Final Illustration for :Lost Ohio by Randy McNutt

Kent State University Press

Release date: Summer/Fall of 2006

Captain Willy Scissorhands

For illustration class we needed to compose a picture that would feature the true personality of a famous person. To show the versatility of Johnny Depp, I combined three of his most infamous characters into a single image.

The Cloaked Figure

Completed in the spring of 2005, this was my first large creature creation.

Ello! A reproduction of the famous worm from Jim Hennson's Labyrinth, completed last year for a friend.

My first attempts at the traditional Indian art of Mehndi.

"Lady"
A portrait of a friend's chocolate lab done in pen and ink.

Tattoos: Beauty marks or Taboo? This piece was done as a social experiment to see how differently the public would treat my friend Tito if he was covered in tattoos. Needless to say, he attracted attention where ever he went. On a side note, both tattoos and the word taboo are of Polynesian origin. However, to the Polynesians, these words are far from synonymous.

Completed in the Fall of 2004, this is my interpretation of a bronze pirate skull. Notice the teeth . . yeah . . .those are human. Dead men tell no tales . . .

Here is the latest in the Indian fusion art series: The head of the Hindu deity Ganesh in a high contrast, more westernized, and graphic design.

This is a side project I created for an illustration class. The project required the artist to create a children's book cover for a famous fairy tale/children's story without the use of text. The image depicts the toddlerMowgli hiding behind the legs of Bagheera the panther.

Several months ago I met a student from Nepal while I was completing a traditional rendition of the Hindu deity Ganesh. Upon recognizing the image, he immediately introduced himself and a conversation about the artistic styles of both of our cultures ensued. He was curious to see how an American artist would depict traditional Eastern(specifically art of Nepal and India) artistic concepts in a more Western context. As a result, I decided to begin a body of work that would incorporate eastern images in a style that originated in America: graffiti. For the first image in the series, I chose to depict the friend whom helped to inspire the series.