Illustration Links

Some of the illustrators I work with were very busy on their blogs this week.

Justin Gerard has been doing a series called “Portraits of Monsters,” and this week he posted a gem. You can follow this series here on his blog.

Cory Godbey has been writing about his oil painting process, and he’s almost finished with this piece.

Zach Franzen’s blog is fun to read on a number of levels, but recently he posted this portrait of Abe Lincoln.

Also, don’t forget to check out Terrible Yellow Eyes today for Cory Godbey’s latest updates.

Lightlings and Prince’s Poison Cup Animation

Over the last few years, Portland Studios has partnered with Ligonier Ministries on two picture books written by best-selling author R.C. Sproul. Both The Lightlings and Prince’s Poison Cup were illustrated by Justin Gerard.

Last year, Ligonier approached Portland Studios about creating an animated version of the two picture books. Taking artwork from a picture book and translating that into animation was an interesting challenge, but the end result is really nice. This style of animated, moving-pictures is becoming more and more common, so I think Ligonier is definitely on to something. You can see the trailers that Ligonier created below.

The main animator for this project was Danny McNight from Portland Studios. Zach Franzen also helped with storyboards and animation.

Justin Gerard Interview with 310 Pictures

When we were at Comic-Con a couple weeks ago, John Chiafos from 310 Pictures dropped by the Portland Studios booth and interviewed Justin Gerard. Here’s the interview:

Be sure to check out some of their work on their website. Hope to see you guys again next year!

Justin referenced his personal project inspired by The Hobbit, and you can see more of that here at his blog.