Charley Harper likes Video Games?

I wish he did. But I'm pretending this is what it looks like when he illustrates flora of the Zelda universe.

Striking Out Stroke, and more.

I've been creating these spot illustrations for a monthly newsletter called News in Health, published by the NIH. The current issue and back issues are here. The topics are of course all health related. My first challenge was to delicately illustrate Bipolar Disorder and Stroke.

Major Ups and Downs (bipolar disorder)


Strike Out Stroke (stroke)


"Too Young for Hot Flashes?" (primary ovarian insufficiency)


"Fun Summer Days" (summer health)

Fallen Queen Friday - Sonique

In the coming weeks, I'm going do something fun and illustrate the drag queen that got her ass sent home on the most recent episode of RuPaul's Drag Race.

"Only one drag queen can be America's next drag superstar!"

Sonique fell out of favor with the judges of RuPaul's Drag Race this week on Ep.4 "The Snatch Game". It's no wonder, that Lady Gaga impression she did was the pits. It's a shame though, I thought she was the prettiest.

Tatianna and Pandora Boxx do incredible impressions of Britney Spears and Carol Channing, respectively.




I have missed a few, so those will be sneaking in as we go along. Remember Ladies, "Don't F*** it Up!"

Settling in to my new home!

Hey Folks! I've just recently packed up my crap and moved over here to Blogger. I think I'm going to be happier with the communal aspect, it's surprisingly lonely hosting your own blog.

I discovered whilst moving over here that WordPress' export files won't play nice without a spin through Wordpress2Blogger.  It was super handy in converting my posts.

And now, Purple Rain.

Music for Ducks Women's Tee now Most Wanted at MySoti!

The Ladies version of my "Music for Ducks" tee is now showing up on the main page of MySoti as a Most Wanted Design!



And don't forget, the Men's edition on brown is available here. And the rest of my shirts are here.

New "Music for Ducks" T-shirt Available!

Hey folks. I've put together a new shirt design and it's available over at MySoti!

One More for Summer!

With the cool weather invading (thankfully!) those summer days are dwindling. Here's a drawing celebrating our warmest season!

And as always, there's more to see on Flickr!

Something New!

More pictures on my Flickr!

alandefibaugh.com is new and improved!

Hey folks, just an announcement that alandefibaugh.com is brand new and has lots of great editorial and agency based illustration for you to peruse. Have a look!

Summer Blonde '82

I just put this design up on Design By Humans' website for a vote! If you have minute, please take the time to place a vote, it increases the chances that it will actually get made!

Merboy Makes a Discovery in the Deep!

I’ve been exploring texture a lot in my digital work and Merboy here is a recent treasure. I’m really excited by this character, expect to see him more in the future. (p.s. you can get a print over at Inprnt if you really dig it!)

Chipettes!

The Chipettes were always my favorite part of Alvin and the Chipmunks, aside from the theme song, that is. I watched every time, mostly hoping that the girls would be on. Not only were they way more charming, their character designs were top notch and deliciously 80s. I've always had a special place in my heart for leg warmers. Veteran animator Corny Cole did the original design for the girls in 1983 and this is my take! Check out a larger version and some details on flickr!

I'm also excited about this image because it represents a place I've been trying to get stylistically and I consider it a breakthrough. More in this vein, I promise!

Happy New Year!

It's 2009 everybody! Happy New Year!

Fray Issue 2!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Fray (the quarterly of true stories and original art) Issue 2 is finally out. I Illustrated the story Star Wars Memories (p.38-39). Pick up a copy or subscription today, there's lots of great stories inside!

Plagiarism is Assy

The popular illustration portal Little Chimp Society and many of the illustrators featured on the site have been ripped off. A Chinese publisher of mysterious origins has produced a several hundred page book of the website's content and is selling it online for $100.

Interviews and artwork were swiped verbatim from the website and while the artists are all credited, none of them were contacted or are being compensated for their artwork. The clincher for me is the fact that the book contains a CD of all the images in the book and they didn't even bother to change the file names from the web!

The rightfully disgruntled Darren Di Lieto has posted about this on his blog and the contents of the book have been posted as well.

legitimate irony:



I've posted to the site and fortunately my artwork wasn't swiped, so either A. I'm not popular enough to include, or B. my low-res images saved my ass.
So if you're a copyright lawyer or know one, I hear LCS is looking for one.

Acrylic Ink Work in Prog

Been working on a series of images on cardboard. I work them out in pencil, as you can see here and then move on to inking them in 3 colors. I think the final result is pretty solid. The color of the board is more realistic in the scan of the final (below). The top one is slightly lighter so you can see the pencil details a bit better.

Rupert

Rupert
Originally uploaded by Alan Defibaugh.

Introducing Rupert. He's brand new, try not to stare into his eyes too long . . . Created especially for the print shop I've just set up over at my website.

Do be a dear and check Rupert and the rest out!

Stupid Cupid

valentine's day

Originally uploaded by Alan Defibaugh.

Got to love a rosy bummed cupid. Happy early Valentine's Day everyone!

I recently dug up some old sketches and drawings, some I want to finish, others are fine as is. In the coming weeks I'll post some of these, consider it a trip down memory lane.

Hand Me My Leather

Since Mid-Atlantic leather wasn't too long ago here in the district I thought I'd post this image. A newspaper I was working for wanted an illustration for an article representing the brotherhood of leather.
It was in no way to demean, poke fun or sexualize the act of men tying each other up and dressing in leather. It's meant to promote the comaraderie and brotherhood of the activity. So here we have a very benign image of men in leather pants and cuffs.
I've since lost the source file for this (it was even in color!) but I managed to dig up a black and white laser print of it. I think it looks rather striking in grayscale however, so I'm not too worried.

Wonder Woman!

This week's Sugarfrostedgoodness challenge is that wonderful lady, Wonder Woman.