S H A N E H I L L M A N

Jun 18

“star stuff” ink and gouache on bristol My piece for the Space show at Gallery 1988 West. The show opens July 22 and is curated by Mike Mitchell.I am very grateful and proud to be in this show for a number of reasons. Mike Mitchell has been a long time friend and I was very surprised and honored that he asked me to partake in this show. Mike’s enthusiasm about space had a profound impact on my beliefs. For once, everything made sense. I knew what we are and where we came from. The stars. The universe is us and we are just expressing ourselves for the briefest of times. I am paraphrasing Eckhart Tolle here but you get the point. We are just a blip throughout the timeline of the universe. I am going to make the best of it while I can. This one’s for you Mike. I owe ya.

“star stuff”

ink and gouache on bristol

My piece for the Space show at Gallery 1988 West. The show opens July 22 and is curated by Mike Mitchell.

I am very grateful and proud to be in this show for a number of reasons. Mike Mitchell has been a long time friend and I was very surprised and honored that he asked me to partake in this show. Mike’s enthusiasm about space had a profound impact on my beliefs. For once, everything made sense. I knew what we are and where we came from. The stars. The universe is us and we are just expressing ourselves for the briefest of times. I am paraphrasing Eckhart Tolle here but you get the point. We are just a blip throughout the timeline of the universe. I am going to make the best of it while I can.

This one’s for you Mike. I owe ya.

Got my copy of Puffed Shoggoths in! Great work @trevrhenderson

Got my copy of Puffed Shoggoths in! Great work @trevrhenderson

Jun 17

g1988: piece above by Bennett Slater. Gallery1988 (WEST) is proud to announce that this Friday, June 21st, we will open “SPACE: The Gallery Show,” a group exhibit curated by artist Mike Mitchell. The show, which will celebrate the past, present & future of space exploration and the awesomeness that is the universe, will feature over 50 amazing artists all working in many different mediums. The show will feature new artwork from G1988 regulars like Mitchell, Scott C., Andrew DeGraff, Olly Moss, N.C. Winters and Justin White, but also include new names to the gallery, like Jeffrey Brown, Dave Correia, John Martz and Emily Partridge. This show promises to be new, unique and memorable - and people may want to get to the gallery early for “first in line giveaways.”    The opening reception is THIS FRIDAY, from 7-10 PM. The night will also be hosted by Bobak Ferdowsi, everyone’s favorite Systems Engineer!    All the work will then go online the next afternoon for viewing and purchase at gallery1988.com.   The show will run through July 20th. I have a piece in this show along with other amazing people! Come check it out! It’s gonna be spaaaaceeeeeeeeial.

g1988:

piece above by Bennett Slater.

Gallery1988 (WEST) is proud to announce that this Friday, June 21st, we will open “SPACE: The Gallery Show,” a group exhibit curated by artist Mike Mitchell. The show, which will celebrate the past, present & future of space exploration and the awesomeness that is the universe, will feature over 50 amazing artists all working in many different mediums. The show will feature new artwork from G1988 regulars like Mitchell, Scott C., Andrew DeGraff, Olly Moss, N.C. Winters and Justin White, but also include new names to the gallery, like Jeffrey Brown, Dave Correia, John Martz and Emily Partridge.
This show promises to be new, unique and memorable - and people may want to get to the gallery early for “first in line giveaways.” 
 
The opening reception is THIS FRIDAY, from 7-10 PM. The night will also be hosted by Bobak Ferdowsi, everyone’s favorite Systems Engineer! 
 
All the work will then go online the next afternoon for viewing and purchase at gallery1988.com.
 
The show will run through July 20th.

I have a piece in this show along with other amazing people! Come check it out! It’s gonna be spaaaaceeeeeeeeial.

Jun 16

Finally got around to scanning some Prison Pit doodles from my sketchbook. I might get around to coloring these eventually.

Finally got around to scanning some Prison Pit doodles from my sketchbook. I might get around to coloring these eventually.

Jun 05

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May 25

Channeling some Sam Bosma

Channeling some Sam Bosma

May 23

Another ink wash test. Gonna take a while to grasp this! I inked this on the wrong side of the water color paper which lead to some pretty shite line quality. Oh well!

Another ink wash test. Gonna take a while to grasp this! I inked this on the wrong side of the water color paper which lead to some pretty shite line quality. Oh well!

Apr 23

Pretty pumped for the new Thor movie this fall, so I did a little warm up of everyone’s favorite Scandinavian. 

Pretty pumped for the new Thor movie this fall, so I did a little warm up of everyone’s favorite Scandinavian. 

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Apr 01

arceuschrist asked: Hey dude, I'm a fan of your art for a while and I've been wondering what pens do you like to illustrate with in your sketchbook (like the Prison Pit ones) and also program do you prefer to work with when you do digital art?

I have been pretty keen on these Kuretake brush pens lately. They’re pretty much my all around inking tool now unless super fine details are needed. I also use Col-Erase non-photo blue pencils for layouts.

http://www.jetpens.com/Kuretake-No.-55-Double-Sided-Brush-Pen-Hard-Soft/pd/2667

I use Photoshop CS3 for all digital works.

Thanks!

Slorge!

Slorge!

Prison Pit baddie

Prison Pit baddie

Mar 31

More Prison Pit love.

More Prison Pit love.

Mar 27

Puffed Shoggoths Kickstarter

The kickstarter for Puffed Shoggoths is up! I was very lucky to contribute to this zine along with many other talented artists! Pledge and indulge in some Cthulhu goodness!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1668995493/puffed-shoggoths-a-hp-lovecraft-art-zine