Alright, since there seems to be plenty of interest in a limited run of a B&W version of “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square”, let’s do it!  I’ve already made it available for order in the shop, but here are the limited edition details - No more than 50 12x18 prints or 25 24x36 prints will ever be produced of this print. And, in case you somehow missed the last post (like 5 minutes ago), your purchase of any of the “A Chicago Halloween” series this holiday season will help Illinois children in need. A portion of all proceeds made from the “A Chicago Halloween” series will be donated to Illinois Action for Children. Illinois Action for Children is a local non-profit that works with low-income, hard-to-reach families to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early child care and education opportunities. Thanks for all of your feedback and support!

Alright, since there seems to be plenty of interest in a limited run of a B&W version of “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square”, let’s do it! 

I’ve already made it available for order in the shop, but here are the limited edition details - No more than 50 12x18 prints or 25 24x36 prints will ever be produced of this print.

And, in case you somehow missed the last post (like 5 minutes ago), your purchase of any of the “A Chicago Halloween” series this holiday season will help Illinois children in need. A portion of all proceeds made from the “A Chicago Halloween” series will be donated to Illinois Action for Children. Illinois Action for Children is a local non-profit that works with low-income, hard-to-reach families to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early child care and education opportunities.

Thanks for all of your feedback and support!

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Just in time for Halloween “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square” will once again be available for purchase at Wolfbait & B-girls. Prints should be in the store by September 19th. I couldn’t be happier… Oh… Wait… Yes, I can. I’m pleased to say that this year both “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square” and “A Chicago Halloween - Wrigleyville” will also be available locally at Virtu, starting October 1st. Super cool! Right? But wait, there’s more! Starting this Halloweenie season a portion of all proceeds made from the “A Chicago Halloween” series will be donated to Illinois Action for Children. Illinois Action for Children is a local non-profit that works with low-income, hard-to-reach families to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early child care and education opportunities. There, now you have no reason not to get out there and buy yourself, or someone you love, a sweet print to awesome up your Halloween!

Just in time for Halloween “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square” will once again be available for purchase at Wolfbait & B-girls. Prints should be in the store by September 19th. I couldn’t be happier…

Oh… Wait… Yes, I can. I’m pleased to say that this year both “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square” and “A Chicago Halloween - Wrigleyville” will also be available locally at Virtu, starting October 1st. Super cool! Right? But wait, there’s more!

Starting this Halloweenie season a portion of all proceeds made from the “A Chicago Halloween” series will be donated to Illinois Action for Children. Illinois Action for Children is a local non-profit that works with low-income, hard-to-reach families to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early child care and education opportunities.

There, now you have no reason not to get out there and buy yourself, or someone you love, a sweet print to awesome up your Halloween!

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The “A Chicago Halloween - Wrigleyville” ghosts. Technically the ghosts were never layered in until the watercolor phase, but I thought folks might like to see the original outlines too. I’ll show their watercolors before I show the final watercolor step. For those of you who don’t know, or didn’t already guess, the ghosts are (from left to right): Ron Santo, Roger Hornsby, Lefty*, Gabby Hartnett and Kiki Cuyler.  *Originally I wanted to use Hack Wilson, but his short beefy frame looked like crap. And, with the auction deadline only a couple days away I had to make a substitution. So Lefty is a mystery player. An unknown great perhaps, or maybe just one of the many unsung heros to play the game. Yeah, that sounds about right.

The “A Chicago Halloween - Wrigleyville” ghosts. Technically the ghosts were never layered in until the watercolor phase, but I thought folks might like to see the original outlines too. I’ll show their watercolors before I show the final watercolor step.

For those of you who don’t know, or didn’t already guess, the ghosts are (from left to right): Ron Santo, Roger Hornsby, Lefty*, Gabby Hartnett and Kiki Cuyler. 

*Originally I wanted to use Hack Wilson, but his short beefy frame looked like crap. And, with the auction deadline only a couple days away I had to make a substitution. So Lefty is a mystery player. An unknown great perhaps, or maybe just one of the many unsung heros to play the game. Yeah, that sounds about right.

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For those of you who don’t already know; “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square” was the first piece I did in the ACH series. The greatest neighborhood in Chicago in my opinion. Of course, having lived in the Square for almost 10 years now may make me a little biased. I posted this piece in the Portfolio section when I launched the site, and it’s available for purchase in the Shop, but I’m working out my tags for everything so I wanted to add it to the blog as well.

For those of you who don’t already know; “A Chicago Halloween - Logan Square” was the first piece I did in the ACH series. The greatest neighborhood in Chicago in my opinion. Of course, having lived in the Square for almost 10 years now may make me a little biased.

I posted this piece in the Portfolio section when I launched the site, and it’s available for purchase in the Shop, but I’m working out my tags for everything so I wanted to add it to the blog as well.

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Here’s my first post showing the process that went into creating my Wrigleyville piece. I don’t want to bore anyone by posting every step in the process, like unintelligible doodles.  Plus, you’ve probably already seen the original concept art (2 posts down or April 30th), so here’s the first almost complete rough in where things started to look like something.

Here’s my first post showing the process that went into creating my Wrigleyville piece. I don’t want to bore anyone by posting every step in the process, like unintelligible doodles.  Plus, you’ve probably already seen the original concept art (2 posts down or April 30th), so here’s the first almost complete rough in where things started to look like something.

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