Kari the illustrator

FOLLOW WILDHARE

2011-12-14T16:41:00.001-08:00

See Kari the Illustrator follow Bop Alloy and MagaRan around the Beautiful Country of Japan.
http://wildharejpt.tumblr.com

WIldHare IN JAPAN

2011-12-06T10:36:00.000-08:00

Remember this IMAGE more to come...

Juvie zine two: Youth Stories

2011-11-19T05:29:00.001-08:00

I know this is very late but I wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to see the second Juvenile booklet: Youth Stories. In the summer of 2010 I was asked to teach a special 3 week comic book workshop to the youth of the Juvinile. Since the classes are broken up by gender I taught a teen girls class and the youngest boys class in the center. Once the class was over I was asked to make a zine about my experiences. This Zine is a collaboration between my journal writings, and the artwork the youth made.

Printable versions are available on the Jane Addams hull house Museum website. But you can get your own copy right here by using this link--> http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/_programsevents/_upcomingevents/_2011/_zinereleaseparty/_instructables/Youth%20Stories.pdf

MISFits

2011-11-10T20:17:00.000-08:00

I haven't got into a show in a long time, but right now I'm addicted to this Tv hero show from London Called Mistits. I watched the whole first two seasons in a week. The new season is out and so far so good. One of my favorite characters is played by this beautiful actress name Antonia Thomas. Her charter has a very tricky power. Every person who touches her lustfully falls in love with her and wants to have sex right on the spot. At first this power seems like a dream come true until the wrong type of people try touching her. So I have to admit I have a bit of a crush on her so I had to draw her.

Letting time Pass.

2011-11-07T09:47:00.000-08:00

LEeHow tat design

So I met 9th wonder of the Group little brother AND drew him, AND he signed my Drawing. So I colored it.

One Busy Dude

2011-07-19T22:03:00.000-07:00

It has been very busy in the life of Elgin Smith with the teaching, and commission work never the less I have made time to do some fun side drawings. Check it out!!

This is a new logo design for my buddy Ryan Keesling who is a electronic artist. He's an amazing Dj if you wanna check out his stuff go to his web site -http://www.searchl1te.com/v1/

Speaking of Logo's I have recently changed mine as well. The more I draw myself as the bunny the more it evolves. In this design I look more like the cartoon rabbit then human. I plan to use the big image for my business cards.

I went home twice in the last few months and each time I found a lot of my old drawings ( my mom keeps everything). Being home brought up a lot of great memories, and I noticed I had a lot of characters I haven't Drawn in ages. So I was curious what they would look like if I drew them today.

here's one: This guys name is frozon

here is the updated look

Over the Weekend I met a lot of great black comic artist and it inspired me to resurface one my old black heroes. I believe every artist has at least one hero thats loosely based off themselves, Thotmes is mine. For those of you that don't know I have a very strong martial arts background and actually a first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. So one of my first characters I created as a kid was a black Martial Arts expert by the name of Thotmes. Thotmes is my middle name and the name of a famous pharaohs of Egypt. The word Thot comes from the egyptian God of thinking. Thus my character is highly intelligent and reads peoples moves before they make them, the only downfall is he has Photophobia, which is sun light sensitivity. So my character his to constantly operate in the dark and if he walks around in the day he has to keep his eyes close, or squint.

Heres an old picture of him from my freshmen year of high school. (he's the black guy)

This sketch was a few years later I believe my second year in College.

Here's the new drawing I wanted to do a few color choices.

While Strolling down memory lane I wanted to pay homage to my favorite comic hero Nightwing. As a youth I loved the art style of Scott McDaniel. The way he infused movement into his drawing made me want to do animation. So in a way this drawing is a homage to him. -http://www.scottmcdaniel.net/-

This last drawing shows the most important characters I've created through out the years; Electro Kid, Revel, The Shmo, and Choi.

The BOok is Finally Here

2011-03-15T07:59:00.000-07:00

The First Copies of the Juvenile Law book Featuring Yours truly as head illustrator. This booklet will be distributed through out Illinois.

If anyone wants to get involved and knows any youth who would need this information please let me know and I will give you copies. I want as many Youth to understand theirs rights. Lets Fight to keep Our Youth OUt of the System.

Juvie Book Update

2011-01-10T20:40:00.001-08:00

For the last few months I have been doing a commission for a company called Youth Voices. They commissioned me to do illustrations for a juvenile booklet that's geared to help new inmates get through their experience. I finished all the illustrations before the holiday break and just got a first look from the graphic designer.

I like how the youth will have a page to put their information in.

New Comission stuff

2010-12-24T16:03:00.000-08:00

So I haven't posted in awhile and that's mostly because I've been so busy with all the commission work and teaching the jobs. Even though everything has been super busy I've made a lot of really cool work. So here is a bit of an update on my last few months.

So the first commission came from a new rapper name Lee How who just finished his first mixtape entitled Art Project. Lee produces his own music through garage band and writes his own lyrics and tap dances. Yours truly was put in charge of doing the album cover and Lp. CHeck it out!!

You can download the Art Project at-http://leehowfasho.bandcamp.com/

The biggest Project thats been taking over most of my time has been this commission I've been doing for Juvenile justice. I was hired to draw all the illustrations for a booklet to help the new inmates with the proper process after being arrested. I cant put up the main drawings but here are a few that were not selected for use. Don't worry I still got paid for them lol.

Besides the crazy commission stuff I've had time to do a few fun things. I'm working on a new comic strip with my friend Maurice "Flash" Meaway. We realized though out time If there is a cool black person in an anime cartoon there either going to look like Me, Maurice, or raciest. As we further talked about this issue I wondered what would happen if they were to show up to the same auditions. Thus STAB-D was born, STAB-D stands for Stereotypical Black Anime Black Dudes. Were still writing the stories but here are the first two shorts.

Flash-Black dude with the Dreadlocks
Gino-DAt black dude with the Glasses

Flash and Gino finds out Dragon Ball Z is making a new series called DBZ Kai. Flash thinks it might be some room for some brothers.

Also made a little time to draw my favorite chain smoker CHoi.

Now that most of my commission stuff is done for a while I hope I get time to work on the next issue of Shmo. I started this cover awhile back and just finished it.

This last drawing is a present I did for my sister and little niece. As most of you would know a lot of new disney princess movies have been coming out and my sister thought it would be a great idea if for a christmas gift If I drew my little niece as a princess.

Fun Times with Ninja Girls

2010-07-05T09:54:00.000-07:00

IM BACK WASS GOOOD

2010-06-14T17:13:00.001-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in forever in a day I've been getting my working black man on. OK SO TO UPDATE YOU ON ELGIN SMITHS Life. I'm still working both jobs at the Gary Comer Youth Center teaching art to the 3rd to 8th graders, and the Cook County Juvenile Center teaching ceramic sculpture. Both Jobs have been going great. My students have really stepped up there game in the juvenile. We had an art show for their ceramic work they've been creating. The work had great reviews. It’s also landed me another Job at the Juvenile. Starting in August I'll be commissioned to instruct the kids on how to create a zine about the history of the Juvenile. I went to my first meeting last week and everyone seems to be excited about the development of this project. I was also approached by some of the guards about putting more art work in the visiting room so my coworkers and I have been getting student work together to display.

As for the youth center we had our end of the year art show/award ceremony. I was very pleased with the turn out, I felt so proud to see all of the work my students created throughout the year. I also gave out awards to the top two students in my Toon Studio class, Jade L(age 7), and Miracle B(age 8). Giving out awards and seeing all of my kids work made me feel proud to be a teacher.

Besides trying to be the best teacher I can be I’ve been working a few commissions for possible comic/TV shows, also been trying to keep My Shmos up. So I'm going to try to show you guys the drawings you have missed.

I saw the Movie Kick-ASS and Loved it. I made a new Shmo for my kids coloring book collection so I kept the logo PG.

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Me and my art/dance crew buddy Vicky Kao decided to draw each others main characters. She drew Choi and I drew her comic hero Scruballz. If you wanna learn more about this crazy dude you can check out her Deviant page.-http://scruballz.deviantart.com/ OR http://portfolio.colum.edu/vickykao/home

Vicky's Choi

Robert and I were at it again this time going for a commission for this new tv/comic series. I can't tell too much about this project just that I was asked to submit a suit design and comic layout based on a few descriptions the producers gave me. In the end they didn't choose my design but they still want me to be apart of the team So that's great news for me. I'll keep everyone updated once I find out more.

Vector work

I was drawing some random Ninja dude ended up looking like Adult Gohan from DBZ

I call these little shorts granny Tales. This one is an old story my Grandma use to tell me about her and brother Prinis. One day they were walking home from a days work and my Unk stopped in mid stride just to tell my grandma her knees were cracking and shaking so much he thought they broke.....

NEW CHOI Drawing.. I don't know if Ive ever let people see the real Choi the person my comic hero is based off of but I saw an out fit he was wearing and I was like I HAVE TO USE this for reference.

Well Thats all for now...

SANTA SHMO

2009-12-22T17:25:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays EVERYONE!!!

Apache Chief ?

2009-12-22T16:14:00.000-08:00

I was at work and really wanted to draw a new Shmo. So i asked my coworkers who is the worst superhero in the world to make a shmo out of, and my Coworker Katie said Apache Chief. I was like that Lame Native American dude on the Super friends who gets big.....PERFECT. haha.

If you don't know who the Apache Cheif or the Super Friends are then I'll tell you. The Super Friends is a DC superhero cartoon that came out in the 70's. The team originally featured Justice League Members, Superman, Wonderwoman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Batman and Robin. During the revamp of the show in 1977 the producers wanted to add a more international heroes thus brought Black Vulcan (the black dude), Apache Chief (the Native), Samurai (the Asian), and El Dorado (how about you guess). Outta all of these heroes I would have to say Apache Chief had to be the lamest. This dudes power was to get big. He would do some strange yell and get really tall.. that's it. Mater of fact most of his scenes where just him sitting in the background being quiet or getting big. Thus making him perfect for this new Shmo drawing.

SHMO Shirts

2009-12-08T21:14:00.000-08:00

so I've been really going for these Shmo shirts hardcore. I sold one off to my friend JK. she wanted a special buttercup from the power puff girls Shmo.

-if you would like a shmo shirt send me a post.
prices start at 10 bucks and are expensive as 20.
Ill give u details if your interested.

REVEL up date

2009-12-08T20:09:00.000-08:00

I have really be interested in taken Revel the Raccoon to the next level sooo i decided to give him a few more emotions. Check it out

Halloween faces

2009-12-08T19:57:00.000-08:00

So Ive been making these faces outta construction paper for Halloween. I finally got to take a few pics. There are a few more but my camera stop working.

Elgie Chaplin

2009-11-22T20:48:00.000-08:00

New Breakdance shirt design

2009-11-18T10:34:00.001-08:00

So lately I've been working on new t shirt designs for the breakdance spot. This is the first, and all the colors can be changed around.

BATMAN

2009-11-10T20:19:00.001-08:00

So here's the Finished colob with me and Robert. ENJOY

drawings in the works

2009-11-09T21:47:00.000-08:00

So I've been pretty busy lately... I have graduated from college... been broke for a summer.. still working for my internship... Moved to a new location... and now teaching art at a youth center. Now that I'm settled in to my new job I've had a found time to draw. I hope u guys enjoy.

New BATMAN in the works

2009-10-30T09:06:00.000-07:00

JIM KELLY FAN Art

2009-08-07T16:53:00.000-07:00

I watched Enter The Dragon this week and I had to draw Jim Kelly. I might make some poster outta these.

Just in case your confused on who Jim is check out the youtube clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bthp5UBf0TU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2WVWCLel5s

C U Next Weekend

2009-07-17T12:18:00.000-07:00

I just finished a deal with this new Music group called C U Next weekend. Check out there video and a few of my Favorite members.

RoseMary comission

2009-07-10T11:55:00.000-07:00

My mom's boss retired So my mom as me to do a character of her for there program. I thought it was pretty funny so I put it up.

big hair GIrl

2009-06-30T00:19:00.000-07:00

I've been working a lot on commissions so I took some time to do some independent stuff.

Michael SHMOseph Jackson

2009-06-27T01:21:00.000-07:00

well as of Thursday June 25 the world said good bye to Michael Jackson. Mike has been my hero since I've been able to move. There is no way I will ever be able to pay him back for what he's done for me and the rest of the World but here is a NEw SHMO.
R.I.P Michael

Robin colab

2009-06-24T00:16:00.000-07:00

So I've been reading the new Batman Reborn series and really wanted to do a Robin fan art. I haven't done one in a while so here it is. I also used this as an opportunity to do a colab with my friend and comic artist/colorist Robert Nugent. I did the drawing and Robert did the color and background.

skate Commission

2009-06-12T18:49:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a lot of commission work lately but I really like this skate drawing. This one is for a skate documentary called the Rink.

CHoi

2009-06-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

I haven't drawn my Korean Comic book hero CHoi in while

Revel Glide

2009-06-02T07:25:00.000-07:00

Revel the experiment

2009-05-10T12:04:00.000-07:00

Revel is an genetic experiment gone TO well or bad... he is a mix bread between a cat, fox and raccoon, he recently escaped from his testing lab and is free running round the city. I started this animation a year ago and have recently be revisiting it for motion animations.

SHMoPOo

2009-05-06T15:05:00.000-07:00

I've been doing classes in 3-d programs Rhyno and Z bush. SO for my final I made some SHmo shampoo. The head is the top and the body is the container.

REMEMBER WHEN

2009-05-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

These are images of my first successful project at SAIC- freshmen year 2005. People always asked were did I get the bunny head idea from and it was from this project. I walk all round the city of chicago with this sign saying HI IM ANONYMOUS. This project touched issues on identity and trying to be social excepted.

Jackass in progress

2009-04-27T10:27:00.000-07:00

Ok so last night my lovely friend Caroline Visbal and I were watching Chuck Jones cartoons and said I should Draw my self as a DONKEY then she said YESSSHHH a lot and so i decided to draw it. mind you she has already seen the sketches and almost died.

NEW SHMOS

2009-04-21T16:03:00.000-07:00

I finally finished the shmo comic book and I'm going to put it up on the blog really soon but for now here are some new shmo Decks. Enjoy

SHMO DECks

2009-04-16T15:09:00.000-07:00

I did a lot a shmo drawings this semester and really wanted to put them all up. Most of them were on my residents doors.

ANimation demo

2009-04-16T09:45:00.000-07:00

Old Fashion Drawings

2009-02-07T16:16:00.000-08:00

new CHOI COmic

2008-12-12T12:52:00.001-08:00

Heres a few Action pages from the new Choi comic

missing love

2008-11-10T12:24:00.001-08:00

this is the finish product of the missing love comic

many faces of the shmo

2008-09-30T16:23:00.000-07:00

The shmo has the power the inbody the power of any super hero as long as he has the comic book on him. The only problem is he keeps his same form. So these are a few of his suites.

The SHMO

2008-09-24T17:52:00.000-07:00

Missing love

2008-09-22T22:43:00.000-07:00

this is a comic im working on about a man who is morning over his past wife.

New Kato Design

2008-08-31T21:08:00.000-07:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_(The_Green_Hornet)
Just in case you don't know who Kato is.. He was the side kick and driver of the 70's hero green hornet. In my story Green hornet died and Kato is fighting on his own. The Kato from the TV show was played by Bruce Lee. The new outfit is a mix of the classic driver suite and Bruce Lee's outfit from chinese connection.

CHOI PROJECT

2008-08-31T19:43:00.000-07:00

CHOI PROJECT

Name: ManJun Choi
Age: 23
Occupation: always changing
Race: Korean
Hometown: Seoul Korea

Back Story:
Choi is an ex Tae Kwon Do champ. After his friend was killed in a match Choi was supposed to be in, he vowed to never fight again.

TKD story:
Choi and his friend (Chowsoo) had a big match scheduled. The day of the match, a beautiful woman asked Choi out. Choi couldn’t say no to women, so he accepted. Choi figured he’d go eat and then go to the fight. But instead he spent the night with her. Unfortunately the fight could not be cancelled so Chowsoo took on both fighters. Chowsoo won the battle but lost the war; he was beaten to death by members of the Korean Mafia. Choi later found out the women he went out with was the girl friend of the Korean mafia. Choi vowed to never fight and never trust women again. He also quit Tae Kwon do.

Today:
Choi still lives in South Korea. He has a home stay in Pusan, but he wanders around Seoul finding odd jobs and eating good dumplings. Since Chowsoo’s death Choi picked up smoking and drinks whenever he has the money. He doesn’t say much but women still adore his mysterious attitude and cool hair. This gets him in to trouble, a lot because girls often talk about him to their boyfriends.

Comic Plot:
Choi meets a girl who is rambling on about everything. She thinks Choi is a great listener, and has cool hair. She goes home and tells her boyfriend how he should be more like Choi. She even goes as far to say he should change his freshly, blonde, slick, new ‘do which cost him mad money into a natural fluff. This pisses the boyfriend off and he goes on a hissy fit and tries to find Choi… DAN DAN DAANNNNn!!!

shaun of the dead poster

2008-08-31T17:51:00.000-07:00

fashion photoshop

2008-08-31T16:07:00.001-07:00

stella mccartney adidas

2008-08-30T12:32:00.000-07:00

http://www.shopadidas.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2189720&cp=2019628
if you interested in looking at more of the close this is a link to the web site