Tuesday, May 31, 2011

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

Monday, May 30, 2011

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

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Stubby pencil? No... Stubbie Pencil.


The TAO of STUBBIE PENCIL © 2011 Kurt Mitchell

The TAO of STUBBIE PENCIL © 2011 Kurt Mitchell



Saturday, May 21, 2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

Saturday, May 14, 2011

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




Thursday, May 12, 2011

Flamingos! (Miscellaneous Art)


These were done for my friend, Sandy...


Flamingo at The Ritz © 2010 Kurt Mitchell



Flamingo ON Vacation © 2010 Kurt Mitchell



Sunday, May 8, 2011

Friday, May 6, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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




Monday, May 2, 2011

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.