford Mustang GT with 300hp. I love my Mustang. I've only had her up to 110mph but I know she's got plenty more. It's a good thing I love my mustang because my commute is usually two to three hours a day. damn! I need a closer job! I tweaked the perspective a bit to give it a more aggressive stance. My wife says its my midlife crisis car which is ridiculous...I drove a minivan for ten years before this one, I think I deserve it.

Monday Artday: Laugh

I submitted to Monday Artday, the topic was laugh. This is a small cropped portion of the final Illo. This is what i had to say about it.

I imagine these guys are in a band and they like to joke around and party alot. The name of the band is Laughing Gas! I don't know why they are all green, but they make me laugh.

IF: Sign

What's your Sign? I don't believe in astrology, but alot of people do. If you think about it astrology was our ancestors first attempt at design and understanding the unkown. Can you guess which one this is?

Man...I don't know what this is.

Man...I don't know what this is. I just decided to combine a few of my illustrations into one mega-uber-drawing. I guess you could call this mixed media? I don't know...its late. Here's the laundry list;

1. Dark man was drawn in Fireworks
2. Treasuremap was also drawn in Fireworks
3. Of course Citrus Redux was my first Firework project submitted to Illustration Friday
4. Rhino was a pencil sketch
5. Dino was manipulated Digital Image...it wasn't a real dinosaur
6. All of these were created in MAY 2007
7. JMO is one of my many aliases

IF: Citrus Redux

Citrus Redux is my first attempt at Macromedia Fireworks. And I drew this without a mouse, or tablet...just my finger on a laptop...which should explain the simplicity of the illo. I do like fireworks it is like a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Band of Brothers

My Name is Jeff and yes, I am a fine scale modeler. I built this about two years ago. Inspired by the Hit Mini-series Band of Brothers, I decided to build a diorama. This is my work. I put alot of research and detailed painting into this project and it was a joy to build. I scratch built the inside of the house, and combined various elements to tell a story. It turned out so good I entered it into a modeling Contest in Fairfax, VA. I lost. Anyway it was sitting in the basement gathering dust and I wanted to share it with everyone. I consider this Art...what do you think?

IF: Citrus

My Instructors (MCC Olvey, USN and SSG George, USA and Me, USAF) brainstormed a couple of ideas for this weeks topic - Citrus. All good ideas Here's what they came up with...

Lemonade stand, Pirates with Scurvy, Humanade Stand...Orange Groves, Orange Bowl.

Orange you glad I'm done! I drew this on my lunchbreak...Thanks for the ideas guys.

Check out my Slide Show!

IF: Neighbors 2.0

They really do. My neighbors had a ten foot fence in back of our house built...the Great Wall.
Haven't seen him since.

IF: Neighbor

A good neighbor shovels snow for his neighbor. This weeks Illustration Friday topic was neighbor and all I could think about was how Old Man "Corrigan" shovels the sidewalk for everyone. He's a good neighbor. Good Neighbors are hard to find. I could really illustrate some bad neighbors... maybe I'll do another Illo!

IF: Remember

This week the topic for Illustration Friday is Remember. Looking around my cubicle I notice numerous little yellow stickies. I write these "post-its" to myself to help remember the various tasks that I have or things Iwant to accomplish throughout the day. Phone numbers, passwords, and things to do lists with little checkboxs drawn next to each item...If you ask my wife I can't remember anything. I have more important things to remember than all the minutae that could clog my life...yeah! Now where are my car keys? Oh I remember!