Jailhouse Rock

So the theme for this week was: Escape.

As usual, I was going to take the high-road and come up with a concept that utilized the word Escape in its most esoteric and high-minded meaning. As you can see that didn't happen. I really wasn't pleased with the way this illustration came out at all, hence all the grunge effect thrown on. I love doing grunge brush stuff. I'm late on the band-wagon so all these effects are pretty new to me so I apologize that the image becomes almost hidden behind all the distressing going on. I'm gonna cut-it out next time around.

As for the illustration, I wasn't happy with the background, especially the jail. Now that I think of it, I should have blurred the background a bit (Yeh, more grunge!). I like the cops but I cheated a bit on the shadowing under them because I couldn't really get it right. The little prisoner is cute. I feel really bad for the guy. Maybe he was just in for a marijuana bust or something.

This drawing actually reminds me of an ad I did to run in Slap, a skateboarding magazine awhile back. They refused it because of its content though which I thought was BS. Bastards. I love that ad. You kind of have to look at it for a few seconds to see all of what's going on. Lemme know if you think its too much.