Bitting the Bullet

Well, I am almost completely done with the Spodee cd cover/flier design. We had a few minor changes to do and one huge change that I feel impressed by. The word "spodee" on the flier has been redone I did it by hand using photoshop.I have to say i'm very impressed with myself this time. I also just got paid for this and have a few more things to send out to them. I also found out Spodee is signed under the Grand Hussle Label and more side work is in my future for that label.

In a few weeks I'll be doing a photo shoot in the D (and here you thought April in the D was over) for a cd cover and with an artist. Never thought ever in my life that I would work this close to labels and famous people. But by the sounds of it I will be getting more and more involved. Spec's teachers where right.. not what you know but who you know and i'm very blessed to know a lot of people who know a lot of big names.

With all that being said I really need to get my pricing down right for all my work and really start thinking about making my own company. Pril photo is nice in all but I do more than just photos i enhance them, I restore them, i do my best to fix them, atop of creating things myself with graphics. So I don't know about a name. I think if i do become 100% dead heart set on this I will have to think of a cleaver name with out my real name in it.

All the more to work more so on my portfolio and who knows where this could lead but i can't just sit on this one not this time. Hit's too close to home. This work I could do from home and i love doing it... most the times.. lol  Now to get donald trumpt to give me some money so I can fully branch this off and turn my garage into a really company. If i get to move to Grams house that will be more feasable then before! 

I'm geeked but I got to get back to my normal job that doesn't even compete with this stuff listed above. here I thought i lost my excitement.. nope it's just in a different area of my life that I haven't visited in a while!

Keep it posted..

New side work...

A co worker of mine must really think I have some mad skill and shoot maybe I do have more than I think. So my co worker has this son or nephew not sure what one needed this, but one of them needed this cartoon sketch colored.
Please note I do not own the following images I am must blogging about them because of the work i did To the sketch.
Here is the original.

Looks sweet as is but i was requested to color it and do some other fine tuning of this, so here is what I did.
I darkened all lines I colored the hat jacket and face I made the black A white on the hat. The shoes were freaking the hardest part. I had to make the black red and add white to the black and I had some open areas, I also extended the pant leg to cover the socks. I traced the shoe laces and burnt the bottom shoe to show a little bit of depth.  The belt was black and red and is now red and white

The shoes and extended pant leg

Top half of guy

So there are your close up images.. ha ha.. After all that was done I had to do some fun text things to add to this. I'm not sure if this will be a cd cover or a flier/poster thing for Spodee but I spent around 5 hours of work on this at a last minute rushed rate of 30 bucks an hour I just got hooked up!!! ;)  Not that I don't have enough projects in my life but this could be a side business that could bring in some extra cash. Frank and I talked about it and I could do some reasonable photo touch up's or "photoshopped" at a reasonable price unless it's last minute then the rates double.

Anyway here is the full image... would love your opinion.