Balllinnnnnnnnnnnnn'!

Basketball is my favorite sport, I love it when they dribble up and down the court, Just like I'm the King on the microphone so is Dr. J and Moses Malone. Ok so I stole that from Kurtis Blow, but I can be the king of the mic?...sometimes? no? ok.

This illo is for Killscreen. With NBA 2k12 out, the article reminisces on the old Atari basketball game "One on One: With Dr.J and Larry Bird". Todays games don't have the same graphical constraints as they did back then. You had to really immerse yourself in the game to believe you were playing basketball. But there was something magical and unique about One on One compared to NBA 2K12. The way the basketball court was a blacktop and how the characters would float in the air and defy gravity. It was as if Dr.J and Bird were battling in space.


As a kid growing up I loved basketball video games. I grew up playing Bulls Vs. Blazers, NBA Live and of course NBA JAM! My all-time favorite though had to be NBA 2K1 for the Dreamcast, all those heartbreaking after school sessions playing friends. Sticking with the Raptors and believing they could beat any team, OH how young and foolish I was.

It was really fun to do a basketball illo. Whether its shaking my head and sighing while watching the Raptors or NY Jets, sports is really something engrained in my life. I think with this new year and a new NBA season. I definitely have more opportunities to create some sports illos. Lets all just hope the Heat don't win :D?

Thanks for reading and Happy 2012!

NEW YURR

With another year almost closing, like sands through the hour glass so are the days of our lives. We always have to remember as the world turns, we must be bold and beautiful, and not young and restless. Because we only have one life to live and ummm... something something General Hospital? Dang almost had it there. That was oddly poetic, and frightening that I know that many soap operas.

2011 was a crazy year for me, and if there was one thing I really took away from the year its the phrase "Stand and Fight". Whether its a problem with money, an issue with a composition in your illustration or your just feeling down. We should never run away from our problems, we should face them head on and solve them. Fear is the one thing holding us back from our true potential, and we all have potential for greatness. So when ever you have a problem or are in a rut, stick through it and tough it out. You'll always find that in the end your ok and things aren't so bad after all.

Happy 2012 everyone :)

(The top image is a portrait of my family that I gave as a gift for Christmas!)