In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night...

Wow! Looks like it's been a little while since I've posted anything. In lieu of posting a bunch of in-progress stuff from a couple of my personal projects, take a gander at this pic here of Green Lantern, John Stewart.
A buddy and I decided to trade illustrations for our birthdays and we chose JLA characters for the swap. I did this in watercolor. The original (just arrived in Texas) is 18" x 24".

The Celestial Hurl

A friend of mine asked me to do a really quick (one day) turnaround for an illustration advertising a reading of one of her new scripts. I normally don't do this, but the title of the script gave me a fun idea. I looked to ancient star/constellation charts for inspiration. The drawing I did for the illustration was really rough, so I took it into photoshop for a bit of speedy finishing. The text was done in Illustrator and then I treated it to the same filter I used on the rest of the piece.

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 I feel that this page is one of the best I've ever done.

The Fall of Inkazimulo is a 2010 Copyright of Aaron Watts

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The Fall of Inkazimulo is a 2010 Copyright of Aaron Watts

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The last run of logos with the white outline inevitably led to a simple color heart, with solid white letters inside it. The heart is a darker color to increase the contrast with the white letters. The letters and the heart also have a slightly darker, thin outline to aid the contrast.

And the black/white conversion...

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I have a small group of fellow artists that I trust and ask to critique my work. After seeing my efforts on this project, one of them suggested I use a white outline on the letters within the heart. So, I tried it out.

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The Fall of Inkazimulo is a 2010 Copyright of Aaron Watts