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		<title>Sad Monster 010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 19:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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<p>(and here&#8217;s the psychedelic version)</p>
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		<title>Happy Monster 008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<title>Happy Monster 007</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 03:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<title>Sad Monster 006</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<title>Happy Monster 005</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 23:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<title>An Wang in American Illustration 31</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got word that my An Wang portrait was selected for American Illustration 31. Tweet This Post]]></description>
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<p>Just got word that my <a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2011/10/an-wang-portrait/">An Wang portrait</a> was selected for American Illustration 31.</p>
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		<title>Alpert Medical School illustration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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<p>I was commissioned by <a href="http://www.brown.edu/" target="_blank">Brown University</a> to make this illustration to accompany <a href="http://brownmedicinemagazine.org/view/article.php?cw=cGFnZTE0MTU9MSZlbnQxMzE1ND1QQUdFJmVudDk0PTM2MSZjbnRwYWdlMTMxNT0xJmlzczk0PTE0&amp;wvSid=a9e48e208a6ece1a9d2e93ddfbd515b3" target="_blank">a story in their Brown Medicine Magazine</a> about their new <a href="http://brown.edu/academics/medical/" target="_blank">Alpert Medical School Building</a>.</p>
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		<title>Molecule</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal Jan 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<title>Pug dog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1c2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1565" title="pug-1c2" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1c2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="486" /></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1c2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1565" title="pug-1c2" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1c2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="486" /></a></p>
<p>Above is an illustration I made recently for a story about a pug dog. In the story, she approached a worker out of curiosity. Below is a breakdown of the image layers.<br />
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This is the un-cropped version.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1d.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1566" title="pug-1d" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1d.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="498" /></a></p>
<p>Before adding the pattern of rocks to the background.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1c.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1567" title="pug-1c" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1c.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="498" /></a></p>
<p>Before adding the boots.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1b.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1568" title="pug-1b" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="498" /></a></p>
<p>Before adding the second set of line work for the pug dog.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1a.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1569" title="pug-1a" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1a.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="498" /></a></p>
<p>Below are the rocks isolated from the background texture, included a cigarette butt and a twig.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-stones.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1570" title="pug-1-stones" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-stones.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="498" /></a></p>
<p>Below are the boots (see <a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2011/11/my-shoes/" target="_self">previous post</a>).</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-shoes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1571" title="pug-1-shoes" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-shoes.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="429" /></a></p>
<p>Below is the pug dog, two sets of line work, with color. I&#8217;m currently using this with some background texture for my website <a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2011/11/new-splash-page/" target="_self">splash page</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-pug.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1572" title="pug-1-pug" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-pug.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="416" /></a></p>
<p>And here is the background texture.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-texture.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1573" title="pug-1-texture" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-1-texture.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="498" /></a></p>
<p>I wanted to lengthen the original pants I had drawn so I drew two additional pant legs.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-9.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1574" title="pug-ink-9" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-9.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="815" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-8.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1575" title="pug-ink-8" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-8.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="739" /></a></p>
<p>Below is the original line work for the rocks, cigarette, and twig (some additional elements not used in the final).</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-7.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1576" title="pug-ink-7" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-7.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="708" /></a></p>
<p>Pug dog line work three.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1577" title="pug-ink-3" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-3.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="400" /></a></p>
<p>Pug dog line work two (not used in the final).</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1578" title="pug-ink-2" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="410" /></a></p>
<p>Pug dog line work one with teeth (and shoe/leg that was not used in the final).</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1579" title="pug-ink-1" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-ink-1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="746" /></a></p>
<p>Below is a gouache painting of the shoes (not used in the final).</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-gouache-3b.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1583" title="pug-gouache-3b" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-gouache-3b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="359" /></a></p>
<p>Below is a gouache painting of the pug dog (not used in the final).</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-gouache-2b.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1580" title="pug-gouache-2b" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-gouache-2b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="555" /></a></p>
<p>And finally here is the rough sketch.</p>
<p><a href="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-pencil-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1586" title="pug-pencil-1" src="http://jamesobrien.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pug-pencil-1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="534" /></a></p>
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