Orioles Magic...Feel It Happen

I realize that I am posting this illustration while the Orioles are in the midst of a 6-game losing streak, but maybe this guy will turn their luck around. It is a drawing I decided to do for my younger brother as he is a huge Orioles fan and we are also headed up to Baltimore at the end of June to watch the O's take on the Indians at Camden Yards. I had a lot of fun drawing this one, as it was my first full-on illustration I've done in a while. Plus, I just think the Oriole Bird is a pretty awesome mascot.

A Roar Like Never Before...

This is the introduction piece I did for the "Roar Like Never Before" series we are gong to start detailing the many changes within the U of M football program for the recruits. I did the intro kind of like a movie poster to make it act like the preview you see before the whole film, the still shot that (hopefully) makes you want to see more. I'm interested to see where it goes and will definitely be posting the subsequent pieces in the series!

Another MiLB Mascot...

Here are a couple drawings I did this past week of Oggie, the mascot of the Ogden Raptors. I thought he would be a fun challenge since he was a raptor, which you don't see every day in the sports world. All in all it was fun to work on. Who knows where I'm headed next...


(Disclaimer: Representations of team logos appearing on uniforms are there to capture the mascot as close as he/she appears in real life and I'm not claiming those logos as my work. All credit goes to the designers who have created them.)

A Few Mascot Drawings

Sluggo - Eugene Emeralds

Over the past few weeks--to keep up my illustration chops--I've been doing some mascot drawings of from different sports that I thought provided some different challenges. With baseball in full swing and hockey in playoff mode, I've concentrated on those tow sports.

The biggest challenge was the image at the top. Cool Ray is the mascot for the South Carolina Stingrays, the Caps affiliate in the ECHL. The challenge? He's a stingray on skates. It's not exactly a mascot you see everyday, so I wanted to go at trying to get him in action and I think I captured it well.

Stormy is the mascot of the Carolina Hurricanes. Once again, it's an "ice hog" on skates, which I just wanted to try and capture. I spent quite a while working on that drawing, but I think it did a great job of capturing that "family fun" atmosphere that a mascot brings to a team.

Last but not least is Sluggo, of the Eugene Emeralds. I decided to draw him because he looked like the bear brother of the Philly Phanatic, who happens to be my favorite mascot ever. I mean, he's a lime green bear. What's not cool about that? All in all, each mascot was a lot of fun to draw, and I hope to be posting some more drawings in the future.

(Disclaimer: Representations of team logos appearing on uniforms are there to capture the mascot as close as he/she appears in real life and I'm not claiming those logos as my work. All credit goes to the designers who have created them.)

Another Concept Logo

Here is another concept logo I worked on this weekend. It was for a basketball team. I was really happy with how it turned out so I wanted to post it here. I thought the colors worked well together and that it also translated very nicely into a one-color logo. I also believe the type meshes well with the horse, and for some reason I just love how the mane on that puppy turned out.

 

U of M Camp Brochure

It is long overdue for me to post this project, but here she is... the U of M summer football camp brocure. It was quite the long process to put this one together (including resizing the whole thing at the very end) but I was very pleased with the outcome. The top two images are the computer files I stared at for hours on end, to make sure the poster was truly epic and that all the info was legible on the other side. It was an intense process but I loved getting it in the mail and unfolding the awesomeness!

Dontari Poe Draft Announcement

As you may have noticed last week, Dontari Poe was selected in the 1st round of the NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Seeing as he is from the U of M, it was only natural that we did a piece about his selection. I enjoyed working with their color scheme to change things up from my usually blues and grays of most of my U of M pieces. It was fun little sidetrack from my other projects.