Magazine Art Sneak Peek

Been too busy to post lately...which is a good thing eh? Here's a sneak peek at a closeup for a magazine double spread I am doing on NC college football mascots. Super fun!!!! Originally it  the art was going to be done in my digital airbrush style with a more polished look but the art director loved the sketch so much he wanted to keep the expressive line work so we decided to marry the airbrush style with my line work style and it is coming out awesome!!!!

Lemme know what you think....thanx!

When Art Goes Bad

The Perils Of Keeping It Real. I finished the line work and was tearing it off the Arches watercolor 30 page pad when it ripped due to the adhesive on the pad being way too adhesive. Thank goodness I wasn't happy with the illustration and redid another one. Sometimes when creating art the old school way, unforeseen mishaps may happen, like a tear in the paper or an ink blob from the pen. Whatever form it may manifest as, you have to overcome the overwhelming urge to hurl and move on to fix the problem or as in this case start over. Working analog is not as forgiving as working digital...no command Z. Will post the finished art after I apply the watercolors to it. This illustration will be available as a giclee print soon...stay tuned.

Fian Arroyo Art Swag

Got some killer swag last week from the awesome folks at Blue Ridge Adventures with art I created for them. Gotta love swag!!!! Thank you!!!!!

My New Email Campaign

Check out this email campaign I am doing through Agency Access that is sent out to folks in the advertising industry. It is the first installment in a series I have in capturing the challenges art buyers face in a humorous way. I decided to use a fun B/W doodle illustration style which incorporates use of already existing color images I have done in my digital airbrush style.
I wanted to do something more than just show an existing illustration to attract work, I wanted to create something that is designed for this particular campaign and have art buyers relate to it.

I have included the ad in its entirety which includes the copy I had written for it.  

Waddayathink? All comments and/or suggestions are welcome. 

-Fian

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Road Runner character design

Recently I worked on a character development  project for the city of Las Cruces New Mexico's Convention and Visitors  Bureau. It is a roadrunner mascot developed for their VIK (Very  Important Kids). Here are a few of the many sketches I created along  with the final art for one of the poses. Click on the image and check it out. Waddayathink?

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