The Test

November 12 2019.
This was the FIRST of the 360s. No reference, no ideas, just pure desire to test the waters. I opened a blank 360 canvas on photoshop and tried to see what the limits were. Its random and colorful and the drawing that started all other drawings.

The Procreate Test: SAC Designs

November 24 2019.
After deciding that making every 360 drawing at my desk was too restrictive, I decided what if I draw it warped in procreate on the iPad. It allows me to work whenever I want, with my big old desktop or not, and be more comfortable. I can only spend so many hours at my desk. After that I brought it into photoshop to complete the drawing within the 360 environment, adding the special surprise in the ceiling. (Steve, my boss at SAC Designs)

Miami Fairchild Botanical Garden

March 27 2020.
Once I found the perfect workflow I began taking my 360 memories and filling them with my illustration. This is when I found my groove. I filled every inch with little hidden things, some random, some personal, some Miami related, some based on whatever I was looking at at the moment and some planned to make use of the composition space and VR sense of space (like the birds and butterflies).

Fells Reservation Massachusetts

May 7 2020
When the pandemic fist began I went on a social distancing hike with a group of friends. With everyone so spaced apart in such a beautiful fall forest I decided it was perfect for a 360. I used this illustration to experiment with style. But I still filled it with the most random of things, this time taking random suggestions.

Paris in the Spring

March 19 2021
This one is my favorite of the bunch. I went for a different style once again. This type not as an experiment but to capture the feeling I got from visiting Paris. Before the pandemic shut the world down I managed to visit Paris. It was my first time going to Europe and it filled me with joy for living. This drawing is filled with french pop culture references.

I spy with my little eyes: Madeline and her classmates, Babar, Marie Antoinette (pre-beheading) in a pastry shop, a glass slipper, Marcelle DuChamp's urinal and wheel, Belle, the baker with his try like always with the same old bread and rolls to sell, a bunch of people saying bonjour, Aurora, a hot air ballon on its way around the world in 80 days, Ariel and Prince Eric eating at Le Poisson, the chef from little mermaid, the food critic from Ratatouille, Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Éduard Manet, Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix, Olympia by Édouard Manet, A study of a Dancer by Edgar Degas, Ballet Rehearsal by Edgar Degas, The Card Players by Paul Cézanne, a little prince, the star ship enterprise with captain Jean-Luc Picard somewhere inside, a group of people enjoying a Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte, Coco Channel, the inspector, a pink panther, Quasimodo, three gargoyles, Esmeralda and her goat, Frollo creeping in the background, Napoleon, Obelix, Asterix, Dogmatix, the entire house from the Aristocats, Duchess and her three kittens, Thomas O'Malley the alley cat, and Madame Adelaide Bonfamille.

Fake Playa Ocho

May 29 2021
In July 2020 I went on a fourth of July weekend camping trip with long ago seen friends to get away from the city and hang out 6 feet from each other. I came up with a beautiful typographic treatment for our "Playa Ocho" trip, only to find out after 30 hours of work that this was not our Playa Ocho camping trip. The original photo was taken at night with everyone moving about freely. This made for a very trippy photo, which I enhanced even further in the drawing, opting for a poster art style. I took many suggestions and filled this with litterally anything I thought of off the top of my head.

I spy with my little eyes: A three headed pair of legs, a legless torso, a fancy bird, a shooting star, so many eyes, a sad devil, an angel on your shoulder, fire, yoga, a projection of the universe, shamu, a sneaky cat, a fancy folding chair, a burning man flower, two dogs who's love spans portals, two half skinned head planets, a cat constalation, a sacrificial ceremony to the gay portals, a person taking off, a forest spirit, snake legs, alice in wonderland, so many hands, alice in wonderland, alien, a chameleon, a ufo abducting a cow, a space bell diver, and me drawing this whole thing

The Real Playa Ocho

Jan 26 2022
In August 2020 I went on a social distancing camping trip with a lot of my old friends. We make pancakes, smores, cocktails, created fire sculptures, took beautifl long exposure photographs, and swam in a cosy little lake. I took a 360 photo of everyone in the water and naturally watercolor seemed like the right medium for this one.

I spy with my little eyes: The kraken, the creature, tarzan, a submarine, freed willy, a little mermaid, Captain Jack Sparrow, Hogwarts, Harry Potter on Buckbeak, fabulous lochness, Jason Voorhees, Mothman, and Homer Simpson trying to peace out.

Utah

May 4 2022
In March of 2021 my family went to visit my brother for the first time since the pandemic started. He was temporarily living in the mountains of Utah. We saw so much natural beauty that I must have taken a million different 360 photos. But one adventure stood out the most, our first family ATV trip, our tiny dog included. It looked red, vast, and dusty, very Mad Max. And Mad Max Fury Road is exactly what inspired the style.

I spy with my little eyes: Tim Burton's sand worm, the sandworm from Dune, The door back to the Maitland's house, an apocalyptic burried Las Vegas sign, so many Mad Max characters, including Tom Hardy, 6 lizards, a TY lizard, C3PO and R2D2 walking to the Lars farm on Tatooine, floating islands, the floating island from the Gorrilaz's feel good inc music video, and two Ornithopters. You can also enjoy seeing two Twinkies.