The Saw That Built America Mural_part 02

The overall theme for the new engineering room murals was innovation and inspiration. This required reading a 100 plus page book on the company’s history and founder before submitting designs. Research revealed Robert Bosch to be a extremely self-motivated and industrious electrical engineer with a unique humanitarian perspective. It is amazing that after all this time his vision is still carried on through his company.

These first two sketches highlight the scope, influence and impact of Mr. Bosch and his inventions and sum up his  company’s well deserved pride in their innovative founder. [To be continued next post].

Bosch Skil and Dremel Logo ®

Mural Designs ©Tom Hicke.

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The Saw That Built America Mural_part 01

These designs were created for Bosch Skil and Dremel, the power tool company. It’s parent company, founded in 1886 by the German engineering genius, Robert Bosch is the world’s largest automotive and industrial technology corporation.
After  a meeting with the head of the engineering department and a tour of the factory and offices, I was given free reign to start work on the designs and develop to the pitch. The visuals were to be largely based on the history of Robert Bosch’s and the well known Skil Power Saw. 

These first two sketches highlight the scope, influence and impact of Mr. Bosch and his inventions. [continued next post.]

Bosch Skil and Dremel Logo ®
Mural Designs ©Tom Hicke. 

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Final Color Design [Gaming Shirt]

Here is the final color design for the t-shirt given away as a promotion at the Chicago Wizard World Comics convention a few years ago. It was created for Marcia Kurrus of AdGear, which is associated with Fitness Wear [a silk-screening company in Glenview, Illinois.] I did digital color separations for the screens and even wrote slogans for the design [not used on the promo version.] AdGear planned to release a  full color version of the T-shirt to be sold thru the Fitness Wear shop.

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Front and Finished Inks [Gaming Shirt]

This is the front of the shirt showing a rough cropped

 version of the main image.

The final inked illustration was done with a combo of brush, india ink and vector art. The game console as well as the black background designs were part of the color separations created in illustrator for the final silk screen. Check out the full color finish in the next post.  

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The Rough and Rough Revised. [Gaming Shirt]

I usually don't show roughs to clients with the exception of the few who understand them. A faxed or emailed rough can save a lot of time and trouble or create confusion. This time it helped the client resolve some minor issues with the art. Thankfully, there weren't that many changes for this job.

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Finalizing The Design -Part One [Gaming Shirt]

Placement, gesture, and the characters expression have been tweaked. The stylized game system creates a final layer of depth to the perspective and camera angle. The idea for comp on the right was to add excitement and suggest the action of game play. The Facial expression and action were kept low-key due to client concern that character might seem angry or violent.

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