Illustration Friday: Star Gazing

He's a star. Get it?

Illustration Friday: Breakfast

Here's something I put together a couple of years back that fits nicely with week's word. I can just hear the big guy saying to the little guy: "Misser, eat up! Just mix the milk up with this here so you can grow up big and strong like me."

Illustration Friday: Diary

I like to take walks once in a while to the top of the hill to refresh my mind. Great views. That's what inspired me to put this together along with the song made famous from the musical group "Bread" about Finding a Diary Underneath a Tree. If you know about that song, it's going to date you!

Illustration Friday: Giant

When I heard the word, this image just seemed to pop into my head. I'm having fun drawing with graphite again as most of my work lately has been drawn digital. Have a good week everyone.

Illustration Friday: Slither

I've been working on some storyboards for a class I've been taking "online". If you stretch your imagination, it kinda relates to "slither" as Charlie finds the golden ticket. To seem more, here's the link to my online blog that I've been uploading my assignments: click here.

Illustration Friday: Early

Breakfast for the champions.

Illustration Friday: Equipment

This post is dedicated all you hard working students studying for their finals this week. Wouldn't it be great if we could all have a machine like this - an apparatus that could record everything that you read? Good luck to you all and remember, it's just a lousy test. It's not going to be the end of the world. You've got everything to gain, and nothing to lose!

Illustration Friday: Cocoon

Something I painted in watercolors by picking out images from a nature magazine and making a collage. Kinda creepy, huh?

Illustration Friday: Ahead

Here's a quick sketch for today's word.

Illustration Friday: Detective

Something I drew a while back for an employee newsletter. I think it matches the word pretty well. Have a good week everyone!

Illustration Friday: Linked

Partners in crime.

Illustration Friday: Dip2

Here's a zany picture I drew in my sketchbook and painted in Photoshop. It was inspired by this week's word. I drew it in a coffee shop while sipping on some coffee. What is that green stuff anyways? Could it be guacamole?

Illustration Friday: Dip

Here's my image for this week's IF word: Dip. Now who's ever taken a class at Arthur Murray? Tango anyone?

Illustration Friday: Rescue Two

I just couldn't resist. Here's a second submission for this week's word "Rescue". It was so perfect for the word! It was a poster I did for Unicef's 50th Anniversary. It was selected to be posted on all the B.A.R.T. (Bay Area Rapid Transit) subway trains throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for a month or so. Enjoy!

Illustration Friday: Rescue

Here's my submission for this week's word "Rescue".

Illustration Friday: Expired

Here's a good one for this week's word. Don't forget the "expired" milk with that!

Illustration Friday: Subterranean

Here's my image for this week. This is the first creature that came out of my head when the word "subterranean" came up. I thought of that movie where that creature comes out of the ground.

Illustration Friday: Brave

Perfect!! This week's word is great for me because I am the proud graduate of Terry Parker HS 1979 - "Home of the Braves"! Here's something I drew for our 30 year class reunion which was held in July of last year. It was a blast. Go Braves!!!

Illustration Friday: Perspective

I don't just draw cartoons. Here's a couple of "perspective" drawings I drew either using Adobe Illustrator or my good old fashioned pencil graphite. Check out my other architectural sketches by clicking here: www.vernmercado.blogspot.com.

Illustration Friday: Propagate