Possible t-shirt?

I recently attended an IGDA/Indie City Games meet-up and had a great time! One thing that surfaced during the get together was a suggestion that I do a Cannonboy -based t-shirt...


Whaddya think?

Cannonboy ©2006 Kurt D. Mitchell

...or maybe...

Cannonboy © 2006 Kurt D. Mitchell

Memorial Day 2011-

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

  Between the crosses, row on row,
   That mark our place; and in the sky
      The larks, still bravely singing, fly
         Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
  We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
     Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
        In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
  To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
      If ye break faith with us who die
        We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
           In Flanders fields.

-John  McCrae

Stubby pencil? No... Stubbie Pencil.

The TAO of STUBBIE PENCIL © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The TAO of STUBBIE PENCIL © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

Need I say more...? (editorial illustration)

Management's  Official Position (originally drawn for The Quill)

KING TUT SARDINES! (Miscellaneous Art)

 

This is a mock ad that appeared in "The Pigeon Eater" comic book.

From the Archives... Beethoven on CD! (Editorial Illustration)

This illustration was drawn for The Chicago Tribune (art directed by Judie Anderson).

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (Character Concept)

I was playing around with The Pigeon Eater character today...

The Pigeon Eater: Wary  (blueline) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary  (blackline) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (white ground) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (value) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (environment 01) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (environment 01b) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (background element block) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (background color) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (motivational element) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The Pigeon Eater: Wary (final color) © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

THIS IS MINE! (Miscellaneous Art)

The Protectionist © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

Flamingos! (Miscellaneous Art)

These were done for my friend, Sandy...

Flamingo at The Ritz © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

Flamingo ON Vacation © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

Hamburger Anniversary (Miscellaneous Art)

Hamburger Anniversary © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

CANNONBOY : A Matter of Taste (Graphic Novel)

 

"Tastes like chicken!"

CANNONBOY: A Matter of Taste © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

Where Babies Come From (Editorial Illustration)

Where Babies Come From © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

Tools of the Trade (Miscellaneous Art)

Pencil Stub © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

Winged Pencil  © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

Eye Robot (Miscellaneous Art)

From The Eye Robot Series © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

From The Eye Robot Series © 2010 Kurt Mitchell

From The Eye Robot Series © 2010 Kurt Mitchell



From The Eye Robot Series © 2010 Kurt Mitchell



From The Eye Robot Series © 2010 Kurt Mitchell



Who is Kurtomitch? [redux]



      My work has always had an imagist aspect; my subjects always representational, if not always realistic.

      I am intrigued by the ways in which the human mind creates mental pictures through the assimilation of language, both written and spoken, and how this ideo-sensory process can produce wildly differing results from individual to individual...

     "Quick! Think of a horse! What color is it? Does it have fangs?"

      Words conjure images and these images can obtain the power/status of symbols. Symbols exist as a basis of human communication on all levels of social structure, from intrapersonal to interpersonal... from family to tribe, from tribe to community and, eventually, all of humanity. They have the capacity to transcend differences in dialects and language...

     "Think of a horse...What color is it? Now think of it as plaid."

      Ideosensory imagery is the term for the phenomenon that occurs within our minds when words conjure images...

      This is the essence of editorial illustration...

      This is what I do.