
It’s hard to believe; but as of last month, my website has been up for 5 years. In that time, it has sure gone through a lot of changes — like my original logo that aped Toys R US. Hey, I felt I was entitled. If you spent as much money as I have there over the last 10 years, you would feel entitled to HAHA. Anyway, in order to commemorate the five year anniversary of jeremyrscott.com, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of my illustrations that graced the site over the years.


Here is the oldest piece I put on the site. It is something I originally worked on in college. The project was “transformation”. I could think of nothing better than THE most classic transformation ever — Dr. Jekyll. I liked the concept of the piece so much that I decided to rework it in 2000. This was also one of the first digital illustrations I did with the amazing program, Painter (a really terrific painting program that digitally emulates realistic painting techniques). Another technical note, this was the last illustration I did where I actually inked the line work on paper and scanned it into the computer. On all of my subsequent pieces, I would actually draw the line work directly in Photoshop with my WACOM tablet. It’s hard to believe now, but I never even really used a computer until my Senior year in college. It’s been a real love/hate relationship over the years, but it has become such an integral part of my work.


Here is another oldie. This was another college piece that I reworked in 2000. The assignment was to design and illustrate a board game box cover. After looking at this again, I think I would like to actually rework this again, but actually design the entire game. So, this might not be the last time you see Food Fighters on Blogenstein.


This was the first portrait I painted for Tastes Like Chicken Magazine, way back in 2002. It was for an interview with voice man extraordinaire, Harry Shearer. I have to admit, I took this assignment because I was excited to draw Simpsons characters; he was promoting his new movie Teddy Bears’ Picnic, however, hence the clap board he’s holding. Everybody remembers that one, right?


Another TLC portrait from 2004. This one was for an interview with Glenn Shadix. Glenn is a pretty great guy, and was the first celebrity who expressed interest in my work; so I sent him a lithograph of this piece. This was also the first illustration where I started experimenting with different colors in my line work, to add an extra touch of dimensionality.


Yet another TLC interview portrait; this one for the great Paul Feig. I am a huge fan of Paul’s show Freaks and Geeks, so I jumped at the chance to interview Paul and illustrate his portrait. It’s a real shame NBC canceled the show after one season. I guess its understandable though — they had to clear the space for a 4rth Law and Order show.


This was a real fun one. This was a graduation gift for one of my old freshman year room mates at CCAD, Brian Loar. Here’s his family fighting intergalactic slugs on the planet Quixtock, or some such nonsense. I LOVE drawing tentacles, so this piece was a real treat.


Here’s a quickie, but it is still one of my favorites. This was for the cover of our October web issue in 2004. A fun mask that you can print-out and wear on my favorite holiday, Flag Day.


This guy was a REAL NIGHTMARE. It was an assignment from Cracked Magazine’s new website — from an article written by my good friend, and constant collaborator, Justin Shady. It is basically a Where’s Waldo style illustration that cover all the events that Cracked missed in 2005, when they were reformatting their magazine. This beast took a long, LONG time to complete; and a LOT of planning. Not only did I have to interpret all of the events Justin wrote about in his story, but I had to fit them together in one giant illustration, with an INSANE amount of detail. And if that wasn’t enough, I had to draw lots and lots of celebrities. That in it’s self isn’t that much of a big deal, but I couldn’t make them too detailed because each head was only a few millimeters in size. So I had to simplify each face, but still make them recognizable.
This thing took a couple weeks to complete. Even though it is really a huge mess, I am happy with the final result. It did really have a huge impact on my work, though. After I completed this monstrosity, I made a conscience effort to streamline and simplify my work. So, at least something good came out of it, HAHAHA.
Go ahead and click one the image to see the super-sized version. You could spend an hour analyzing this thing.


AND, this is what I did after that Frankenstein’s Monster up there.
I had been using Adobe Illustrator for years, but this was the first full fledged piece of artwork I fully illustrated using the program. Using Illustrator has really helped me refine my work. It made me rethink how I draw and how to streamline my artwork. It even made me more aware of making my characters more appealing by using basic shapes to quickly convey a characters attitude. So, this illustration was really the birth of my modern style.


This was a birthday gift for my friend, Justin Shady’s 3oth birthday. It features the Jim Henson Country Trio. These were muppet versions of Jim Henson on the banjo, Frank Oz on the base, and Jerry Nelson on the guitar; as they frequently popped up here and there on the muppet show. I added a muppetized version of Justin on the cowbell, well, when he had a little bit more hair. I really love how this turned out.


And finally, here is one of my most recent pieces — my rendition of one of my favorite cartoons, the Real Ghostbusters. I mentioned this in a former blog entry and even included the original sketch, so go there to find out more about the piece.

Well, that was rather cathartic. I have to admit that I am rather embarrassed at how rudimentary some of this stuff is. But hey, at least I can look back and see that I continue to grow and reach new heights of excellence every day, HAHAHA. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my little walk down memory lane; and don’t forget. You can go on my site and check out some more of my newest work.