Movin over

Hey Guys, I now post at http://www.craigsbowers.tumblr.com for all my new work, so go check it out!

Darwin's Tortoise

Toad Stone

Yeti Sled

Another vehicle for my zine

Pilots

Here are some character designs for a new project I'm working on.

Life Drawing

I took life drawing again this semester. These two are my favorite. To view previous life drawings go here!

These colors are an Ode to Thomas Kinkade.

nupastel on newsprint


watercolor on paper

Quickies

MR. CHEN

Here is the first part of my thesis! Finally done! It's based off a great story on This American Life about a guy named Mr. Chen, who patrols the bridge over the Yangtze River in Nanchang, China. He spends his days on his dilapidated moped, looking through his binoculars for people who might jump off. He's currently saved hundreds of lives. Listen to the story here.

Also, this is only a sliver of the work done for it, so see the rest on my actual WEBSITE

China City process

Here are some process shots for my China City environment.

My first preliminary drawing, but it just wasn't capturing the feel of the city I was going for. Overhead dragon subways were a little to fantastic/irrelevant for the story.

Once I decided on the thumbnail, it was just a matter of time.

The Piano Man

Part of a series

Cincinnati Krohn Conservatory

pen

Roommate Life Drawing

There's very little privacy in our apartment

Recent sketchbook pages!

mixed media

Yet another sketchbook page

I don't have much to show at the moment, but I'm starting a small project for an anthology that I'm taking part in. pumped.

Here is a sketchbook page of a cowboy doing cowboy things.



ink

Don't Be a Square

My piece for VEND SEND MEND.


Graphite, Ink, Watercolor wash

Westernz

Here's a background and a color key for a personal project I was working on about a month ago. I've since scrapped the idea and am now brainstorming for my thesis project. I have a bunch of other color keys that I might post.




graphite, charcoal

Frenemies

ink, graphite

Small drawing I did today. That is all.

VEND SEND MEND

For the past few months Jee-Shaun and I have been developing a fundraiser for Japan called VEND SEND MEND to raiser money for Doctors Without Borders to help victims of the disaster in Japan. We've received an excellent response from the illustration community and had over 60 illustrators from around the country (and Sweden!) contribute original works of art using vending machines as the theme! We hosted the event last night and will now sell the rest of the work online! Stay tuned!

see the work for the show here

Below is the finished version of our poster image. Jee-Shaun painted the actual machine and I handled all the objects inside. It was a fun collaboration!



gouache on paper

www.vendsendmend.com

I always forget how awful I am with taking pictures of events until it's too late. I forgot to take pictures for most of the show! Oh well, here are some pictures of what the gallery looked like filled with the art. It was a lot of fun and we're well on our way to raising substantial money for Doctors Without borders.

Zankel Finalist

This past week I had the privilege of spending a few days in New York along with the three other Zankel finalists Neiko, Alyssa, and Paige . It was a tremendously awesome time, my favorite part exploring the permanent collection of the Society of Illustrators. The people I met were incredible. The judges were among the nicest people I've met and gave me literally the best critique of my entire life. I feel kind of silly preaching on my blog, but what I gathered from it applies to everyone. My highest thanks to everyone involved at the Society of Illustrators.

Never compromise your personality in your work, and never censor your work to try and appeal to others' expectations. It took 7 highly esteemed professionals for me to truly understand the importance of this.

And a big congratulations to Paige Vickers for wining! Check out her work!

story structure