Divorced Guy's Star Trek Club

An illustration done this year, one of the worst years of my life. I am going through an extremely painful divorce, and have two close male friends; one who is recently divorced, and the other, in the process of getting divorced. We all share a love of Star Trek, which we bonded over years ago, watch together, and which has been a welcome refuge from all the crap going on in our lives.
The idea is based on a photo taken of me siting in the captain's chair on the bridge of the Enterprise, at the official Star Trek Original Series Set Tour, in Ticonderoga New York. https://www.startrektour.com/,  which was one of the happiest days of my life. Ironically, I went with my soon to be ex-wife, who took the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made the above sticker with the final artwork in Adobe Illustrator with "Divorced Guy's Star Trek Club" and more importantly "To Boldly Go".
I have not been producing much artwork this year, as like a lot of people, my stress levels have been high, and my mental health has not been great, but I am very proud of the fact that I was able to bang this out, in spite of how I feel, and that I have not lost my sense of humor. 

The final artwork is 7.5" x 7.5" and was done in Prismacolor marker, and colored pencil on Bristol board.

Original Artwork

Sharp Suits: A Creative Catharsis

It has been a while since I have re-posted anything from another blog, but this was just too good to pass up. A friend of mine posted the link to this site on Facebook. It was addressed to all the designers that he knew, it says:
"Ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more took time out to dress up their favourite worst feedback from clients, transforming quotes that would normally give you a twitch, into a diverse collection of posters."
If you have ever worked with a client you have probably heard at least one or two of these. Enjoy!
The link is HERE: http://sharpsuits.net/Home

My Strange Sense of Humor

As part of the "having fun with drawing" I came up with these sketches. The Cute/Evil idea was the result of noticing the juxtaposition of a German-made Steiff teddy bear, and a model of a WWII German Panzer Tank on my bookcase shelf. They just seemed to go together.
The "Nose of Sauron" came about thinking of replacing the "Eye" in The Lord of the Rings with another body part. You just never know where your mind is going to go.

Clever Self Promo Ad

I don't usually post stuff from other blogs on here, but in this case I'm going to make an exception, because this one was both effective, and made me laugh. It is a self promotional ad for a creative agency (McCann Erickson) that decided to bring the ultimate argument in "who rules in logo design" to the table.The link is here: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/mccann_erickson_jes