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My final for my now very-missed illustration class...

This final assignment was to illustrate a scene from one of three radio stories played during class. One was "The House on Cypress Canyon" by William Spier (and sponsored by ROMA Wine!), about a couple renting a house which is possessed by a werewolf curse (that also induces SUSPENSE! [Download and hear the story here .]); the other was "A Sound of Thunder", about a team of time-traveling safari-goers who decide to hunt dinosaurs of the past and ultimately alter the future (Hear the story here .); the last was "The Veldt" also by Ray Bradbury, about futuristic sibling children of negligent parents who decide to take revenge by activating the high-tech playroom against their parents (Sorry, I couldn't find any sound samples for this one). Of course you know what I chose, heheh.

I actually was conflicting between two ideas when drawing out a scene for this story: A scene where the whole group is looking through the windows of the time machine and illustrating a variety of facial expressions; and an action scene that is more cover-worthy. My illustration teacher said they were both very strong pieces, so I could chose either one. My lil' brother persuaded me to choose the latter, since the first one looked too "boring". Thus, you guys get this.

All you need to know: "A Sound of Thunder", great short story by Ray Bradbury, horrible movie adaptation--according to my illustration teacher, who worked on some of the pre-production for the movie.

I adjusted the curves in Photoshop because the picture looked pale on screen. Hopefully the contrast isn't too harsh...

My main concentrations were in the colors and composition of the piece.

Run, Eckels, Run!

Drawn with mechanical pencil, colored with Crayola colored pencils on bristol board.

"A Sound of Thunder" © Ray Bradbury

Description
Note: Download for full-sized view!

My final for my now very-missed illustration class...

This final assignment was to illustrate a scene from one of three radio stories played during class. One was "The House on Cypress Canyon" by William Spier (and sponsored by ROMA Wine!), about a couple renting a house which is possessed by a werewolf curse (that also induces SUSPENSE! [Download and hear the story here .]); the other was "A Sound of Thunder", about a team of time-traveling safari-goers who decide to hunt dinosaurs of the past and ultimately alter the future (Hear the story here .); the last was "The Veldt" also by Ray Bradbury, about futuristic sibling children of negligent parents who decide to take revenge by activating the high-tech playroom against their parents (Sorry, I couldn't find any sound samples for this one). Of course you know what I chose, heheh.

I actually was conflicting between two ideas when drawing out a scene for this story: A scene where the whole group is looking through the windows of the time machine and illustrating a variety of facial expressions; and an action scene that is more cover-worthy. My illustration teacher said they were both very strong pieces, so I could chose either one. My lil' brother persuaded me to choose the latter, since the first one looked too "boring". Thus, you guys get this.

All you need to know: "A Sound of Thunder", great short story by Ray Bradbury, horrible movie adaptation--according to my illustration teacher, who worked on some of the pre-production for the movie.

I adjusted the curves in Photoshop because the picture looked pale on screen. Hopefully the contrast isn't too harsh...

My main concentrations were in the colors and composition of the piece.

Run, Eckels, Run!

Drawn with mechanical pencil, colored with Crayola colored pencils on bristol board.

"A Sound of Thunder" © Ray Bradbury