The Wake and Make Experiment

[jackspellmanart]

The activity book I illustrated is now available at the Jacksonville Airport. Make sure to bring your crayons the next time you fly!

[jackspellmanart]

I created a cover a little while ago for The Urban Legion, a funny novel about urban legends coming true. It’s a great read and it’s available now in paperback or Kindle at Amazon. https://lnkd.in/bpdQQYm

[jackspellmanart]

I’m working on a great project to create an activity book for the Jacksonville airports.  Here’s an illustration that didn’t make the cut.  Can you figure out the hidden word?  Clue: airport.

[thewakeandmake]

Man of few words...

[jackspellmanart]

I picked up a tip from the great Jake Parker recently.  If you’re in a bit of a drawing funk, copy great drawings.  It helps to just get yourself into a flow and you build up a mental image bank that you can tap into later.  So I drew some popeye sketches today.  Such a fun character to draw.  I love the way his body twists around.

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I’m pretty sure this is what happened at the end of the Super Bowl.

[leannacrossan]

Still so much to learn <: Thanks for lookin’

Photoshop

[thewakeandmake]

Wanted to reblog this here because I added the white boarder! <:

[leannacrossan]

There’s still a lot of roughness to this but I thought I’d post it anyway <:

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll finish it up!

[thewakeandmake]

I just discovered Vivian Maier.  She's a fascinating photographer.  A lot of her photos capture really small, interesting stories.  I based this illustration off one her photos.

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I don't know why these vikings are boxing.  They just are.

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Merry Belated Christmas!

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This is an in-progress project I'm working on.  I call it "Made in America - Part II".  It's an alternate ending to one of my favorite shows.  Any guess on which show it is?

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I created this poster a few months ago.  I used a free 3d model program called SketchUp to create some reference.  It’s a huge help to be able to build a scene and rotate around it to find an interesting perspective.  Download sketchup for free: http://www.sketchup.com/. 

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Jim Ward  |  averagejim.com  |  @averagejim  |  on tumblr

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Another mermaid to add to the mix...the deep sea variety whose only friends are giant tube worms:(

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Pixellustration of Mike Joosse

Jim Ward  |  averagejim.com  |  @averagejim  |  on tumblr