Sometimes it gets shelved 6- Worker's union

Sup fam, been a while since I shared one of these. Its a shelved illustration for a west coast teacher's union. For some reason this didn't quite make the cut but we got almost to the end so I thought I'd share. Check out some of the process. 

roughs

Linework

Color sketches

What is this? There are projects I work on as a freelance artist that never see the light of day. I mean , its possible that they get used but I think more often than not the organization or company is trying to do their best and sometimes it doesn't work. 

Final

Dig this? Check out this piece about Migration from a few years back

Sometimes it gets shelved 5- Migration

Hey yall, back with another addition of sometimes it gets shelved. These are illustrations that get shelved, never used. So, I'm sharing some here with you. The theme was migration and I recycled at least one painting I have already done pose wise. The rest were new and attempting to show some of Central American families who migrate. 

Here are some other projects that got shelved.

Little Girl

Guru-Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal

Sometimes it gets shelved #4- A little girl

Another in a series of works that never really saw the light of day. This was shaping up to be quite nice, but sometimes it gets shelved. Would you like to have seen where this girl was going? Their loss I guess.

Sometimes it gets shelved #3- 45 record of culture

Unfortunately this beauty did not get used at all for what I intended. You know sometimes folks are assholes, but most times they are nice people. The client and I did not see eye to eye on this one for whatever reason, but I liked it and still dig it. What do you think? Had any projects that were killed or never saw the light of day? I guess its buddhist like to just "let it go" right?

Sometimes it gets shelved #2 -RIP Guru

This is a piece that never got to see a final. Although it wasnt exactly what my client was going for, I liked it. Rest in peace to the incredible GURU. Yall remember "The Conspiracy"? Rings true still today.

Dig this? Check out a portrait I did of Prodigy of Mobb Deep

Sometimes it's shelved

Sometimes there are pieces that never quite make it. More on this to come