A digital oil paint illustration for Norco Australiana Ice Cream for designer Jeff Stewart who was Creative Director at Red Star Design. Bit of a departure to use warm colours for Ice Cream branding, don't you think?
A comment Jesus' brother James made in his New Testament letter (2:19)...'You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that - and shudder.' (NIV). The book of James is pretty straight talking, like the man. It leaves me feeling rather exposed at times. I guess that is it's purpose.
I think this is the very first digitally painted illustration I ever did. Using Painter for the very first time, this image was commissioned by designer Anthony Cody and appeared down the centre of the Burgen Bread Hi Bake packaging that he designed. Burgen is owned by Tip Top I think.
So here is another of the Bushell's heritage tin illustations that I enjoyed doing so much. Once again I needed to research the uniforms and the truck, and once again I found all that I was looking for in the Fire Brigade Museum in Melbourne. The old guys there were a bit surprised when I started asking questions about their careers as fireies. As I was the only visitor there, they soon warmed to the task and were extremely generous with any information I wanted. I was there for hours listening to their stories, being made cups of tea and taken on a detailed guided tour of the exhibits. These are the times when I love my job.
Another illustration for Norco Ice Cream, this time a woman at the beach in Victorian dress. It's one of the things that illustrators have to do is research the subject matter. So for this one, I needed the right dress for the occassion, a Sunday stroll along the beach. You learn about all sorts of things as you gather your reference. Sometimes I get so engrossed in it I forget that there is a deadline that should be observed. I do like learning new things. This illustration also used the custom oil brush that I made in Painter that mysteriously vanished.
