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2011-05-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

WOLVES!!!

2011-04-29T11:15:00.001-07:00

So, these two images were a great example of minor and major tweaking to satisfy the customers needs! The first image is much more plain, with the general idea of the moon being the softball, the wolf howling at it, and the type hand drawn and added in. After ideation with the client, I unified the drawing by putting it closer together compositionally, adding in the clouds, and incorporating the type into the drawing more.

Successful, YUP! I think so. Let me know what you think?

Tim

My big Brother's Logo

2011-04-11T18:46:00.000-07:00

So, my older brother, Tony who i had draw a LOOOONNNNNG time ago in one of my earlier posts, needed a logo created for his website he was working on. The logo was for a site called, "PC PART SWAP" and was basically about that... PC Part Swapping. lol

ANYHOO, the basic theme was the arrows simulating the "SWAP" idea. I thought, keeping the logo simple would increase it's versatility. My brother agreed. So, I used the very standard "Light Blue" color pertaining to the default color for most computer backgrunds. Then, after goofing around with font choices, I came up with this!

Lots of neat things going on here, even though it looks like there isn't much going on! haha

Enjoy! Comments welcome!

Tim

WALLY!!!!

2011-04-11T18:27:00.001-07:00

This was a commissioned work for my cousin's friend. He owns a liquor store... wanted it to be similar to the "Menards" Caricature logo...

Too bad I think that logo is U'BER BORING. So, I made a better one!

Using lot's of different line weights, pencil sketching, inking, image cleaning, and mutiply color layers, I came up with THIS bad boy!

Let me know what you think!

Tim

Timothy Howe Music Shtuff

2011-04-11T18:06:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of promotional works for my music business! Both poster designs. The photograph was taken by my good friend Jordan Ewert! INCREDIBLE photographer and all around guy! Check out his page: http://jordanewertphoto.com/

I did some adjustments to the gradients and created the faded look toward the bottom. Also incorporated the previously created logo as the header. Looks pretty good, if i do say so myself. The singer is pretty sharp looking too! ;)

The next poster utilizes some of my letter/type face manipulation. The drawing itself is a free hand interpretation of music elements (similar to my senior show work) andformatted in black and white, I think it turned out mighty successful!

Comments welcome...

Tim

WSL Logo Design

2011-03-01T09:19:00.000-08:00

Recently, i have been doing some freelance work for creating a logo for the WSL "Wrestling Superstars League" I have been through several trial and definitely error runs and come out with a few designs that i really enjoy. It's nice to get back into coloring digitally and making finished .jpg works. The font i feel needs a littlebit more, but they are good starts.

Any sugestions/comments, let me know!

Thanks all!

Tim

Painting, Painting, Painting...

2011-01-10T07:19:00.001-08:00

Well, Happy New Year all!
For my first post of 2011, I FINALLY finished a work that I did for my girlfriend's birthday. It is a painterly rendition of a photo that was taken while we were up in Duluth, MN. We were on the shore of Lake Superior and the lighting was really nice. Needless to say this photo was taken and I loved it. So, I decided to paint...

The canvas is 36"x 48".
Medium: acrylic paint, sharpie, graphite

Layers, layers and more layers!!! This is probably the most time I have ever taken on a single painting. Weeks of work went into this creating abstraction of the rock, and other forms and making them work in harmony with one another. The finished product is successful, i feel. Comments are encouraged and I will try to update with a high quality photo soon.

Hang in there until next time!

Tim

Photo Retouching

2010-12-01T07:32:00.000-08:00

So, in my incredibly busy musical lifestyle... I sometimes find time to get back to my artistic roots. So, I saw a picture my sister in law disliked and did some work to it. The original photo had her cousin’s hand holding onto the table behind them. After using a blur tool and clone stamp, I was able to blend the background color to mask the hand. Also using the pencil tool I was able to add shadows and highlights to the metallic legs of the table. Then blurring the lower half of everything behind the couch, I created a deeper depth of field.
The next set is from my lovely girlfriends sister's family...whew! Yeah, similar technique used but a great finished product non-the-less. If only babies would smile on command all the time... well, i wouldn't have a job then, but oh well!
The final outcomes are pretty successful. Comments or shortcuts encouraged. Until next time...

Tim

Working On Ringer's T-Shirt Pt. 2

2010-10-18T21:56:00.000-07:00

This is the second draft of Ringers T-Shirt logo. Animated, Line weights changed a but and manipulated the contrast more. Overall a pretty decent start. Hopefully have everything finished shortly!

Tim

Musician Business Card

2010-10-16T13:21:00.001-07:00

While trying to advance my portfolio as an artist, I was lucky enough to work on my own promotion. Here is the finished logo for my musician business card. Its fun to get back in to photoshop and illustrator and manipulate some of my work. There are 3 to 4 different layers in this work and thanks to some collaboration with fellow designer, Alan Briggs, we were able to reach this conclusion.

ENJOY!

Tim

REFORM MAN

2010-10-13T16:32:00.000-07:00

This my friends is one of the first EVER published works i have done. My sophomore year of college I was commissioned to do this illustration about a "Super Hero" surronded by the idea of eminant domain. This was the final product.

Looking back now, i see there was a lot to be desired from this drawing, but there is far more that could have been changed. In all, i'm cool with it! My work now is MUCHO BETTER!

Feel free to comment!

Tim

Foot In The Door 4 Submission

2010-10-13T15:08:00.000-07:00

Hey all! When looking through this old work, I have stumbled on some goodies here. This is the work i did for the "Foot In The Door 4" Open entry art show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Design. The work is titled "Functionality In Chaos" and is a compilation of found object/abstract imagery. The work is in pencil, ink, on paper.

Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to the retrieval period to return the piece. So, It is out there somewhere. Let me know if you find it! It's one of a kind!

Tim

Working On Ringer's T-Shirt

2010-10-13T13:56:00.001-07:00

To the right is the first draft of a drawing I am doing for a friend of mine. It's been a while since posting here so I thought a homecoming themed pic would be a great addition!

Feel free to leave comments and suggestions. More drafts to come.

Tim

Bob Bob's Cars

2009-11-19T15:01:00.000-08:00

Here are a few Pics from a freelance job i am working on and potential comic strip, and web logo design.

Lots of character development and fun use of like weights and that jazz! Ignore some of the notes, unless you are Bob. Feedback is much appreciated!

Tim

Caricature Boredom Pt. 2

2009-09-23T23:19:00.000-07:00

Some other random works of art that happened while freelancing including a Zack Braff from "Scrubs", and these 3 ghetto fabulous kids at Valleyfair! Also sme airbrush, sketch compositions.

Tim

BJ and Joe

2009-09-23T23:13:00.000-07:00

So two of my best friends came out to the mall of america this summer when i was drawing caricatures and asked to be drawn. It is usually dead out there depending on the day, and this happened to be one of those days...

The guys sat down and i took it to em. One of my better live drawings, and good overall likeness of Joe. "Mr. Combover" Kuzinar, as i like to call him in the drawing. Joe is on the right and BJ is on the left.

Let me know what you think.

Tim

Forgotten posts

2009-09-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

Here is an image from the st. louis trip i took with my closest buds earlier this summer. many interesting and funny memories occurred on this trip and i felt like this would be a great keepsake, and documentation of the trip we took. Attached is the line drawing, online coloring and a photo of all of us on the trip.

pardon how we look... there may or may not have been drinking involved.

Tim

Long time no see...

2009-09-23T22:59:00.000-07:00

Man i am bad at this! I have been really busy going back to school, playing shows, writing music and drawing to actually sit down and put some letters on this blog. Now i do have some time and it is 1 in the morning!

ANYHOO, here are a few images i have been goofing around with lately. Some old, some new. Retouching some and new ideas.

The first image is a poster i made for one of my upcoming music shows. I was working with layering and vector mask techniques and think this is pretty successful.

The other images are works from my senior art show that i have been cleaning up and getting ready to put into and e-portfolio.

Feedback welcome.

Enjoy, Tim

Caricature Boredom!

2009-07-13T00:26:00.000-07:00

So i haven't posted in a while but have been meaning to. So i have been doing all these random doodles, and finally got around to photograph them and clean em up a bit. When there is down time at the park, i find myself sketching... this is what i got! The top is a emulation of a Wellenfang "Bush", the next three are just random, and a close up of one. Pretty rough, and probably not very interesting but what ev! More will follow! I have a bunch!

Madly, Tim

:)

Matt Hennen told me to post this... so here it is!

2009-06-22T22:30:00.000-07:00

This pic was the first draft of the Twins shirt i was going to create.
Needless to say my friends thought it was "crude"... i'll let you be the judge!

Love,

Tim

Hey Hey! I did something!

2009-06-10T16:51:00.000-07:00

So, I did this drawing a few weeks back of a t-shirt logo. The shirt will be used on our trip to St. Louis in a few weeks! Here is a color and a B & W version! Enjoy... only good comments! :)

More to come... Bitches!

Tim

God, i need to draw more!

2009-06-09T00:10:00.001-07:00

SO, i haven't really been doing anything lately other than Valleyfair and the MOA, but i promise that i will start updating this thing a lil bit more! Marc Anderson and i worked a gig out in Goodhue MN which i have OWNED for a couple years now! It is always nice to have some of the high school girls hit on ya! jk... kinda. In all, the drawings were swell, and the snus's were ripe! Marc may be the only one that gets that!

Other than that i have had an insane amount of time invested in my music. For those of you that haven't seen me play, check out my link. I may be playing a show on the 20th of this month, so feel free to come and listen!

I will get some images up shortly, but until then... you know! Just keep doin what yer doin!

Tim

Caricature Studies... Part 3

2009-05-02T17:28:00.000-07:00

Here is number 3! My youngest brother Jacob. He is a goofy looking lil kid, but really adorable! You can be the judge of the likeness! Not much exaggeration again, but i think it looks good!

Peace out homies,

Tim

Caricature Studies... Part 2

2009-04-29T13:04:00.000-07:00

Here is another post... but it's about me instead of my brother. At Valleyfair we are supposed to do a caricature of ourselves and i have always had a hard time with it. So, here is my first run of i am sure MANY!

Once again, see if you can tell the difference! ;)

Likeness is MEH, but oh well. Sometimes it is really hard to draw someone who is already goofy looking!

Anyways, I'm out.

Tim

Caricature Studies...

2009-04-29T12:33:00.000-07:00

So here we are, a few weeks before the start of the caricature season and i am a lil bit rusty! Thus, i have decided to do some practice drawings. This is the first, of i am sure many, drawings i will do. And for convenience i am drawing family members. Here is Tony, my older brother. He is a little heavy-set and for the most part has similar features to myself. Being a caricature artist you can either run with this, or play with it appropriately. Since i will be working commercially, it will be more beneficial for money making if i am P.C.

Posted are the drawing, and an image of my big brudduh. Try and guess which is which!?!

There are strong strengths and weaknesses with this drawing but for the most part, i think it turned out well! Feel free to post comments!

Sincerely your nickname making friend,

Tim "El Diablo" Howe

Drawing Babies, WAHHHHH!

2009-04-22T00:10:00.000-07:00

So for this post, i was looking online for freelance jobs and came across one looking for children, "specifically babies" and thought i would do some drawing. I worked with pencil, and sharpie and came up with this lil' diddy! I tried to add some caricature to the proportions and in doing so, the drawings became much more illustrated than originally thought! In all, i think it is a good practice for some linework, and for under drawing techniques. There is also a close-up of the kid in the hat. He is my favorite i think!

Comment if you must! Criticism appreciated!

Goo goo ga ga,

Tim

Oldie but a goodie!

2009-04-19T23:21:00.000-07:00

Posting here is a link to the website i made for myself like 2 years ago. It was for a basic computer imagery course but looking at it now, i am not too mothered by it! Hell, it got me an "A"

Anyways, Here is the link:

https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/students/howet/wwwroot/

On the site, although outdated, is a brief synopsis of some of the work i was doing at the time. Rough, but successful none-the-less.

Here are a few images from the site:

Check it out if you are bored, otherwise any feedback would be nice! Let me know if there is anything specific you want to see as well!

Until next time,

Tim

Dad's Birthday Invitation

2009-03-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

So everyone, it has been a lil while AGAIN since my last post, but this one I felt was a good one! My dad has a 50th Birthday coming up soon and i wanted to pay tribute by drawing a caricature of him for his invitation! So, here it is! I placed the drawing into the program "Comic Life" and finished it that way. I think the likeness is pretty swell, especially if you know my papa! Well, I hope everyone enjoys! Until next time!

Tim

Political Sketching

2009-02-28T01:03:00.000-08:00

This was just a practice sketch of the big "O" created because I was bored and decided to draw tonight. The benefits to being a graduate from college and having major priorities the following day... jk.

There are a few things I like, but a whole lot more that I find needs work. The overall likeness is a miss I feel, but the sketch on the left has the most success. I also really enjoy the body type of the Obamanator. I haven't been sketching as much as I should be, but this is a good start to getting back into it! Any criticism will be read...

Tim

Checking In

2009-02-25T21:31:00.000-08:00

So, it has been a while since i was able to post in this thing! So, now i feel is a good time to try and play catch up!

For those that don't know me, i have always been into music! Singing and guitar mostly! So i have focused a lot of time and energy into writing and releasing a demo cd. For a quick look at my music that i have posted (and they are rough recordings) check out www.myspace.com/timothyhowemusic

Other than that, i have been trying to keep up with sketching and freelance work. Art seems to be the greatest focus of mine, whether it be drawing, writing, or music. For more posts, i will try to keep the blog updated!

Thanks again for checking me out!

TIm Who

Advanced Life Drawing: Final Assignment

2008-12-19T02:01:00.000-08:00

Response to "Final Critique" -

The work through out this semester was primarily based on my senior show, which reflected on the ideas of cognitive thinking and spontaneity. The series, which was made up of mono-print and hand drawn elements in colored pencil/ink, I feel was a great success and really reflected my personal experiences to create the dreamlike sequence. “The End of The Beginning”, consumed most of my time this semester but in the mean time, however, I was able to experiment with photography.

With the help of my little brothers, I was introduced to a technique to capture extreme motion. They showed me by shaking my head and relaxing my face in front of a camera that the outcome would make you appear, “funny looking.” More importantly, it was a live action caricature. There was obvious exaggeration of structure and appendage in the face and from my history of work, it was complimentary. I decided to try and capture this stylized photography by representational drawing. Using charcoal and conte’ crayon, I hoped to accurately depict this exaggeration and similar to Charles Lichtenstein, use a child’s advice to spark his own work. Thanks Ben and Jacob!

Here is the series of work I have been exploring as of now.

Thanks,
Tim

Finished Work For The Semester: a follow up to the senior show

2008-12-01T15:34:00.000-08:00

The work here is a sampling of what was in my senior show. The first two images are of the main gallery window, and the wall which showed my work.

Finished and In Progress Work

2008-10-31T08:16:00.001-07:00

The work here is my most recent and i feel my inal exploration into my finished work for the Senior Show Exhibit which will be happening on November 17th-25th. The work with out subject is in progress and the subjected work is finished. Responses would be helpful and i am open to critique.

Thanks again, back to the lab!

-Tim

Recent Work Influenced By Old

2008-10-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

The work presented is a preview of my upcoming senior show ideas. Any criticism or comments would be appreciated.

Please respond to the following questions:

- Is the printmaking style in the collage of random items more successful than the hand drawn elements of the skull drawing?

- Would it be better to use writing of lyrics in my drawings to help define the story of my personal experiences?

* The skull image was made most recently.

Thanks and until next time!

- Tim

Senior Show Update

2008-09-15T21:26:00.000-07:00

So, it's me again. I am writing this blog in regards to my Senior show coming up in a few months. My work has been constantly changing and I think I am really working towards a positive goal. I think in terms of memory I have got a great thing going. I want to push the idea of spiratic foun object and collage along with the miscellaneous representation of clear, precise objects and somewhat unrecognizable as well.

A few works are in progress, but there will definitely be more soon! Hopefully those reading are in anticipation!

- Tim

Some Recent Work

2008-09-12T17:10:00.000-07:00

Above is some of the recent work I have been doing. I think this really exemplifies what I heve been trying to accomplish. Feel free to comment.

Life Drawing (Advanced) - First Entry

2008-09-03T14:27:00.000-07:00

The writing below is in response to the question asked in our advanced L.D. class:

This semester, I want to learn about how memory works. The way someone can look at something and remember it forever, or forget it instantly. Or how events that happen in a lifetime can be remembered or regressed.

This idea absolutly resides in psychology and brain functions.

It interests me because, in my entire life I have had to remember things for school, work, music, art, etc and some things I just cannot recall while others are like it happened moments ago. Also, I have noticed a lot of my own memories being/have been regressed, and I would like to see where it will take me on the road called memory lane. I want to explore why this is.

By looking at family history, and discussing memories with family and friends, and also looking in books about brain function and interpretation of events to the brain, I will eventually be able to create a unique style of work centered around this idea.

Memories can be really distinct or fuzzy, there will be a mixture of conte', chalk pastel, paint, ink, colored pencil, marker, and other objects to emphasise things.

First Blog

2008-03-23T23:27:00.000-07:00

So, this is my first blog.

For those of you that know me, I hope you enjoy what I do here. I will try to update everything as frequently as I can.

For those that dont, I am Tim. I am a freelance artist/illustrator and am hopefully going to use this to my advantage to help in my artistic career.

I guess I should get some work on here tho! I will try to scan some in here as soon as I can and hopefully will get some positive feedback.

Until next time,

Peace