Jay's Illustration of Life Jay's Illustration of Life I'm a visual artist, husband, parent and free thinker. Come here for spotlights on hidden gems of my art. Come back for links of interest, photos, news, articles, experimental thinking. Articles
Mind's Eye Class Field Trip
2007-10-23 03:13:00 On October 19th I had scheduled a field trip for 3 of my classes at Mind's Eye. An illustration, photography studio in Atlanta. Mind's Eye was extremely hospitable and giving of their time and insight. Donuts, milk, juice and water were served while we tried to keep our hands clean thumbing through their 3 very impressive portfolios. Leo Mustaki and Mike Bailey showed us around and met their extremely talented employees. Everyone agreed that it was a great time, very informative and helpful to see a place where full-time illustrators work and what is required of them. Much better than a Hub lecture, if you know what I mean!I talked with them afterwards and told them that I would be sure to get them involved with career day or a portfolio review in the near future and on a regular basis. They say that based on the growth they hire a new illustrator about once a year.These are two photos of most of the students that came.I spent a little too much time dressing this one up. Thought i... More About: Trip , Class , Field
Illustration Friday - Grow
2007-10-21 02:11:00 This is my entry for the theme of Grow for Illustration Friday . It's a commentary on the growing trash in the world. Recycle People! It's an old oil painting I did back at Portfolio Center in 1994 (I think). I put about everything I could think that was junk, trash, and non-biodegradable into this tree including the kitchen sink. See if you can find it.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Stration
22 Q&A interview
2007-10-17 21:43:00 I get asked almost 2-3 times a month these days for an interview from an illustration or design student. I recently filled out a 22 question email interview and thought I would share it here.1. Where are you from? The surrounding suburbs of Atlanta, GA. 2. How long have you done illustration for? All my life, but professionally for 12+ years.3. How did you find out that illustration was something you wanted to pursue? After I graduated from LaGrange College with a BA in Drawing a Painting and Graphic Design I did not really know how to go about making a living as a freelance illustrator until I went to Portfolio Center (PC) in 1992 and saw all the illustration sourcebooks and trade magazine and talked with my professors. I wanted to do art but I thought gallery work was too unstable and I did not mind illustrating other peoples ideas so Illustration was more stable and appealing to me. Some would say I “sold out” by going into commercial art, but everyone got to make a living a... More About: Interview
NIN Poster demo
2007-10-05 05:13:00 This is a quick demo I did for my advertising class for a Nine Inch Nails concert poster. I used a photo of me, some nails, and the color halftone filter in Photoshop. I was going for a 3 color silkscreen look. Whole process took about 2 hours tops.Detail of the dots which were roughened with a few filters. It's not my usual, but it was fun and thought I would share. Is this hokey, cool, scary, or what?All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Poster , Demo
Illustration Renaissance
2007-09-25 03:54:00 There is a great and truthful article that gives hope for the young illustrators out there at Computer Arts website.http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_ depth/features/illustration_renaissanceAl l contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Illustration , Renaissance , Stration
Cult of Celebrity vs The REAL Heros
2007-09-23 16:27:00 I got this email today I thought I would share it. It's exactly how I feel and act.Mary Lightfine, international ER nurse and a "Friend of The Catman Project,"is featured in the new edition of NeuFutur Magazine. Her passionate andincisive comments concerning Nursing are a "must-read" for those who careabout what is really transpiring within one of the most importantprofessions in the world.In keeping with his stated social/artistic mission, mysterious Catman Cohenturned down yet another interview request, instead passing the baton to MaryLightfine, In doing so, Catman Cohen stated that the national mediais drowning in Cult of Celebrity mind junk, that places excessive importanceupon entertainment figures as opposed to the relatively anonymous andessential occupations now in dire deficit.Catman Cohen recently went on record to issue the following statement:"Just how low has America sunk such that, during a week commemorating 9/11,the most important tragedy to befall the nation, the... More About: Heros , Real
Jump Rope For Heart
2007-09-22 17:04:00 A message from daughter, Suzanne and son Jackson,Hi! I'm joining in the American Heart Association's Jump Rope For Heart event at my school. I've been working very hard to learn how to jump rope and I'm practicing everyday to perfect my style. I will be jumping rope to help the American Heart Association raise money to fight heart disease and stroke. Can you help me by making a donation? I get a really cool prize if I meet my goal. I will not be going door to door so this post on the family blog is the best and one of the very few ways I'm asking for donations. Thanks!The American Heart Association's online fundraising website has a minimum donation amount of $25.00. If you want to donate less, that's ok. You can just send/mail the check right to me and I'll make sure the American Heart Association gets it.To make a donation for Jackson go to his custom website here.To make a donation for Suzanne go to her custom website here.From Jay,There are a couple of other donation ...
Jays' end of Summer Press Release
2007-09-14 16:21:00 In June Jay was interviewed on the AM 1620 Radio Sandy Springs in GA on a show called Following Your Passions. In August Jay was featured in the international e-zine NewWebPick which has over 3,000,000 readers. Also, in August Jay has signed up with a German Art Representative dieKleinert which is forming a new USA representation. While teaching classes at SCAD-Atlanta over the summer Jay has done numerous freelance projects ranging from program cover art for the Breeders' Cup horse race (seen here), and marketing illustrations for Atlanta Gas Light, Shaw Carpet, Porsche and directly working with Kenrico, a Japanese health product company, creating a map the the Japan town of Shizuoka. In October Jay will be receive a special award from his alma-mater, LaGrange College. In a ceremony at homecoming he will be included on the Wall of Outstanding Alumni.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Press Release , Summer , Press , Release , Jays
Illustration Friday - Momentum
2007-09-08 20:34:00 Here is my Illustration Friday entry for Momentum . These were previously done but these particular versions were done as a personal exploration of a new technique and style. Basically it's Illustrator shapes imported into Photoshop with a custom painted texture of mine applied to the image using my own special technique. With the motion of these it said momentum to me. Here is a link to some more in this style.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Stration
Porsche Is Recycling Now...
2007-09-08 05:50:00 ...due to the ever important Professor Greenleaf posters created by yours truly. Here is a quick process of what the Porsche saw.They first gave a very specific description of the Green Squad. You don't have to read all this, but it explains the image below. Here's what I'm thinking - perhaps we could come up with some sort of an illustrated green mascot who bears the Porsche crest (attached). Maybe the mascot is a friendly-looking green tree with a face and limbs with hands/ fingers -- one of them pointing toward the reader. Perhaps the crest can be on its trunk. One the tree idea -- actually make them a group of three trees -- the tallest in the middle. Make it recognizable that the middle and left one are guys and the one on the right is a woman -- maybe its the way her treetop/branches is styled. In addition to the Porsche crest on their trunks (like a badge on a shirt), put: Porsche Green Squad. Perhaps you even put a green shirt on them with those words -- I don't know... More About: Recycling
Atlanta Gas Light Weather Forecast
2007-09-08 04:02:00 Right after I finished the first job for AGL they wanted me to do another. This time for postcard for the Metro Atlanta area. They wanted a generic TV screen showing a 5 day forecast of 100% thunderstorms. Quite simple when you think about it, but when you actually do it there is a lot of design decisions to be made. I loosely based it on the Weather Channel screen with some significant changes. This was 80% done in Adobe Illustrator, the 20% was the clouds and distorting the flat screen elements in Photoshop to fit the screen in perspective. They wanted it cropped on the top to make the screen as large as possible on the postcard. I completed the whole screen if needed in the future. The whole process took about 1.5 days of work and 8 days of waiting for the clients response.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Light , Weather forecast , Forecast
3-D Gas Condo
2007-09-01 17:29:00 I wanted to show you an illustration I did for Atlanta Gas Light back at the end of July. It was for brochure mailer to architects and residential builders showcasing that Atlanta Gas Light now has the technology to install gas lines in high rise condos and apartments. They wanted tri-fold brochure that would fold to a 3-D building shape that would be mailed out in clear acrylic box instead of flat boring brochure. Once I get a sample I'll post a picture. This is the art I gave them flat with measurements and a 1/8 inch bleed all around. It was completely done in Illustrator. The clouds/window reflections were done with the gradient mesh tool.detailAll contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Condo
Breeders' Cup 2007 program cover
2007-08-30 14:24:00 I just finished this program cover for the Breed ers ' Cup Horse Race in Ocean City, New Jersey. They came to me wanting a montage of scenes representing the event while it looking like a vintage travel poster. They sent me several photos for reference and I came up with 3-4 designs, they picked one with some edits, and I completed it all in Photoshop and Painter. I was quite happy with the way it turned out.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Cover , Program , Breeders Cup
Kenrico Map
2007-08-30 13:49:00 I just finished a map for one of my first international clients! Kenrico, an alternative medicine manufacturer in Kanaya, Shizuoka, Japan needed a new map for their website and print materials. They already had a map but wanted a more detailed realistic map. The owner provided me with all the reference materials, like what the train stations, hot springs, bridges, etc. Without ever stepping foot in Japan or knowing much about the area I was able to create a map. I'll have to make a tax deductible trip to check out the accuracy!All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Rico
Shaw Carpet Fashion Ladies
2007-08-29 16:57:00 Back in mid June I did some "fashion illustrations for Shaw Carpet . These were for 3 different carpet sample boards showcasing a modern alligator skin texture, a retro shag texture and a classic houndstooth pattern. I had to incorporate these styles into sketchy fashion illustrations. A bit different than what I'm used to but it went pretty quick and it was fun. These are watercolors with india ink on illustration board.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Fashion , Ladies , Fash
Portfolio of SCAD-Atlanta Illustrations!
2007-08-26 16:59:00 I just created a web page of a select group of 52 illustration assignments from my past classes that I taught at SCAD Atlanta since Winter quarter of this year. This showcase is some of the incredible talent and hard work from SCAD's illustration students.Click on the small thumbnails or navigation on the bottom right. Mouse over each large image to see credits and medium of the image. This was created completely with Adobe Bridge and Photoshop CS2 "Web Photo Gallery" using the "File Info" data. Enjoy and post a comment here about what you think of the collection or if you have any questions regarding any of the work.http://www.jaymontgomery.com/scad/Bo okmark it! I'll be updating this once or twice a quarter.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Portfolio , Illustrations , Stration
Illustration Friday - Captain
2007-08-17 18:51:00 This was one of my first illustrations done in Adobe Illustrator when first came on the scene around 1994. I did this at Portfolio Center and the assignment was to simply do something with a nautical theme. This version of Illustrator did not have a brush tool and pressure sensitive tablets were not in the main stream yet. The wiggly shapes were created with the roughen filter I think. Since then, I lost the digital file and only had a IRIS print of it. So now it's an original with no digital file!All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Friday , Illustration , Captain , Stration
Illustration Friday - Emergency
2007-08-10 16:30:00 Here is my entry into the Illustration Friday 's Emerge ncy theme. Originally done as 1 of 4 spot illustrations for Texas Journey AAA magazine article about Becoming an Outdoor Woman. This was of course touching on the subject of First-Aid Kits for Camping. Created in Photoshop and Painter.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Stration
Great White Heron - Illustration Friday Entry - Moon
2007-07-28 20:26:00 Great White Heron, originally uploaded by jaymontgomery. This is a recent illustration I did as a demo for my SCAD Materials and Techniques I class. It about 8" x 10" on 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper that was stretched. It's mostly watercolor, India ink, and PH. Martins Pen White. I also used some liquid mask spatter for the moon texture.All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Moon , Great , Friday , Illustration
How to make an Angry American
2007-07-18 02:25:00 This pretty much sums it up what I've been saying ever since 9/11. Might not be safe for all hears, but the truth hurts sometimes.One of my goals on my dream board is to be less anti-Bush and more pro to what I believe in, trying to keep it positive, but this had to be shown. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!http://www.impeachbush.orghttp://www .impeachbush.tvhttp://www.impeachcheney.o rgSpread the word!All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: American , Angry , Make
I'm A Type A Personality
2007-07-15 04:21:00 I Have A Type A Personality I am hyper, energetic, and always on the moodI tend to succeed at everything I attemptAnd if I don't succeed at first, I quickly climb my way to the top!I could be called a workaholic, but I also make time for funAs long as it's high energy and competitive, I'm interestedI have the perfect personality for business and athletic successDo You Have a Type A Personality?I would think that a Type A personality would be a great for a client of mine in most cases. Everyone has characteristics that do not match the diagnosed type of personality of A, B, C, or D. My wife, in general, is a Type B personality. We are constantly at each other (but in a nice way). I wish she was more productive and energetic and she wishes I would slow down and enjoy life before I have a heart attack! Type A personalities are at a higher risk of cardiac problems, but having a spouse that is a Type B helps moderate the extremes of a Type A.How about you?All contents and art © Jay Mo... More About: Ality
ZEITGEIST the movie
2007-06-29 17:19:00 Throughout my life I had come to realize that I'm a skeptic and don't usually take things at face value. I like to look all the sides myself in order to determine what opinion or stance I have on something. I form my opinions based on facts, logic and reason. Not by solely based on what other people tell me, what I observe in the media, what a leader of a religious organization or political group tells me, or what I was brought up on. This movie sums up some of the things that I have been thinking about lately. I'm not saying it's true or false, just another view point that I look at to determine what opinion I have observing the world around me. Truth is not told, it's realized! Watch this with an open mind. It's easy to dismiss, but sometimes the truth hurts. This is a link to a full 2 hour movie non-profit movie about the connection of world religions, 9/11, and the Federal Reserve as it mainly pertains to the USA. It called the ZEITGEIST. It's completely legal to view onl... More About: Movie , The Movie , Zeitgeist , Zeitgeist the Movie
Worries at Home Ribbon Design
2007-06-23 03:39:00 I just finished a new version of a collection of some old illustrations of mine for a print to be sold in military bases and print shops. It's to help keep up the moral of the troops family and loved ones. I've created several new versions using these four scenes of the soldier. The basic story of the figures are when the soldier is being deployed he misses and worries about his family, then he starts to receive letters that things are going fine and then he can focus on his soldier responsibilities. Original is 30" x 40"All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Design , Home , Ribbon
Updated Sketches and Experiments Gallery
2007-06-22 16:50:00 I just updated my Sketches and Experiments Gallery with 8 new images. These are all traditionally illustrated using various techniques. Some are demos from my teaching at SCAD. All contents and art © Jay Montgomery 2007 More About: Etch
What Is Aromatherapy?
2007-06-05 12:24:00 For those who are unaware of this term, it is something that all we humans are aware of because of our sense of smell. The therapy is practiced using aromatic oils made out of plant extracts. The therapy falls in the branch of Complementary and Alternative medicine used primarily for ... More About: Aromatherapy , Aroma , Erap , Thera
Various Methods for Aromatherapy
2007-03-01 11:09:00 The various essential oils are mixed in a proportion of 2.5%-5% into base materials like cream, lotion etc and applied to the skin. The proportion is kept to a small quantity to reduce the side effects as larger portions may lead to imbalances. The other way to use the essential oils ... More About: Aromatherapy , Methods , Aroma , Erap , Vario
Safety Kit
2007-02-15 10:56:00 The oils are made of concentrated material and hence cannot be consumed or applied directly. They should be kept away from children especially in cool areas. The area should not be prone to a lot of light and the containers should be tight and labeled. If the oils are handled ... More About: Safety , Safe
Raindrop Therapy
2007-02-05 09:09:00 One of the latest editions to aromatherapy is Raindrop Thera py . This is mainly a cure based therapy and it is said that it can cure diagnosed medical conditions. The conditions are various like spine problems, skeletal problems, especially scoliosis. However the person who is practicing such a therapy needs ... More About: Erap , Drop
Origin of Aromatherapy
More articles from this author:2007-02-01 09:01:00 Aromatherapy is something one is unconsciously aware of since origin of mankind. It is the power of smell to brighten up a moment due to its rich fragrance like smell of rose. On the contrary foul smells almost constrict normal breathing and cause irritability. This proves that smell has power ... More About: Aromatherapy , Aroma , Erap , Origin , Thera 1, 2, 3 |
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