Brian Bowes Illustration Portfolio

The Devil Gets His Brew - A strange pair of love-birds! I’m sharing a brief discussion of diabolical draftsmanship, and details di... View Article

University of Hartford Graduate Research &… It was an honor to have my illustration chosen as the cover for the University of Hartford’s Graduate Re... View Article

Baron Von Münchhausen Rides Again! - Read about a late night internet expedition that winds its way through Gustav Doré, Terri Gilliam, and result... View Article

Holiday Cheer with Elves & More - This holiday season I volunteered with a bike charity, and gave them the gift of a new logo illustration! Elve... View Article

Illustrating Ahab, a Watercolor Demonstration - I recently developed this character design for Ahab as a watercolor demonstration for a children’s book ... View Article

Sherlock Holmes Character Study - In preparation for a Sherlock Holmes project that I’m working on I did a study of the main man… or... View Article

The Hole Story of Kirby the Sneak and Arlo the… I was hired to create a cover illustration and a number of black and white interior illustrations for the book... View Article

Sleepy San Francisco Squirrel - An illustration based on a recent trip to my old stomping grounds, San Francisco, which was created as a part ... View Article

The Story of the Fisherman: an up close look - Over the course of the past year, I have been working on a book that is one of the most beautiful projects tha... View Article

The Story of the Fisherman - “The Story of the Fisherman” is a limited edition hand-made, hand-bound, and hand-colored letterpr... View Article

New Arabian Nights Time-Lapse Inking Video - I am super excited to be working on a series of images for a collectors’ edition of a tale from the Arabian ... View Article

Master of Fine Arts: The Journey Begins - July 2014 marks the beginning of my 2 year journey towards receiving my Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from... View Article

Inspiration in a Surprising Way - During my first school visits, I shared my children’s illustration work and talked books with 3rd grader... View Article

Quick Work, Positive Results - I discovered a new illustration style while moving quickly to meet a new client’s needs. A children’s occu... View Article

Development of original storybook characters: … Can you fit 10 hours of watercolor process into 8 minutes of hyperactive painting? Why yes, yes you can. With ... View Article

Values; Thinking Globally Acting Locally - What are Local Values? What is a Value Pattern? How can these help me to create stronger Illustrations? Enjoy ... View Article

Begin Using Color Choices to Strengthen Your P… This is a blog post about some experiments that you can use to gain a deeper understanding of color as a narra... View Article

5 Days in LA; Lessons from the 2012 SCBWI Conf… In which we read about some of the great things that happened and of some of the illuminating ideas which are ... View Article

1 Goal: 1 Painting, 1 Week; Icabod’s Ride Ho… In a rush to submit work for an upcoming SCBWI conference, I share my process of painting Icabod Crane that wa... View Article

3 Steps to a More Colorful Watercolor Pallet - My intention with this post is to share my study habits so that you might see something new or have a fresh id... View Article

12 Incendiary Ideas from the SCBWI Spring Spir… Recently, I attended the SCBWI North/Central Region’s Spring Spirit Conference. I have been to conferences b... View Article

The Beverly Waltz CD project - This is the second of a two part blog post about the creation of an illustration and design project that I rec... View Article

Waltzing Into The New Year | Where Music and I… I don’t believe that anyone get’s anywhere without help from the people around them. It is through this ne... View Article

Eat Your Hero’s Hands - Zelda Devon, of Teetering Bulb, once suggested this to me as a way of learning to see what has been successful... View Article

Somnabulistic Snippets - One never knows what images might be revealed by rubbing graphite over paper late at night! Over the course of... View Article

Real Life Adventures of an Illustrator - Recently I took some time off to go back to visit my old home town. There were a lot of really wonderful parts... View Article

Awards for ‘Ivy; Homeless in San Francis… I was recently informed that “Ivy, Homeless in San Francisco” is a dual award winning book! It has... View Article

Monster from the 18th Century - An 18th century painter gives me some insight in creating this week’s Monster Monday creature; Admiral A... View Article

Tentacles, Barbarians, and Fist-a-cuffs Oh My!… Continuing on with the Monster Monday series, this week I am bringing you a few designs that are being worked ... View Article

Cthulhu Rises Again - Keeping our minds fresh and our hands moving is vital to the overall health of an illustrator. I’ve star... View Article

Spinning Dreams into Goals: A time management … Having recently taken the plunge into freelance illustration as a full time career, one of the first challenge... View Article

Ivy: Homeless In San Francisco - My first published YA Book, Ivy; Homeless in San Francisco published by Reach and Teach, and PM Press, was at ... View Article

Steps in the Right Direction - What follows here is my story of becoming involved with my immediate neighborhood to solve the issue of an uns... View Article

New Work, A Blog Post, and A Charity Art Aucti… I first heard the term “Citizen Designer” while I was in college. I didn’t think much of it then, but re... View Article

A Curious Introduction; a Story of Self Promot… “A Curious Introduction” represents the first promo piece created specifically for a targeted audi... View Article

Brian Bowes ~ Meeting The Challenges of August… The Gutter, The Love, and The Cosmos From the grimy gutters of a Noir book cover to the cosmic bliss of a snai... View Article

A Short Essay and 2 New Illustrations - Recently Zero@illo.com posted an essay on the craft of illustration written by me. My goal with this essay is ... View Article

“A Time For Love”: New Illustratio… The Lovebirds are a response to the the recent overturning of Propostion 8 here in California. This piece is a... View Article

Cover Illustration for “Velor” - I’ve recently completed a painting to be used as a cover image. You can see the process and read my note... View Article

Brian Bowes: Mutation Nation entry - “Mutant dogs have overrun my drawing board!” You can check out this recent painting that was compl... View Article

New Life drawings - There are some recent life drawings posted up on the Studio Bowes Art Blog. Feel free to stop by and check the... View Article

Steampunk Tales #6 Cover with Process Blog pos… Recently I had the good fortune to paint the cover of Steampunk Tales #6. It’s so much fun to work in a ... View Article

Steampunk Magazine - Ink drawing by Brian Bowes for Steampunk Magazine.... View Article

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