Sketches & Experiments Portfolio

I've been messing around with using Photoshop's Web Photo Gallery option. Just to learn how to do it and create yet another online portfolio of yet another selection of my illustrations. These are all traditional pencils, ink, watercolor, and some odd surfaces and experiments. Some are just tight pencils or rejected concepts that I actually liked.

http://www.jaymontgomery.com/sketches/

Let me know what you think.

Illustration Friday - Peace

Hand feeding dove which is the symbol of peace. Oil painting with an old world renaissance feel with a timeless subject matter and message.

Did this back in 1998 for my holiday card. It's on 11" x 14" illustration board. The type was done by transferred copier toner applied with a colorless marker blender. Crackling finish added to complete the look. Prints/posters have been selling quite well on art.com. Buy your own here.

Have a great holiday & prospersous New Year!

For over 7 years now my wife and I are faced with coming up with a clever and original holiday card. This years card idea came about by just sitting and thinking about it with my wife. It's the basic idea that all fingerprints and snowflakes are different. I always like to emphasize individuality. This was fun to do too. My wife got the kids prints as well as hers and then I did mine. I then made them into snowflakes in Photoshop of course. The text below is what went inside the card.

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow
because it was important to them:
there ought to be as many for love.
by Margaret Atwood

Illustration Friday - Help

Cover for Tabletalk magazine. Here is a brief description of the process. I started off with 3 different pencil sketches, got approval, took reference photos, created tight pencil, transferred to illustration board, painted main shapes in oils, scanned in, added other details and color adjustments in Photoshop, sent for approval, client loved it, printed on cover. Click the images to see a larger version.

Then after all that how cool is it to see your work being scene by brave US soldiers in Iraq. This was back in 2003. If I could show you his face he is smiling in the photo. I feel I HELPED this soldier that day. I am grateful to do so.

My brother-in-law the Automotive Artist

Lawrence Gardinier is an automotive artist extraordinaire. Not only does he do incredibly detailed paintings for prints, miniature paintings on watches, motorcycles, and cars, he also fixes up cars inside and out and puts his creative painting touches to the cars in ways you have never seen. Check out his hand painted art car! Very cool!

Also he has a Automotive Art Show in Marietta, GA this upcoming weekend.
December, 8th | Friday - 7 pm to 9 pm
December, 9th | Saturday Noon to 5 pm

Location: 2140 Canton Road, Marietta, GA
click for map

I'll be there!