How's it going out there? Hope everyone is doing well. Things are going pretty good here in the great southwest (Arizona, USA). It's heating up...summer will be here very quickly. I hope its been a good Spring season for all of you reading this.
It's been a while since I've blogged and today I'd like to do something a little different. I'd like to highlight the artwork of one of my sons - Andy Kreienbrink. Andy has been drawing and creating artwork since he was a kid. He has a very different style than I do, but I love his creativity.
He and I have been toying with the idea of starting a business together for a while. While tossing around ideas, I'd been working to teach him the computer aspect of creating finished illustrations. The designs below are his (with a little assistance from the old man).
The pen and ink above depicts The Trailer Park Boys. This was an illustration that was part of a birthday card I recieved from him and his family. I'd had the artwork for a while and finally scanned it and cleaned it up in Photoshop. It's exactly as he drew it, just that the whites are whiter and the black areas are solid black. I love the stylized depiction of The Boys. If you're familiar with them, there's no doubt who you're looking at.
The, I Heart Bacon pic is a collaboration that Andy and I produced together. It was his brainchild and I provided some technical guidance and the heart illustration. It was a fun little project.
The illustration above was a fun little collaboration piece as well. The drawing was all his and I went back into Photoshop and cleaned it up. Cleaning it up doesn't mean the picture was drawn sloppily. It means I made the blacks a solid black, any color bleeding cleaned up and other imperfections as well. I added a background and border also. As you can tell, Andy is a fan of the horror genre.
The final design is an Andy Kreienbrink original. It's a sticker design of Jason vs. Machete. I provided technical input to assist him in carrying out his vision.
So the Kbrink Design project is still up in the air. Will it come to fruition? We'll see. It the mean time, I just wanted to showcase some of Andy's artwork. He's done some punk rock stylized art as well, for his bands and for others. He's a budding talent for sure.
Have a great week everyone. Take a breath....look around, and enjoy life a little. Enjoy each day and the people around you. Stay present.
Until next time....
Peace,
Tom
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