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Texa$ Don Zielinski – Tshirt

WillTerrell — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:15:17 +0000

I did this T-shirt design for Texa$ Don Zielinski celebrating his 50th anniversary of drag racing. He is a cool guy and this project was a lot of fun to work on. I did a lot of concept sketches to get the car design just right. I will post some of those here when I get the chance. I also got to work with my (new) wife on this, since she’s an amazing artist herself. AND… I got to see a real Drag Racer in action. Sometimes I have the coolest job in the world.

-Will

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Darth Vader – returns

WillTerrell — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:00:51 +0000

This likeness turned out a little better for Mr Vader I think. though I still see lots of room for improvement. Whats weird is that I thought I lost this one several times because I over-inked the thing, but was somehow able to bring it back in the painting process. Its funny how that works. I almost never scrap drawings now, because I know if I’m patient with them, eventually they’ll come out alright.

I’m going to try a few more portraits if I have time outside my freelance work. After a handful of those, I might try for an actual “Star Wars” style illustration, the way Drew Struzen makes it look so effortless. Till then, I’m having fun practicing.

-Will

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Darth Vader

WillTerrell — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:46:28 +0000

Continuing with the Star Wars theme, I Decided to take a crack at painting Darth Vader. Definitely takes some work to get the costume right. Especially on the helmet. I think this turned out well, and I’m anxious to try it a few times till I get the result I’m looking for.

-Will

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Dead@17 Sketch cards

WillTerrell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:56:17 +0000

I was asked a while back to do some sketch cards for the new Dead@17 card set. This is my first time doing sketch cards, so it was fun and interesting. I’d like to do some more down the road.

Most of the cards I did were done like these with watercolor, pen and ink, white out and a little airbrush.

-Will

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Star Wars Storm trooper

WillTerrell — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:46:44 +0000

I love Star Wars. I need to do more Star Wars art. Its so much fun. Except when your airbrush is acting up and you end up breathing in too much atomized paint. *Coff* *cof*

This was a quick illustration, using pen/ink, prisma markers, airbrush and acrylic paints. About 10″x10″. Its from a stormtrooper design I saw in a toy magazine. Coruscant trooper, or something like that. Pretty cool.

-Will

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