New blog

Anyone at all who reads this, I no longer use it. I still go on here but I will be posting now on my new word press page because myspace doesn't hate it.

http://iwelshartblog.wordpress.com/
hit it up.

Update.

My work load is filled. I'm backed up. I haven't been able to post lately but I will have my process piece up. I finished the piece for Faces of Bayon and the process will be posted soon. I am working on a album layout for Destruction Volt, shirt for Wolf on Fire and a layout for Gethsemane.

I am also making a wordpress for a site for myspace because it sucks and won't let this link.

Wow

Ok, I've been really swamped this month and it just keeps adding up. I'm neglecting this so I'm going to have to make this a once a week thing to post stuff, at least. I am always trying to put up as much content as I can. This week I've have three shirt designs to do a few logos and such. Next month looks like a busy one, a very busy one. I have a album piece that may take a month to do cause how detailed it'll be, but it will be a great portfolio piece.

Here is the finished Faces of Bayon shirt design. This week I will be putting up the process post.

New things

Well this week I have been swamped, helping the girlfriend pack for remodeling, working on my comic book and then I had alot of work to do for clients. I have no content to post except for something new I am trying. While I don't do spec work, this is different. Through the marvelous Big Illustration Party Time podcast I found out about Threadless and their submission contests. While I don't expect to win, I feel I will get some clients from it. Below is the penciled version of a piece I am going to submit. I'll let people know when I submit it so you can vote on it.

This week I got a cool new client from Ragnarok Records, this doom band from Mass called Faces of Bayon that want a shirt design of the Bayon temple faces. I am totally stoked for this and I am going to start working on it tonight. More on that later.

Update

Haven't put up much content lately. Almost finished with the shirt design for At the End of the World. Sent in three pieces two took over 3 hours and one took 45 minutes. The 45 minute one was accepted.

Time to unveil!

fter much back and forth...ing and me not being able to make up my damn mind. I finally finished a concept and a sketch for it. Like I mentioned earlier the new story will be about too mid 20 year old moonshiners from Zephyrhills, FL that are being hunted down by a big whiskey baron who want's their recipe because these two boys (Jethro and Al) are cutting into his bottom line all over the south.

This is just a rough inking but this is the main idea for them.

How not to rub a artist you commisioned, the wrong way.

While I am finishing up inks to post. Here is a little thing I wanted to put up. It's called How to Be a Douche bag Client. I very rarely, if ever, complain about any of my clients. I enjoy my work, I have realizing people's ideas and concepts onto paper and print. But out of the countless numbers of things I have done I have maybe two clients that left a bad taste in my mouth.

So here is a story for anyone that wants work done by that certain artist. You set aside a budget to get work done by them. You contact them and you get everything squared away. They send you a the finished sketch, you approve and it goes off to inking and rendering color. You responded to them, they know already you like what's going to happen. You told them the color scheme, inking won't do to much different to the piece.

The artist takes more time on this than usual to get it just right, maybe they really enjoy the concept, feel it is a way to release some personal preferences. Be it the subject, the medium or the style. They put alot more effort than usual. They do a few re dos turns into a 2 and a half week piece so it's perfect. They send it to you........................................................... An that's what they get, nothing, silence, you don't respond. You just don't respond, don't pay attention. A week, eh, forgivable, two weeks, maybe something happened. Anytime after that means that you probably ditched and you just ruined any chances to ever work with this artist you liked so much ever again. We liked the work so much, he put it up for sale for another client that will contact him. If you signed a contract that stipulates lack of communication for a certain amount of time equals rights being retained by the artist to do what he pleases, even if you put money twords it, 50% upfront which is the usual thing. You did wrong by him, he still has to make a living. So this is a message, keep in contact, it helps guys.