Endure and Find Peace

I recently finished a series of commissions for a client illustrating his original short story. I had a great time developing the characters and bringing key scenes of the story to life. I drew and inked these traditionally, then colored them digitally in Photoshop.

All characters and story are copyright James Marin.

I'm glad to have finished this project as a happy illustrator with a happy client. I'll be going on vacation back home to Chicago for the next two weeks so blog posts will be sparse; I'll try to post once a week, but the schedule of Wednesdays/Fridays will be on hold for the next two weeks.

Have a great fourth of July and I hope everyone out there is enjoying their summer.

Almost, but not yet forgotten...

I knew there was something bothering me today other than the slew of things unfinished... a blog post! Durr...

I give you the in progress of my interior illustration for "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.

Still need to ink and then apply some washes before the finish due Monday.

Here's the rough lineart (as seen in the above photo taped to my desk).

I have a busy weekend ahead of me! Also, I'll be going back to Chicago on Monday and be there for ten days, so no blog posts for next week or the Tuesday after. I'm super excited to be back in Chicago for a bit and chill with friends and family.

I hope everyone enjoys next week's holiday chill (or unfortunately maybe not so chill) time, and god speed those who work in the retail industry.