Serious Work
I was recently hired by a film company that works for the U.S. Military to do a series of illustrations on Prisoners of War. They liked the line quality of my Zombie Portraits and were interested in having me work in a more graphic style. The subject matter of P.O.W.s was much more serious than my normal fantasy monster routine.
I found it quite challenging to wrap my mind around what these soldiers went through. It was also interesting and challenging to handle real life subject matter. I had to make sure the helicopter looked like a Blackhawk, and the jet was an F-15. I also learned a bit about flight suits and parachutes.
I don’t feel comfortable telling these soldiers stories, so I will let the illustrations speak for themselves. I did them in pen and ink, and then added gray tone digitally.
Very interesting! Will this be for a press campaign to show what POW go through, or for military-internal documents?
It is a part of a press campaign to show how soldiers handle tough situations like being a POW.
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Very cool. I especially dig the blackhawk. I’ve never seen you do sequential artwork before, is it something you plan on doing more of or is this a one time gig?
I would do more for sure. I’m interested in getting into story-boarding.