tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130511982024-03-06T23:20:48.156-05:00James Elston Illustration blogI am an illustrator living in PAJames Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-51565493271077433802017-08-18T14:00:00.002-04:002017-08-18T14:00:28.495-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChMPhFMvm2QVw5p9aBpQBweVM_nTXQG9HtoiXjH4HgozgFXKggpiCO4HlGLoaWLn15SbN-zvo-JAOwB5ZyXIleuErtnZK5jx7U_xZDCu-ydadGuc6OjogFxY0PLJ0P-QUdPmzBA/s1600/candywave.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChMPhFMvm2QVw5p9aBpQBweVM_nTXQG9HtoiXjH4HgozgFXKggpiCO4HlGLoaWLn15SbN-zvo-JAOwB5ZyXIleuErtnZK5jx7U_xZDCu-ydadGuc6OjogFxY0PLJ0P-QUdPmzBA/s320/candywave.gif" width="320" /></a>James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-68612137008674323672015-11-06T11:57:00.002-05:002015-11-06T11:57:50.885-05:00Shamie walk cycle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-36509340372123968362015-10-08T12:29:00.005-04:002015-10-08T12:29:52.046-04:00Nashville Scene - Best of Nashville 2015 <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did the illustration for the Food and Drink category in Nashville Scene's "Best of Nashville" issue for 2015. Fun job, and I am pleased with how it came out. I love Nashville.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-39224195254475759082015-10-08T12:24:00.001-04:002015-10-08T12:24:27.004-04:00Inktober 2015<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm doing Inktober every day for the month of October. That is, I'm posting a new ink drawing of something or other every day on my <a href="https://instagram.com/jimboya/" target="_blank">instagram</a> account. Check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I recently teamed up with author <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carrietalbottink" target="_blank">Carrie Talbott</a> to tell the story of Pete and His Gigantic Feet. Details coming soon...</span></div>
<br />James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-42646587160957219632014-06-28T16:48:00.001-04:002014-06-28T16:48:17.907-04:00Cow Giraffe?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ok so the weirdest thing happened. I was in Goodwill in Franklin TN, looking through the t-shirt rack, and I randomly came across a shirt with my artwork, used without permission.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apparently, at some point someone lifted my illustration from this blog and used it as a T-shirt design. (<a href="http://jameselston.blogspot.com/2007/05/cinco-de-mayo-giraffe.html" target="_blank">http://jameselston.blogspot.com/2007/05/cinco-de-mayo-giraffe.html</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> And even weirder still, I ran into it in Goodwill in middle Tennessee all these years later. I did that illustration for fun when I lived in Pennsylvania back in 2007. Seriously, what are the odds? There was no tag, so I have no idea who printed my design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And another thing... COW GIRAFFE? wha...?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">New piece I've been poking around with here and there. Finally done enough to post it. I'm exploring some ideas about this odd trio of characters.</span>James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-33528188105775510802014-06-11T16:41:00.000-04:002014-06-11T16:41:11.543-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">recent Photoshop portrait doodle.</span>James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-41275124188213475242014-01-23T15:51:00.001-05:002014-01-23T15:51:49.148-05:00Photoshop Painting - Color self-portrait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Practicing... Color sketch while looking into a webcam. Photoshop + wacom intuos 4 pad + webcam</span></div>
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James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-10324941475153631872014-01-08T12:30:00.000-05:002014-01-08T12:37:16.336-05:00Illustration Friday - Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For <a href="http://illustrationfriday.com/">illustrationfriday.com</a>, topic - Time</span>James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-21655702046213756362013-12-13T16:34:00.004-05:002013-12-13T16:34:54.498-05:00All of my illustrations of 2013 crammed into one picture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are all of the illustration assignments I did this year, squashed into one picture.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a logo I designed for a catering/food truck business in central Florida recently. If you are in FL, and need some delicious lasagna, give <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://loracaters.com/" target="_blank"><i>Lora's Lasagna and Catering</i></a></span> a call!</span></div>
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James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-26959806052739417572013-05-04T13:57:00.003-04:002013-05-04T13:59:53.141-04:00McKenna the Small - Flash Animation<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/65422949">McKenna the Small</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4109551">James Elston</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-61721619638057754332013-03-17T01:55:00.000-04:002013-03-17T01:56:03.289-04:00Illustrated Recipe: How to Make Taiwanese Ba-hooI'm half-Taiwanese. Tonight I made some ba-hoo (sort of a chicken jerky) and posted a picture on facebook.<br />
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Everyone was asking for a recipe. I usually don't do recipes, so I made a quick comic<br />
"How to make Taiwanese Ba-hoo". here it is:<br />
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James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-36626369570257255062013-03-16T00:07:00.001-04:002013-03-17T01:57:05.716-04:00quickie GIF animationOk so years ago I bought bauhaus Mirage, a very robust animation program for my mac. At one point, after an OS upgrade, it didn't run properly any more. Then the company was bought out and it became TVPaint. So there it sat on my shelf for years and years. I installed Windows 7 on my Mac recently (via bootcamp), and I gave it another shot and BOOM... it works! This is a quick animation I did to try to familiarize myself with the interface.<br />
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Here is a pair of ballet point shoes I painted for a local charity auction for the Ballet company.James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-33330025711667527882013-01-08T12:13:00.001-05:002013-01-08T12:13:30.003-05:00New Charity Auction painting- "Vapor"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Painting I did for a local charity auction. "Vapor" Acrylic on canvas board. 2013.James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-31635906606898775912012-12-24T12:20:00.001-05:002012-12-24T12:20:31.827-05:00Merry Christmas 2012!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-15160445250253380452012-08-31T01:17:00.003-04:002012-08-31T01:17:45.732-04:00Chinese Graffiti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chinese for my last name "Elston" in graffiti style.
Adobe Illustrator.James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-64624440680250778402012-08-13T14:16:00.000-04:002012-08-13T14:16:43.270-04:00Recent Bible Story Flash AnimationsSome recent flash Animations <br>
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/43059514" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/43059514">Jesus Walking on the Water (Animated Storybook style)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4109551">James Elston</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/46845661" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/46845661">The Good Shepherd</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4109551">James Elston</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-47847011175989148932012-07-05T08:18:00.001-04:002012-07-05T08:20:17.796-04:00James Elston Illustration promo postcard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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here's my latest promo postcard.James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-63798208099381981672012-06-29T10:34:00.001-04:002012-06-29T10:34:25.788-04:00Spontaneous Angel painting.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a live spontaneous painting I did at an art event at <a href="http://www.artworksinjohnstown.org">Art Works in Johnstown</a> in June 2012.James Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-89045673410631717892012-06-29T10:30:00.001-04:002012-06-29T10:40:24.463-04:00Sunny- Photoshop painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br>here is a recent Photoshop painting I did. Wacom tablet + Photoshop.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a quick digital character design demonstration I did for a summer camp program.
Wacom + PhotoshopJames Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13051198.post-81388706866379552492012-05-08T14:12:00.000-04:002012-05-08T14:12:53.649-04:00some figure drawing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some figure drawings I have done over the yearsJames Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868030810881982201noreply@blogger.com1