Rachael Loehr

Hello everyone. I've been very busy working on many different projects lately. One of them was the Rachael Loehr Fundraiser at my church. Rachael suffers from heart disease, and we are raising money for her, and her family. There are all kinds of costs involved in getting to Seattle where they'll do the operation, when a donor is found. If you want to hear Rachaels story in her own words, you can find it here. Go about 40 minutes into the video, the interview with Rachael is about 12 minutes long. I warn you though, it's an emotional story. She shared it with us on Sunday. She's a courageous young woman, and her faith is very strong.

One of the events the church is hosting is a pirate night where the kids and adults who act like kids dress up like pirates and watch a movie and eat a spaghetti dinner. It should be a lot of fun. I donated artwork for T-shirts they'll be selling there, I've done a lot of vector art in the last year and so I was able to convert my pencil sketches very quickly. Here is the T-shirt design:


If you'd like to order a tshirt, you can find an order form here. If that link doesn't work for you, send me an email, and I'll email you the file.

I had a lot of fun working on this project. It's very fulfilling to work on something like this, where your artwork helps people who really need it, and you get to do God's work rather than just work to make a buck. Iris Wellman was basically the art director for this job. It was a delight to work with a client who trusts in my creativity, and can make command decisions. Here is my pencil sketch:


I took the same art and re purposed it again to make posters they could sell at the pirate night along with the T-shirts. I've been working on this style for a few months now, sort of a 2D/3D look. I've got a couple of ideas on how to use it in animation, and also in a book project. Here is the poster artwork:


So that's just one of the many projects I've been so busy with. That's why I haven't been blogging much.
As I finish up the other projects I'll post them here. Thanks for stopping by. -- Ryan

July 11, 2008 Illustration Friday

Translation: "Gee, these grapes are sour."

The topic this week was "Sour".

Click here to see an animated gif version.

Yoyo hoard

Double post!! This was my other idea for Illustration Friday this week. I owe this concept, a hoard of yoyo-putians, to Kate. I really wanted to finish the color on this one, but haven't had time this week.

Hopskotch

Here is another entry in my "draw verbs not nouns" project. Today's verb is "jumping".

June 20, 2008 Illustration Friday

The Illustration Friday topic this week is "Punchline"


Get it? Get it?! See, the kids they're all in a line... and he punched them!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Well, I thought it was funny.

June 6, 2008 Illustration Friday

The Illustration Friday theme for this week is "Baby":



"All Roger knew, was that his little brother was going to get it, when they got home. The big baby."

May 27, 2008

I've continued with my theme from the 21 Days Creative Challenge, of illustrating verbs. I drew this on the 27th of May, my verb was "Diving. This little guy is doing a cannonball:


SPLOOSH!!

May 19, 2008 21 Day Creative Challenge Day 20

Hey everyone! My verb topic today was "Learning":


These two characters are seperate illustrations, and have nothing to do with each other, aside from sharing the theme. So, she's not floating above his bed in her desk, and he's not reading about her. They just happend to be on the same page in my sketchbook.

I can't believe I only have one more day to go. It's been a quick three weeks, I've been so busy, but I've gotten a TON of good drawings out of it. Thanks again for everyone who commented, and gave suggestions.

February 28, 2008 Illustration Friday

Like most Americans, little Timmy didn't stop to consider the moral ramifications of cloning until after he'd done it.

The topic this week is Multiply. As always I hope you will visit my website to view more examples of my work at www.ryanloghry.com, and please visit my retail store at www.ookybizniz.com, thank you for visiting.

February 22, 2008 Illustration Friday

This weeks topic was "Theory".

"Emily and Robert tested out their theory of flight."

As always I hope you will visit my website to view more examples of my work at www.ryanloghry.com, and please visit my retail store at www.ookybizniz.com, thank you for visiting.

Illustration Friday November 23, 2007

This week's topic was Superstition. This immediately made me think of ralley caps in baseball. I'm a big baseball fan, and I have to admit that more than once I have resorted to the ralley cap when my team is down in late innings. I really wanted this to be a full color illustration, but I just didn't have time. With all the holiday work I'm doing, I just didn't have time. Maybe some time in the future I'll come back to it. As always, click on the image to see a larger version, and be sure to check out my website ryanloghry.com. And thank you for stopping by.

Illustration Friday November 2, 2007

The topic this week is Trick or Treat. Be sure to click the image for a larger version. Your comments and critique are always appreciated. Also, check out my website to see more of my work.