The Joey Ramone Experiment

I've been playing around in Photoshop in my free time and have come up with a few interesting pieces. The first is a series I'm calling The Joey Ramone Experiment. It's an experiment because I made 5 or 6 different versions based on the same sketch and I couldn't decide which one I liked the best. You can find a handful of them in my Flickr photostream (click on the "archive link on the right hand side of this page). If you have a favorite or you hate them all please let me know.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnperlockillustration/

Dave Bidini and Maisonneuve Magazine

I'm happy to announce that I will be in the Spring issue of Maisonneuve Magazine. Writer Dave Bidini, formerly of The Rheostatics, has written an article for this super cool magazine and I had the honor of illustrating it. The plan at this point is to have me illustrate an article of his in each issue this year. I'm thrilled to be working with both Dave Bidini and Maisonneuve on this and can't thank art director Anna Minzhulina enough.

More info later...

Giclee Prints Of Leica Classic Camera

This is an oil painting I did of a Leica IIIc rangefinder camera. I found this particular camera for sale last year in a shop. I snapped some quick photo reference before some lucky photographer bought it. As of Wednesday this week, gilclee prints of this German classic will be for sale. The image size is 12" x 15" with an additional 1" white boarder all around and will be signed below the image on the lower right hand side. These prints are made with archival inks and papers for $55.00 USD plus shipping. If you prefer to do your shopping on Ebay, you can find them at the following link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190286796867

On The Horizon In 2009

2009 is already promising exciting projects along with the publication of a number of projects leftover from 2008. Here's a taste of what you can watch out for.

Outdoor Canada Magazine

- Any day now you should be able to find my spot illustration of an fisherman longing for the good old days of worms, peanut butter sandwiches and lounging on the dock.

Navy Experimental Diving Unit, US Navy

- A year long project for a half page ad! It's a long story but this collection of nine paintings should be seeing the light of day in the coming months.

Maisonneuve Magazine

- I'm not going to give away too many secrets here but I've just signed on to do a few pieces for this super cool Canadian mag. More to come....

There are also a number of pieces on the drawing board. Some will be ready any day some who knows.

John Perlock Illustration Studio Starts Blogging!

My name is John Perlock and I've been working as a professional illustrator for close to ten years and blogging for close to 10 seconds. I'm hoping to use this space to provide any interested parties with updates to what I'm working on, where you can find my work and any other interesting tidbits I can offer up.

My online portfolio can be found any time at http://www.johnperlock.com. I update regularly so feel free to visit anytime.

More to come soon but now I have to get back to drawing.

John