Reed Bond Illustration

A New Blog

2011-11-23T18:25:00.001-08:00

http://reedtard.tumblr.com
That's right. It's not really all the new actually but if you haven't heard of it yet why don't you head on over. I'm not updating this blog anymore so if you want to see my new work follow me on tumblr.

The Rainbow Connection

2011-08-10T19:48:00.001-07:00

So I LOVE this scene in The Muppet Movie and I love the song as well.

- Reed

Pew Pew

2011-08-08T19:42:00.001-07:00

It seemed like today on Tumblr that everyone was talking about Star Wars so I took it as a sign from the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I should draw Boba Fett as a child playing with Star Wars toys. Don't blame me, blame the FSM

- Reed

Wild Doodles

2011-08-07T19:42:00.001-07:00

I was reminded by @corygodbey about the Terrible Yellow Eyes project so I decided to do some Wild Things art again.

- Reed

Costume Change

2011-08-06T05:53:00.001-07:00

Costume Change, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Via Flickr:
It seemed to me like Alex needed a hoodie like I had drawn him before. Also remember my fan art contest? reedtard.tumblr.com/post/8064924272/reeds-golden-ticket-c...

The Prettiest Mermaid

2011-08-03T20:35:00.001-07:00

So this was an idea I had for a mermaid, seemed to me that she would love her world under the sea but would long for "more"

- Reed

Finn, Jake, and Villains!

2011-07-26T17:32:00.001-07:00

I thought it was time, ADVENTURE TIME!

Adventure Time and characters belong to Cartoon Network and Pendelton Ward.

- Reed

Reed's Golden Ticket Contest

2011-07-25T18:01:00.001-07:00

THE PRIZE:
I'm offering access to the thumbnails of the first episode of my comic <- EXIT ->

THE ENTRIES:
I'm looking for <- EXIT -> fan art. Character drawings, costume reinterpretations, even joke comics, I'd love to see it all.

THE RULES:
- No nudity or profanity, this is going to be a rated G comic so I won't be able to post any art that has dirty language or questionable content.
- Please make it relate to the comic in some way, I know I haven't posted a lot of info about it but there are character drawings located here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/reedbond/sets/72157624581093394
- Have fun with it, I'll be picking submissions based on how much I like the work which includes, style, cleverness, or humor so if you aren't an artist don't worry, just have fun.
- You can post your art any where, just make sure you alert me that its out there. I'll be putting all the fan art onto my tumblr and then later into a fan art section of the comic website. I'll make sure you're credited when i repost your artwork.

THE DEADLINE:
The deadline is September 1st for submissions and I'll make an announcement of the winners within a few days.

- Reed

Character Lineup

2011-07-23T13:40:00.001-07:00

So here are the characters from the first episode of my comic which I am tentatively calling "Nori"

- Reed

Rush!

2011-07-23T09:25:00.001-07:00

So Eric is doing all these great Robot Masters so I thought I'd do some Mega Man art too. Here is my favorite Rush.

- Reed

Alex and Whatsit

2011-07-22T20:22:00.001-07:00

I have no idea what to call this clay dude, ideas? These guys are from the comic I'm working on.

- Reed

2011-07-15T16:31:00.001-07:00

Since I've seen a lot of Harry and Hedwig fan art in honor of the new movie so I'm doing my part. I think Hedwig is one of the saddest deaths to me, partly because she doesnt get much oh a death scene.

- Reed

Frilly

2011-07-13T20:25:00.001-07:00

I found a fashion photograph and loved the dress I had to draw it in all it's frilly glory.

- Reed

2011-06-30T18:34:00.001-07:00

Here is the cover I did for Steven Berger's book, Raised by White Trash which can be downloaded here.

- Reed

Voldemort

2011-06-26T15:23:00.001-07:00

drawedgoods:

This started as drawing Voldy as a drag queen but it turned into a character design for the Dark Lord that I’m pretty pleased with.

- Reed

Skeletor For Dave Valeza

2011-04-27T05:26:00.001-07:00

Skeletor For Dave Valeza, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Don't you wish your He-man was hot like me?

How I Battle

2011-03-10T17:34:00.001-08:00

How I Battle, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

It hasn’t happened in the game so far as I know, but if it ever did, it would happen to me.

- Reed

pokemon

2011-02-28T17:18:00.001-08:00

pokemon, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

So I REALLY don't know much about Pokemon, but I do remember these three from having existed in the 90's.

I wanted to try my hand at drawing characters that I've never tried before and these guys lend themselves very easily to what I draw at work.

- Reed

Enduring Questions

2011-02-27T18:53:00.001-08:00

Enduring Questions, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Monster kid just doesn't understand literature.

Basically I just wanted to draw something with neon colors, other than that there was no plan.

Lirael

2011-02-21T15:40:00.001-08:00

Lirael, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Here is a little doodle of an illustration I'm working on for a series of books that I love. Lirael is a character in the second of three books starting with Sabriel.

This is set in a magical world that involved ancient magic and necromancy.

Gnome

2011-02-21T15:16:00.001-08:00

Gnome, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

So I wanted to make a different kind of gnome for my Tunnel world of "Down the Rabbit Hole".

These guys have drills in the back of their heads, the actually walk backwards into their tunnels as they dig. The use their long arms and claws to pick up the gems, which they eat.

Eye Dr Priest

2011-02-20T06:56:00.001-08:00

Eye Dr Priest, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

So I wanted to create a society of priests. Every one is a priest of something from pizza delivery to bachelorette party stripper. This guy is an eye dr priest. "better 1 or 2, my son?"

- Reed

Devil Child

2011-02-13T16:48:00.001-08:00

Devil Child, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Just a little doodle character idea.

Ug the Ogercorn

2011-02-11T15:42:00.001-08:00

Ug the Ogercorn, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

This guy is a character for my project, Down the Rabbit hole.

Ug is the child of a unicorn and an Ogre. His name was the only thing his parents agreed on, his mother (an ogre) because it was a good ogre name and his father (a unicorn) because it was his first reaction on seeing his baby for the first time.

Print

2011-02-02T16:58:00.001-08:00

Print, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

I drew this a little while ago and tonight I decided to make it into a tiled pattern for your desktop viewing pleasure.

Fey & Dwayne: Supernatural Pest Control

2011-01-30T07:18:00.001-08:00

Fey & Dwayne: Supernatural Pest Control, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

So I FINALLY got illustrator for my laptop so now I can do actual high res comic stuff, huzzah. Don't worry, I'm still doodling on my iPad, I just can't do these larger images for print.

So here are Fey and Dwayne. Fey is spritely and fun loving, she seems like a flake but when when it hits the fan she can always be relied on.

Dwayne seems cranky and angry, but that's because he plays opposette to Fey. He's a good, solid person who can be shy and self concious at times. Together they're a really great team.

More Blob Monsters

2011-01-26T17:28:00.001-08:00

More Blob Monsters, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

I tried the blob experiment again. Here are the results.

Monsters From Blobs

2011-01-25T17:58:00.001-08:00

Monsters From Blobs, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

So my friend @kingofsafari was making characters from random shapes and I decided I'd try my had at a character development technique. I drew a bunch of blobs and then drew characters from that. It was interesting, ill have to do it again.

Fey

2011-01-22T17:27:00.001-08:00

Fey, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Here is Fey she's the other half of a Supernatural Pest Control Team.

Dwayne

2011-01-20T15:11:00.001-08:00

Dwayne, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

I'm working out designs for Dwayne in the comic idea I'm working on.

Fey And Dwayne: Supernatural Pest Control

2011-01-19T17:31:00.001-08:00

Fey And Dwayne: Supernatural Exterminators, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

So here are two characters that I'm thinking I'd make a comic about. I'll write more about them later on as I develop them.

Recommend Us

2011-01-18T05:34:00.001-08:00

Recommend Us, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

HEY! tumblrs! recommend drawedgoods for the illustrators category! - HERE

- Reed

King of Safari

2011-01-17T16:56:00.001-08:00

King of Safari, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

So my good friend Andrew Green has FINALLY gotten a tumblr so I thought I'd make him a welcome present. You should go follow him NOW

Bow Ties Are Cool

2011-01-16T19:18:00.001-08:00

Bow Ties Are Cool, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

I just recently watched the 11th DR's first season and his Christmas special and while I was a little disturbed at first by the green sonic screwdriver I find him to be an entertaining DR. Oh, and bow ties ARE cool.

500 Followers Thank You

2011-01-13T18:14:00.001-08:00

500 Followers Thank You, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

I just reached 500 followers on twitter so I made this as a thank you to all those awesome people. This is an approximation of my desk at work, I wish I had a giant headed derby toy, that'd be awesome.

Penguin for SlugabedClothing

2011-01-03T16:38:00.001-08:00

Penguin for SlugabedClothing, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Here is SlugabedClothing's penguin character.

Keshi For Demon-Cabbage

2011-01-02T13:43:00.001-08:00

Keshi For Demon-Cabbage, originally uploaded by Reed Bond.

Here is Demon-Cabbage's character Keshi from her web comic Fruitful Confusion.

Commission - Ven and Shiro

2010-12-31T09:44:00.003-08:00

Ven and Shiro
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So I was commissioned by the awesome ventastic do do a commission his and Shiro's characters. So cute. :)

Commission - A Monster For Gantpants

2010-12-31T09:44:00.001-08:00

A Monster For Gantpants
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I was commissioned by gantpants he asked for a bulldog monster. Enjoy.

Keep on trying

2010-12-30T17:41:00.001-08:00

Keep on trying
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Do you ever feel like this? As if getting something off the ground is entirely up to you? Yeah me neither.

Commission - Briar Hollow

2010-12-30T15:07:00.000-08:00

So here is the result from the first of the $5 commissions.

These two are Chase and Molly from @TerryBlas's comic Briar Hollow

_{Characters are copyright TerryBlas artwork by Reed Bond}

Sassquatch AND commissions!

2010-12-30T06:25:00.000-08:00

First off this is a fanart piece I did for my friend @kingofsafari of his characater SASSquatch. He is part of Andrew's latest idea "The Super-Gay Adventures of Ross Boston" which can be found here http://fav.me/d35r5x4

BUT ALSO!!!!!!!!!

I was thinking maybe of cutting my teeth with commissions by doing quick and easy ones. So here we go, I'm doing a single character with a blob of color for a background looking like this guy above.

for $5.

That's right $5

So if you want one here's what I need from you. Send me an email to bondreed@yahoo.com with references to the character you want and I'll send you my paypal information. Since this is sort of an experiment let's try 5 slots just to see if it'll work out.

Commission Slots:

1. @TerryBlas - COMPLETE
2. @grantpants - COMPLETE
3. SlugabedClothing - STILL DECIDING
4. ventastic - COMPLETE
5. Demon-Cabbage - IN PROGRESS

Gods of Balance

2010-12-26T11:59:00.001-08:00

I drew these guys a while ago, in my sketchbook but I thought I would draw them with the iPad. These guys are gods that would be part of the tunnel world I've been working on. Enjoy.

- Reed

Don't Touch That - Cleaned Up

2010-12-23T19:48:00.001-08:00

So I cleaned up the sketch from earlier, I'm not 100% on the yellow grays but we'll see.

- Reed

Children's Book Sketch

2010-12-23T08:13:00.001-08:00

So I was thinking more about that Monster Ran Away guy and I started thumbnailing and this is what I got. The blue was just for value because I HATE doing values in grayscale.

- Reed

Location:3rd St NE,Atlanta,United States

The day

2010-12-18T17:20:00.001-08:00

The day
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

... That monster ran away.

Just sort of a fake childrens book I was thinking up. I mainly wanted to draw in this style.

A Winter Walk

2010-12-18T15:28:00.001-08:00

A Winter Walk
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I walk to work every day and now that it's been getting colder I'm actually enjoying it a lot more.

A Sad Monster

2010-12-09T16:32:00.001-08:00

A Sad Monster
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is an image from the blog Drawed Goods that I'm part of.

Girl in the Woods

2010-11-03T10:39:00.001-07:00

Girl in the Woods
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

5 minutes after this image was made she died a most freedoms death at the hands of the worst beast imaginable.

Art & Politics

2010-11-03T09:11:00.001-07:00

Art & Polictics

Here is why it is important to teach art in schools. Art training involves: observation, making decisions, AND constantly reevaluating!

I believe that is why artist generally fall in with the “counter culture, subversives, and troublemakers” because we question, judge, and choose more often than those in power (who generally survive based on the public’s inattention) would like.

Children should be taught to observe and challenge (not just those in power but their OWN notions).

From what I’ve been seeing in election results it’s plain that all these voters should have to take an art class before being allowed to cast a ballot.

Marshal Erste

2010-09-25T19:28:00.001-07:00

Marshal Erste
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This guy is a warrior from a race of bulb people that I'm putting in my Rabbit Hole comic. He's more of he strong silent type. Like a stoic samurai.

Like?

2010-09-23T19:34:00.001-07:00

Like?
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Am I right?

9/23/10

2010-09-23T18:37:00.001-07:00

9/23/10
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I was thinking that it'd be fun to draw some tweets I've seen.

La jeune fille oreo

2010-09-16T17:10:00.001-07:00

La jeune fille oreo
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This was done for a club on DeviantART called "Design a Character" and the theme was sweets or snacks. So after a couple of false starts I came up with an Oreo cookie girl. I decided to base her design off of "Diore's New Look" and France seemed like the place to put her.

Gay Kitteh

2010-09-07T20:59:00.001-07:00

Gay Kitteh
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is the result of my first live stream session.

At Dragon Con

2010-09-06T19:52:00.001-07:00

At Dragon Con
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So I saw Becky and Frank of tinykittenteeth.com/ and Machael of www.funnyanimalbooks.com/ at Dragon Con and drew this to commemorate the event. :D

Everyone's Little Sister EVER

2010-08-31T18:40:00.001-07:00

Everyone's Little Sister EVER
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I redrew doodle in one of my old sketchbooks.

She Reads

2010-08-22T18:01:00.001-07:00

She Reads
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I was in the bookstore today, saw a woman reading a book and then I developed this sort of based off of that.

Daylies 8/16/10

2010-08-16T19:29:00.001-07:00

Daylies 8/16/10
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I saw Scott Pilgrim this weekend and it was AMAZING!

Royal Bird

2010-08-11T20:06:00.001-07:00

Royal Bird
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Another character for Down the Rabbit Hole. More of a species of dressed up birds so this guy doesn't have a name and might never get one.

3 Gods

2010-08-10T19:15:00.001-07:00

3 Gods
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Just some statues that are lying around in the tunnel. Part of my project Down the Rabbit Hole.

iPad Comics 8/8/10

2010-08-08T20:36:00.001-07:00

iPad Comics 8/8/10
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So my weekend consisted of getting underpants gloves and a "V for victory" sculpture and then drawing about them.

The Robot

2010-08-08T20:32:00.001-07:00

The Robot
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Another character for the project Down the Rabbit Hole. He's an old stone robot that is older than he appears and knows a lot more than he let's on. He joins Alex after being bored running an ancient elevator for who knows how long. He isn't adventuring for anything other than his own entertainment.

Monarch Melia

2010-08-05T16:59:00.001-07:00

Monarch Melia
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is Monarch Melia who is sort of the queen bee of a colony of bulb, in the plant sense, people. From the comic project I'm working on called Down the Rabbit Hole.

Annnnnnd the video.

Monarch Melia
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I know the video says Princess but I changed her name and forgot to update the video. LOL

Drawn on the iPad with the application, Brushes.

Alex in the Cave

2010-08-03T19:39:00.003-07:00

Alex in the Cave
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Another drawing of Alex drawn on my iPad.

Alex in the Cave Video
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

... aaaaaaand the video of me drawing this.

iPad is magic

2010-08-03T07:21:00.001-07:00

iPad is magic
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

My first drawing on the iPad. Not so bad I think.

Alex

2010-07-25T15:22:00.001-07:00

Alex
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is from a project that I'm slowly working on. It's a comic called "Down the Rabbit Hole" not sure about that title. It's about a boy named Alex who is on a journey through a long series of tunnels hoping to reach the magical land at the end. Where most journeys to magical lands only take walking through a wardrobe or riding a cyclone Alex's journey is taking a lot longer with many more detours.

This is just a teaser image, I'll try posting more concept art here so that you can see the development. Enjoy.

Eye See What You Did There

2010-05-04T20:34:00.001-07:00

Eye See What You Did There
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

More practice using the pencil tool and a wacom tablet in Illustrator. I just wanted to draw eyes in poses... so I did.

Carters

2010-04-23T12:13:00.001-07:00

I'm working on a project for Carter's infant clothing. The project was to create characters and patterns.

Carters Characters
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is a set of 12 characters with different styles and colors.

Bears Bears EVERYWHERE
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This one is for girls about bears.

We Still Love You Pluto
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This one is for boys about planets.

Little Orange and Red Men
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This one is for boys about aliens.

Oops
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This one is for boys or girls about spilling food.

Pinball Tweaked

2010-04-06T21:35:00.001-07:00

Pinball Tweaked
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is the pinball shirt with a few tweaks. Namely I added a pinball bouncing around. I hope it reads like that.

Patterns

2010-04-05T20:56:00.005-07:00

This is a secondary part of my thesis. I'm making a pattern based off of one of the tee shirt designs.

Stuff Pattern
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Dreams Pattern
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Pipes Pattern
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Joe

2010-04-04T18:59:00.001-07:00

Joe
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Not sure but I thought maybe this could be another tee shirt design.

Thesis Layouts

2010-04-03T16:13:00.001-07:00

For my senior thesis, instead of getting actual shirts printed, I'm making layout posters to show what my designs would look like on tee shirts.

Books Layout
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Dreams Layout
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Rooms Layout
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Pinball Layout
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Pin Ball, the Shirt

2010-03-30T14:59:00.001-07:00

Pin Ball, the Shirt
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

It's getting there.

Books Retouch

2010-03-29T21:02:00.001-07:00

Books Retouch
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So there were a couple of errors in the last one AND I decided to use the Threadless template so I adjusted my colors a bit.

Books Shirt

2010-03-29T20:01:00.001-07:00

Books Shirt
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is another shirt design. The idea is for you to find the books listed by their covers.

The Venus de Reed

2010-03-26T11:51:00.001-07:00

Stone
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I started doodling this in History of Modern art... figured I'd color it.

Doodling

2010-03-22T23:02:00.001-07:00

These are for a web comic idea I've had. Not really doing anything with it right now, but I was having fun coming up with weird statues and robots etc.

So Dan Weiss of American Greetings suggested that I make several themed spreads for my portfolio and I was thinking monster friend could be one.

Stuff Shirt

2010-03-02T18:01:00.001-08:00

Stuff Shirt
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is another image for my thesis. The idea is to have an "I Spy" style tee shirt where people can find objects hidden in the illustration.

Dream House Close ups

2010-02-21T17:57:00.001-08:00

Attic
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Closet Bathroom Library Bedroom
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Laundry Room Kitchen Front Yard
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Door Garage and Living Room
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Dream House

2010-02-20T19:22:00.001-08:00

Dream House
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is one of 5 designs for tee shirts for my show. I'm calling the collection "Childishness" and it's all about being a big kid.

For this design I was thinking what would happen if the people who made the Mickey Dee's Playplaces were to design a house.

Monkey Pattern

2010-02-04T17:03:00.001-08:00

Monkey Pattern
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So I got some good reactions to the monkeys I drew in some previous comics... so I made a pattern. Enjoy.

Boxes

2010-01-29T16:10:00.001-08:00

Boxes
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I often draw boxes in my sketchbook so I decided to make a wallpaper.

Vampire Unicorns in Space

2010-01-21T10:19:00.001-08:00

Vampire Unicorns in Space
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So I had to make a blog for my literature of sci fi, horror, fantasy class and I called it "Vampire Unicorns in Space" and I couldn't resist decorating it a little bit. This is the tiled background that I used and I thought I'd share it with you all. Enjoy.

It's Coffee Time

2010-01-09T22:32:00.001-08:00

It's Coffee Time
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is a calendar image for the month of January. The Student Activities department of my school is making a calendar of events and this is my contribution.

Happy

2010-01-09T11:45:00.001-08:00

Happy
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I made this for the childrensillustrator.deviantart.com monthly topic of "Happy 2010". I feel like sleeping and dreaming are quite high on the happiness inducing list. So may 2010 bring you good sleep and sweet dreams.

A Friend Needs Your Help

2010-01-03T16:12:00.001-08:00

Can you spare $15? Then you can help a really great artist http://freakshow6.deviantart.com pay his bills this month and get a nice commissioned art piece too.

He's doing a single character, no background for only $15.http://freakshow6.deviantart.com/journal/29370136 and please help him out.

I've got mine on order how about you?

Influences

2009-12-21T12:12:00.001-08:00

Here is a list of several artists that influence me, in no particular order and it isn't complete:

Maurice Sendak
Brian Biggs
Shel Silverstein
Quentin Blake
Maurice Vellekoop
Charles Adams
Megan Hunt
David Beauchard
Stanislas Barthelemy
Peter de Seve
Marc Hemple
Al Herschfeld
Dan Piraro
Matthew Scott
Luisa Uribe
Lou Romano
Paul Rogers
Sam Bosma
Jordan Crane
Eleanor Davis
Lucy Kinsley
Katie Beaton
Kali Ciesemier
El Grecco
Johnny Yanok
Tony DiTerlizzi
Hank Ketcham
Susie Ghahremani
Nate Wragg
James Gurney
Shane Glines
Scott Campbell
Kevin Cornell
Cory Godbey
Brett Helquist
Peter H. Reynolds
Mary Blair
Roy Doty
Mike Mignola
Aleks Sennwald
Barbara Cooney
Andy Helms
Pendleton Ward
Craig McCracken
Yuri Norstein
Bill Watterson

I'm sure there are many other artists that I'm missing but as you can see there are a lot of influences. I encourage you to make your own list.

Become a Fan

2009-12-19T14:17:00.000-08:00

Now you can become a fan of Reed Bond Illustrator on Facebook, come on, everyone is doing it.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reed-Bond-Illustrator/209088761537

Mellow Monster

2009-12-05T12:49:00.001-08:00

Mellow Monster
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Final project for Illustration class This is a design for a sketchbook cover.

Monster Sketchbook
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is the sketchbook with the design on it

Burger Sketchbook
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is my current sketchbook with a cool design I got off of a Burger King bag.

The Bird Ball

2009-12-04T12:57:00.001-08:00

The Bird Ball
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is the final for my bird ball image that I showed process for a while back.

YEAH!

2009-12-02T17:49:00.000-08:00

So I've been watching The Neverending Story and I've never really liked Falcore's design in the film, so I decided to make him a new one... I thought a llama was best.

Imagine

2009-12-01T15:41:00.001-08:00

Imagine
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I haven't updated in a bit, but I haven't been very happy with my latest illustrations for class. Here is my last assignment for synergism class. I think this is the direction I'm going to take for my senior thesis.

LOST

2009-11-09T11:06:00.000-08:00

This is a wild stab in the dark, but I figured I'd try. I lost my hard-drive, anyone that goes to Ringling and might know who has it (since it wasn't in either of the labs I used yesterday) PLEASE CONTACT ME! It has all my homework on it, I desperately need it. (772) 577-0196

Senior Portrait 2?

2009-11-08T17:54:00.001-08:00

Portrait 2?
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So I'm trying this again. I thought maybe I'd trying drawing myself doing something that was more in keeping with my personality.

Every graduating class for a while here at Ringling has made a senior portrait poster where everyone in the graduating class draws themselves and we all get put into one big poster.

Senior Portrait?

2009-11-07T17:23:00.001-08:00

Senior Portrait?
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Every graduating class for a while here at Ringling has made a senior portrait poster where everyone in the graduating class draws themselves and we all get put into one big poster. This is what I'm thinking of doing for mine. I think a self portrait can be one of the toughest thinks an artist can do so of course I'm not completely happy with it. Ah well.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Bird Ball

2009-11-03T16:54:00.001-08:00

These are some concept doodles for my next open assignment for illustration class. I wanted to draw ladies in dresses that resemble birds. It's sort of turned into a made up fairy tale or at least a scene from one.

The narrative in my mind reads that the peacock is either an evil queen or just a wealthy lady who is very protective of her son the prince. The swan woman loves the prince but was given an impossible task to perform before they could marry, this scene is where she has completed the task, and has arrived at the ball to the surprise of the peacock and the joy of the prince. Other people at the ball are the owl, the buzzard, and the humming bird.

A Monster and His Bike

2009-10-26T19:11:00.001-07:00

A Monster and His Bike
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

I was in a mood to really mess with texture and color variation so I messed around with this. I haven't quite figured it out, but I'm enjoying the process.

Converge Illustration

2009-10-20T16:54:00.001-07:00

I was commissioned by my school to illustrate an article my president was writing for a new magazine called Converge. It was about how the town of Sarasota was "converging" all the different kinds of art, from music, dance, theatre, fine arts, etc. The final publication was 9" x 9"full color.

They asked me to do a limited color palet and at first they wanted 3 colors only, but I showed them this version with blue added and they really liked it, so it made it to the final print.

Here is the full page

Converge Illustration
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the spots.

Converge Spot 1
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

Converge Spot 2
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

This is it printed too. Huzzah!

Dinruffy Spot

2009-10-18T17:34:00.001-07:00

Dinruffy Spot
Originally uploaded by Reed Bond

So for an open assignment in my senior Illustration class I thought I'd try out an idea I had for thesis. It would possibly be a story where there are 2 bratty children who drive their parents to distraction, then Dinruffy shows up and behaves so much better than they do. So, of course, he must be destroyed.