Hello! I'm Shane Murphy.

New Blog!

2010-09-09T07:54:00.001-07:00

It's time for a change in pace! I've graduated, and with that in mind I've created a new blog. Check it out:

RIGHT HERE

2010-06-07T13:33:00.000-07:00

Image from an in-progress series of illustrated short stories:

Website is online!

2010-05-27T12:30:00.001-07:00

http://www.shanemurphyillustration.com

Learned a thing or two about Flash this semester, still figuring out how to make the images cleaner/bigger in the gallery...

Website in progress and Illustrated short story cover

2010-05-06T13:57:00.000-07:00

The bottom image is a preview of my website in progress. I'm making it in flash, and designing all of the elements by hand. It's been a good time.

The top image is a work in progress of the cover for a short story I wrote a few months back. I plan to illustrate the entire story in a graphic novel format. It's gonna be fun with patterns like CRAZYYYY. (It's showing up a lot more in my work, I'm having a lot of fun with it)

Prophets and Visionaries Viewing The Universe

2010-05-04T12:26:00.000-07:00

New Images!

2010-03-23T19:50:00.001-07:00

Here are 4 new images! They are a part of my attempt to develop a consistent portfolio as I finish up my senior year at Montserrat.

"Self Portrait as an Illustrator"

"Moustache Ride"

"Megaman Pieta" inspired by The Protomen

"Bulletproof"

New images coming soon!

2010-03-19T09:02:00.000-07:00

I've got a whole slew of new images nearing completion! All the linework is done, now it's a matter of throwing some color in the mix.

2010-03-03T12:27:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T12:23:00.000-08:00

Once again, I've neglected my blog... So here are some images from earlier in the semester to make up for it.

2009-09-30T10:29:00.000-07:00

Here's some new stuff, first up is a large self portrait done in acrylics/oils, second is a small book cover done in black ink/photoshop.

Self Portrait:

Day 1

Day 2

Commissioned Work: "Grandfather And The Raven" book cover

2009-09-16T09:59:00.000-07:00

I have an updated photo of my Left Brain, Right Brain illustration. It is nearing completion, and I will be sad that I'll have to stop working on it. My next piece involves combining contact lenses with advanced LED/computer technology, it's going to be even larger in size. (12 inches by 21.6 inches)

The painting below is for my Natural Science Illustration class. It is a study of an aged, dried out pomegranate painted in acrylics on a large, wall stretched canvas. (I've become quite fond of working this way, as I can work on the image first and worry about building the canvas when I'm able to travel home.)

Thesis sketches

2009-09-08T07:49:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple sketches for my Senior Illustration Thesis class, a full explanation can be found on the Thesis Blog.

New things coming soon

2009-05-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

I've been lazy and have neglected to post a ton of stuff. Sorry.

I'll be good I promise.

2009-04-06T12:05:00.000-07:00

Last week our Instructor gave us an assignment given by an actual art director for "Venuszine". The project was for an Infographic expressing how the indie music scene gave way to multiple music scenes all over America. I wanted to depict an "explosion" of musical culture.

Concept sketch progression:

Final Illustration:

I'll post scans of my Moleskine in my next post. I went to NYC two days ago and did some fun sketches in the MET!

New Moleskine

2009-03-29T15:44:00.000-07:00

Heya, I just got a brand spanking new moleskine with 240 pages in it, so I'll be filling it daily with images. Here's a few that I did in the last 3 days, just having some fun with pencil and microns.

Lemon Poop Squares

Hey Kiddo

Getting Lost on Route 1

Ego

More to come!

Italy sketches

2009-03-26T08:50:00.000-07:00

Just uploading a few images from my Italy sketchbook from the summer. There are way too many to upload all of them at once!

Band show poster!

2009-03-25T14:29:00.001-07:00

Fun with color! This was a show poster I made for my Illustration 4 course. I chose the band, a date, an insanely cheap price, and a venue that no longer exists. The piece is 11x23 inches.

Illustration for the sake of it

2009-03-15T13:58:00.000-07:00

I'm really not giving the blog much love, so here:

This is just a image I made for fun, it's nice to be able to make work that ISN'T for school.

The above image was based off of a stupid collage I made in photoshop. It's me and my cat, Boo.

Sketchbook Daily Drawings

2008-11-20T12:11:00.000-08:00

Hey, it's been a while since I've updated the blog, so I figured I'd upload some of my sketches from my little moleskine.

^ 5 page spread of just general chaos, just me taking something way too far

^ Mailer idea

^ sketches involving some friends, a lot of my personal work is like this

^ First image is depicting a story I heard at camp from fellow co-counselors, and the image on the right is a terrible concept for a ghost that was actually used in one of my illustrations. See! It's shaped like a G! For Ghost! It was for a halloween themed alphabet book! So clever!

More stuff to come, I've been quite busy lately.

Thai Cowboys

2008-11-07T13:34:00.000-08:00

This project revolved around an article focusing on modern-day cowboys living in Thailand. I let myself fool around a little this time, and decided against my standard burnt sienna/white underpainting.

Nude woman as I see her naturally

2008-10-29T18:50:00.000-07:00

A painting I was doing of a nude model took an experimental twist today when I accidentally destroyed my last pair of contact lenses. I was afraid to progress, but I ended up going over my initial brushstrokes to depict what I was seeing despite my severe nearsightedness. I'm happy with the result, and may continue to layer color and paint on this image with the four sessions we have left with the model.

2008-10-27T16:20:00.000-07:00

I worked a little more on my Danny Hellman piece, it's gonna need some more work, but I thought I'd post the progress.

Self Portrait Update

2008-10-22T16:55:00.000-07:00

Another change of shirt was in order, that area needs a LOT of work.

Applications Project

2008-10-21T14:52:00.000-07:00

For this project, we had to choose the work of a professional illustrator and make a piece using his or her visual style. I chose Danny Hellman, whose art deals mainly with editorial work. his blog can be found here.

The piece was a pencil drawing that was inked and then colored using Photoshop

2008-10-20T15:33:00.000-07:00

Here's an update of my self portrait, things are looking quite chalky. I tried to rush on the eyes again! D'oh.

Still Life for Realist Methods

2008-10-18T14:25:00.001-07:00

I also want to post the previous assignment, which was a still life comprised mostly of junk.
Again, sorry for the awful image quality, I used my camera phone. :\

Self Portrait for Realist Methods

2008-10-18T13:34:00.000-07:00

Right now for my Realist methods course I'm working on a self portrait. (18x24) It's still in it's early stages, and I'm really looking forward to laying on the thick paint. This is an awful photo, the colors I'm using are totally getting lost.

As of right now, I'm working on top of a charcoal drawing, which is why there are a lot of black/muddy areas.

2008-10-16T22:10:00.000-07:00

^ "Drinking Alone"

^ "Hair in the Workplace"

Both illustrations were made for the Editorial Illustration course that I am taking at Montserrat College of Art.

2008-10-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

Detail from The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

(WIP)

2008-10-05T21:09:00.002-07:00

Between November of 2007 and this month, there was no activity on this blog. I will correct this okay?

2008-10-05T21:02:00.000-07:00

Jermaine Clement

Peppi Marchello

Rainbow Surfers

World Wide Web

Introduction

2007-11-20T20:04:00.000-08:00

I am Shane C. Murphy. I am an illustrator, a mountain man, and an explorer. This is my blog. Read it, and maybe you'll find some neat stuff (Blog is english only, sorry out of staters).