Harmons Art: Tower of Terror! Bah bah baaaaaaaahhh!

I was called upon to do the art on a giant tower for most of the days that Harmons put on a contest involving five words a patron would use to describe their Harmons. You'll notice that I end up descending into madness... This was the beginning of the end of my sanity, at any rate. The final day of this behemoth undertaking I spent 13 hours or so in front of it.




I really loved the top of this one... in fact, I might have a detail...


And there it is... Just bask in the glow. Remember, this is before I really began looking up fonts... (or just before I did).



The final day...


You can see where a kid swiped it... No touching the delicate art, dear.






This one was fun, and a second go-round...


This is kind of an homage to Adam Hughes's Comic Con artwork, but it's mostly just me going crazy...


This is the end-all be-all of any sign I've ever done. It's still pretty rough, but I don't think I've had more fun on a sign.


And a detail...

Also, R wanted me to add some "vote" signs...

Harmons Art: Foodie Requests

The Foodie Queen (whose sign you'll see later) and I developed a rapport that mostly allowed me to go too far with these. Enjoy.


This might have looked sumptuous if it weren't for the tragedy that is yellow sintra(sp?) (the color of the "chalkboard").


This was still before I was looking up fonts. I wanted something that felt tropical, like Disney's Tiki Room, but without the intellectual copyright violation. Check out the texture on those chips!

Following is a series of signs done in the early, early days (of not so long ago, I guess)










Getting more refined here...


And a detail shot...

Following is some work that's pretty much right before I left, and you may notice a difference... For one they're really sharp at this point, but also, the text is pretty stupid. That happened because our respected Foodie Queen just wrote the text as a suggestion (e.g., under fish we have Salmon, FISH, and Shrimp, under Produce we have the limiting Salsa and Guacamole), but did not clarify that it was meant to suggest images, not to be included as text. Because she was not specific, my right-brained self just kept a' goin' on, until my left hemisphere kicked in. Alas, it was too late.











The last before leaving:





Next up, the Tower of Terror!

Harmons art part ii The Cheeses!

The Cheese Island was just too much fun...



The request was for "President's" Brie... Pffft. As if.


My first real "painting" with the incredibly annoying liquid chalk


More Point Reyes with a lot more finesse... Herein began my obsession with detailed liquid chalk work... heaven help us all.


Never ask me to render something with "cave" in it without actually inserting a cave. Oh that I had snuck Batman in there somewhere.




A sign for the local cheese...

Next up... the Foodie signs!!

Harmons Art. Whoopee!!!

No fabulous soliloquies here. Just the horrible photos.

From when I first started at the store.

At the front...







And the meat... a LOT of meat...








Breakfast Pizza sign. Hungry 'toons.


Stay tuned for the cheeses!!!