A couple new designs...

As I continue my month of rediscovery (for the lack of a better term) I finished up a couple new designs this morning. The first one is a redesign of the "Beer Fairy" which appears at the bottom of Narragansett Beer's website.

A little (or a lot) inspired by the work of John Kricfalusi in that one. Wouldn't mind developing that one into a series of commercials featuring the voice talent of Kevin Barbare :-)

The second is another one featuring the new Shandy 'Gansett did with Del's Lemonade. This time featuring an illustration based on the "Gansett Girls".

Both of which I inked in brush on Canson Smooth Bristol Board. All colors, lettering and other effects added digitally.

One Dandy Shandy

Something I did in honor of Narragansett Beer's new shandy with another Rhode Island institution. Del's Lemonade!!

And it is good!!

Inked in Brush on Canson Smooth Bristol Board. Colors, lettering and other effects added digitally.

Hi Neighbor!

This was the commercial I took the two characters from. Since there's no real images available to copy, I pretty much sat at my computer pausing the commercial from time to time trying to get the characters right. Kind of like what I used to do with movies as a kid:

3rd Annual Narragansett Tie Design Contest

Although I didn't win last year, it naturally didn't stop me from entering this year's Narragansett Father's Day Tie Contest.

This year I used one of the images they supplied for anyone entering the contest on their website as well as one of my own images. I decided to recreate a couple of characters that were used in one of Narragansett's vintage commercials back in either the 1950's or early 1960's.

I love the character design from the commericals because they reminded me so much of Rocky and Bullwinkle. One of the greatest television cartoons of all time!

But here is the design: