Artorder Sketch - B&W Vampires

If you missed it, last weeks concepts are up at Artorder as well as the next two assignments. Here is my concept for this week...

As a note, the final size is 3" x 6.75" as requested, just shown here larger for your viewing pleasure.

The assignment for this week was to depict a pair of vampires. The piece had to be black and white line art and include several other key details, a full description can be found here. Jon Schindehette really raised the bar on this one. Not only is he giving out an art commission to the 'winner' but he has invited several other art directors from competing companies to have their say and possibly discover new artist. A list of those other art directors can be found here. So there will probably be a lot of new faces on the line up this Tuesday besides the regulars that participate each week, should be exciting!

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Vampires and Caterpillars

Another busy weekend. Finished up an assignment consisting of 4 paintings for a new client. Always exciting and a little nerve racking to work with a new client. So far it has been a real pleasure. I also go a bit of drawing in. Here is my sketch for a certain black and white Vampire assignment, stop back by on Friday to see the inked final.

On a completely different tangent here are some images from the garden this weekend. Our swallowtail caterpillars were finishing up what remained of our fennel and were finding hiding places to form their chrysalis. Some were not as well hidden as others.

Look at them go - OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!
As of this morning they are all gone and so was the fennel.

One will always choose the matchstick plant and allow us the opportunity to follow it through it's transformation.

Same one as of this morning. If I remember right from last year there will be a butterfly emerging in about 2 weeks.

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com