This is the Astronaut's story. He escapes his old life to seek his destiny among the stars, but becomes lost. He lands on a Floating Island, full of intense sounds and images, but finds it difficult for the inhabitants to appreciate his time in the vastness of space.

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We get a lot of music through these parts, and it often comes at a strange angle of flight, much like this collection of will smith ditties filtered through a band of traveling gypsies. Added a little bit of joy in my busy day. Hopefully it brings the same to you. I've been humming bits of this all week since it was beamed onto the island.




Pearl and the Beard - Will Smith Medley from Goddamn Cobras Collective on Vimeo.

Finished this a couple of weeks ago, as an experiment in taking a simple sketch and outputting a digital piece in Adobe Illustrator. I also posted a version of the drawing on Mojizu, which is a site for character designers. If you've never heard of it, it's worth checking out. It's fun to look at the wide range of styles on display. Here's the final piece, and the sketch will be after the jump:

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Because sometimes, you've just got to draw a picture of Captain Picard with a hamster on his head.

Oh, don't pretend you haven't had those days. Liar.
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