HOOTERS 4

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The March/April issue of Hooters Magazine is out on the stands. So, that means another advertisement for Coors Light drawn by me. I really enjoyed working on this illustration. Parts of it were challenging, but overall it was a good time. This ad is my favorite so far, because the woman in the illustration is loosely based on my wife. I didn't use any photo reference or try to capture a likeness of her, I think it is the attitude and pose is what reminds me of her so much. I am also fond of the colors in this one. This is the only ad so far that the background colors didn't follow the "cold cues" of Coors Light.

There was a little trouble when this ad was printed, somewhere between sending the disc off to the printer and being published in the actual magazine, the headline, legal, and Mt. Icon dissapeared and failed to show up on the printed piece. Not really sure how that happened .......

The image above is how it should have looked in the magazine.

Please remember to always buy Coors products.

Enjoy,

Jack

PICKLED SKUMBO

I had posted back in August 2006 that I had been invited to create a custom Skumbo vinyl toy for the custom toy show "HIJACKED" (Because Homage is Just a Fancy Word for Stealing): Custom Skumbo Show out in Long Beach, CA. Well, over 9 months have passed and the show has not happened yet. I became a little worried and contacted the curator........ Thankfully, the curator was kind enough to send my little guy back to me.

Originally, the curator asked us if we would only post teaser pics and not the full image shots of the Skumbo. Now that I have my little guy back in my possession and since I will not be part of this particular custom show anymore, here are some pics of my finished custom Skumbo.

Here is the little guy before customization:



Concept sketch:


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In progress:


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Finished pics:


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This guy is still up for sale. If interested, please leave me a comment. I will get back to you a.s.a.p.

I have been bitten by the custom toy bug again and have three different custom toys in the works. Stay tuned, I will be posting some images soon.

Jack

HEDORAH (ヘドラ)

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Here is another one of my "toy illustrations" of my favorite kaiju "Hedorah" (ヘドラ), he is from the 1971 Toho film "Godzilla vs. Hedorah" (titled Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster here in the U.S.). The monster was named for hedoro (ヘドロ), the Japanese word for sludge, vomit, slime or chemical ooze.

Ever since I was a little kid, I have always liked the concept of the character. The idea of a kaiju that spit acid, was a layered shapeless mass that was brought to earth by a meteor and lived off of industrial pollution was brilliant. This movie was made at a time before all of this talk of global warming, carbon footprints, etc. It was a psychedelic Godzilla movie that had a political message: save the earth from mankind's excesses.

Enjoy,

Jack