Drawings & Sketches » General http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog Illustration Sketchblog of Brad Fitzpatrick Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:47:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Are Your Client’s Clients Your Clients? http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1936/are-your-clients-clients-your-clients/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1936/are-your-clients-clients-your-clients/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:04:34 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1936/are-your-clients-clients-your-clients/ Here's a question for all my fellow independent freelance professionals... Say a design or media firm hires you to work on a project for one of their regular big-name clients, like Hasbro or Mattel, etc. Is it right or even ethical to list Mattel or Hasbro on your own client list on your website and collateral?

I mean technically they *aren't* your client but you *did* do work for their company, and we all know how much credibility big name clients can bring to your business.

So, do you list them right in there with your other clients? Not list them at all? List them with a disclaimer?

I'm interested in your take on this so please leave your thoughts in the comment area below, thanks!

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1936/are-your-clients-clients-your-clients/feed/ 3 Watch Me Illustrate Some Fish in Flash http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1696/watch-me-illustrate-some-fish-in-flash/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1696/watch-me-illustrate-some-fish-in-flash/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:51:00 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1696 how to draw a fish video Click play in the video below to watch me illustrate last month's NH Magazine spot...]]> Click play in the video below to watch me illustrate last month's NH Magazine spot. This one was done entirely in Flash and you can see all the sneaky little ways I cheat. :-) It's sped up considerably... the video is about 8:40 minutes but the actual illustration took me roughly 3 hours, start to finish. Enjoy!

If you can't see the video above, please click the following link to view it on my blog: NH Mag Fish Illustration Video
Thoughts?

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1696/watch-me-illustrate-some-fish-in-flash/feed/ 27 Doubt is Good. Real Good. http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1673/doubt-movie-review-trailer/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1673/doubt-movie-review-trailer/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:40:01 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1673 doubt-movie-pictures-trailerI just got back from a late lunch & matinee with the lovely wife. A good Mexican meal with Dos Equis at Buen Appetito, and an really good movie over at Railroad Square Cinema.

We saw Doubt starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. I'm a big fan of Hoffman and he really delivered in this flick. I'm more convinced with every performance that there isn't a role he can't master.

As usual Meryl Streep did not disappoint playing the hard-nosed Sister Principal. One of my favorite scenes was the performance of Viloa Davis who played Mrs. Miller the mother of the school's first black student Donald Miller. Davis didn't have a huge role, but her one scene was arguably the most moving of the film.

If you like emotional, intense and involving movies with great acting, you should see this movie..

Doubt Movie Trailer:

Movie Promo with a Partial Clip of the Great Viola Davis Scene

Confrontation Scene from Doubt

Movie Description:

Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman and Oscar nominee Amy Adams give jaw-dropping performances in DOUBT, the powerful new film version of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize winning play, a story about the quest for truth, the forces of change and the devastating consequences of blind justice. In 1964 Bronx, New York, a vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius, the iron-gloved Principal, a fierce believer in fear and discipline.

The winds of political change are stirring in 60s America, and the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius begins a crusade directed against Flynn, a battle that threatens to tear apart both Church and school.

Have you seen it?  What did you think?

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1673/doubt-movie-review-trailer/feed/ 11 How To Create Anything in 2 Steps – Create Something! http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1648/how-to-create-anything-in-2-steps-create-something/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1648/how-to-create-anything-in-2-steps-create-something/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:21:40 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1648 I-Ming's latest blog post is a good one and has me thinking that there are basically 3 types of people online:

  1. those that consume
  2. those that move existing things around
  3. those that create

Number 1 and 2 combined outnumber 3 immensely I think. Sure, you might be a combination of 2 or more of the above, but what is it that you do more of? Consume, Move or Create? Not enough people are creating stuff. Too many are just moving other people's stuff around. What have you created lately? (link to it in the comments!)

Here's an excerpt from I-Ming's 1 Second Creation post:

HOW TO CREATE ANYTHING
1. START BY DREAMING. Create it in the Spiritual, imaginative places. Form it in your mind.
2. Simply usher it into reality like a doctor would a fully formed baby.

Read the entire post here, and be sure to follow him on twitter... he's one of the fun ones :)

Thoughts?

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  • Does anyone know of some good tutorials on making seamless patterns in AI? #

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    ]]>     http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1546/twitter-updates-for-2008-10-23-2/feed/ 3     Sarah Palin Caricature http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1429/sarah-palin-caricature/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1429/sarah-palin-caricature/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:01:34 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1429 Here's a pretty sweet caricature of Sarah Palin drawn by Richard Thompson of the syndicated comic strip Cul de Sac. (click image to enlarge) It's actually for a Sarah Palin Finger Puppet cut-out project he did. Oh the comments I could make about that one, consider yourselves lucky that I'm refraining. :)

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    ]]>     http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1284/dont-feed-pigeons/feed/ 12     Cartoon Skunk Clipart – A Skunk Graphic http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1218/cartoon-skunk-clipart-a-skunk-graphic/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1218/cartoon-skunk-clipart-a-skunk-graphic/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:28:24 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1218 Cartoon Skunk Clip Art Graphic
    New Cartoon Skunk Clipart - Skunk Graphics]]>     Cartoon Skunk Clip Art Graphic
    download now
    Description:
    Picture of a cartoon skunk with a big fluffy tail, smiling happily with a purple nose.

    This skunk graphic is available for royalty free licensing for a reasonable fee. For rates and ordering information on this cartoon skunk clipart picture or other pics on this site, click on the button below the graphic!

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    ]]>     http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1218/cartoon-skunk-clipart-a-skunk-graphic/feed/ 13     Cartoon Popsicle Zombie Illustration! http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/736/cartoon-popsicle-zombie-illustration/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/736/cartoon-popsicle-zombie-illustration/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:37:14 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/736/cartoon-popsicle-zombie-illustration/

    Lolly Zombification, originally uploaded by stevensilverwood.com.

    Vector illustration of the zombification of a cartoon popsicle.. loved this little pic when I saw it over at Flickr and thought I'd share.

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    ]]>     http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/736/cartoon-popsicle-zombie-illustration/feed/ 5     Did Graphics Factory Rip Off My Cat? http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/444/graphics-factory-steals-artwork/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/444/graphics-factory-steals-artwork/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:46:06 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/444/graphics-factory-steals-artwork/ I got an email from a client who pointed out the striking similarities between my cartoon cat and a cat posted on Robert Gillen's GraphicsFactory.com. In my opinion it's quite a blatant derivative, but you be the judge:

    My Cat Character: (click to enlarge)
    Screenshot of a Cat Clipart Character by Brad Fitzpatrick

    The Cat Character Posted on Graphics Factory: (click to enlarge)
    Screenshot of a Cat Clip Art Character by Graphics Factory

    I emailed them a couple of times about this but have yet to receive a reply.

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