Art and Design by Shyama Golden » Sketches

2009 Downtown Living Tour Sketch

Shyama — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:10:22 +0000

This is for a full page ad which I am also designing the layout for, to go in Tribeza and other promotional pieces for the tour. The view is a photo I took last night. I wanted to include at least one crane (on the Austonian) to show the changing state of downtown and make the sketch specific to 2009. The Sheltie is my friend Jen’s and the orchid is one I have managed to keep alive for a few months. I drew some of the furniture based loosely on my living room.

7 Women Book Project

Shyama — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:10:11 +0000

Here are a couple of character sketches from my latest gig

Kids Article Icons for Texas Monthly

Shyama — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:18:12 +0000

I did this series of icons for the cover feature of of Texas Monthly magazine, about “68 awesome things to do with your kids.” They were in the April issue this year. These guys were 100% vector scalable goodness.

Ride Texas Magazine Illustration

Shyama — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:52 +0000

This will appear in the May issue of Ride Texas Magazine. The fact that it’s called Travels with the Llama is purely coincidental.

DLT shirts

Shyama — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:40:54 +0000

Did a quick sketch for the downtown living tour t-shirts

Austin Monthly cover

Shyama — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:38:16 +0000

Doing a cover illo for Austin Monthly, AD asked for a vintage postcard theme with modes of transportation for “fall getaways”. Here is the sketch, 1st draft and final.

Gotham Kitty

Shyama — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:32:52 +0000

Here he is. I realized how much I miss painting!

and here is some process

Shiny webmail icon, gradient mesh tool

Shyama — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 02:34:10 +0000

I created the entire icon with my laptop trackpad, since I’m in Houston sans-Wacom, so my hand hurts a little. It’s all built lovingly from scratch with vector paths in Illustrator.

Little City sketch

Shyama — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:49:39 +0000

Just did a little people watching at Little City on Congress tonight with my friend and neighbor Mike McGill who in real life is not see-through.

DAT Politics at the AMODA Show

Shyama — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:44:28 +0000

I went to a show Friday night and took a couple photos, which I made a composite sketch from. Note the guy in the bear suit—practical and fashionable.