Poster Gig

So one of the projects I have just recently completed was creating the official poster for the Revenant Film Festival!
My good man Geoff at Revenant Magazine hit me up a while back, and here is the monster we have created!

This project was a fuckin' blast to do, and I am pretty pleased with the way things came out. Below are a few process sketches and color-ups, and I wanted to work in an homage to Forrest J. Ackerman's Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine covers, so that was fun too. Anyway, if you can make it up to Seattle for this momentous, gory, brain-splattering festival of Undead Cinema, get info and tickets HERE! Thanks again to Geoff and everyone at Revenant for the great opportunity!

Initial rough sketch and color idea:


Sketch for final piece:


And this is what I had originally intended as the style, but when it was in process I knew it was just going to be too goddamn muddy and confusing, so I reworked the sketch and colored it up in a more graphic style for the final. I hate how this one looks, except for the blood and guts, they look alright. Too dark and confusing on the rest.

Breckenridge String Quartet

Here is a poster design I did for my brother and his quarter this summer.

Metropark/Obey Public Works Competition

Yes, yet ANOTHER entry for ANOTHER t-shirt design competition. I am really happy with how this turned out, so if you are too, vote for it HERE!!! All consideration is greatly appreciated, as I could use the exposure!!! Thanks for checking it out!

Sketches

I thought it was about time I share some work I've been doing the past week or two. These are all sketches from the Children's book I'm working on with my Mom. Some of these are revisions from previously posted sketches.

The way I work usually is by sketching out some rough ideas in my sketch book then when I decide I like how something looks, I go over it carefully with tracing paper, eliminating the rough, gestural marks. I then scan in each image (separately) on the tracing paper and compose the entire scene in Photoshop. (that is why most of these images appear to be see-through, and have a 'ghostly' quality to them) When I do the finals, I work on each layer separately, and erase the tracing paper around the sketch.

Enjoy!

Enormous Tiny Art

My work is now up for sale on the ETA site. Check it out!

https://www.enormoustinyart.com/Artists/m-o/O-Bryan,-Karen.aspx

Dream Catchers and Feathers

Sketchy McSketch