Elephant Style, The Von Glitshcka Way

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There's always some new illustration style to get excited about. New to me anyway. This is my first try at the tribal style I discovered in the Lynda.com illustration courses of Von Glitshcka, an illustrator-designer in the Pacific Northwest. It took me a couple hours longer than estimated (what else is new?) but it was a fun, surprising process. You draw one-half of the picture (in this case, the right side of the elephant) then make the mirror image by flipping it in Adobe Illustrator. Really cool what you see for the first time!

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Learn more about Von at GlitschkaStudios.com. He's been illustrating really nice work for Adobe and paper makers for eons. If you have Lynda.com or LinkedIn, look for the course called Drawing Vector Graphics: Tribal Illustration.

Portrait: Comedian Eugene Mirman

A new famous-person portrait has been added to the illustration section of Pawluh.com. The super hilarious Eugene Mirman, founder of the annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival and star of the animated series Bob’s Burgers.

I tried to capture his figure-8 head. And his eyes. Those eyes. It’s not a great likeness but it sure was fun to draw. Click it to biggerify. Next time he’s in town, get tickets and see for yourself.

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Medium – Marker on a sturdy white Strathmore Bristol Vellum paper; lightly cleaned up in Adobe Photoshop; converted to vector format in Adobe Illustrator and grays added.

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Eugene Mirman, comedian & such