Illustration

Was commissioned to do these vintage styled illustrations of the fountain at Pasadena City Hall.

An old BG I designed, depicting the lowest point in the life of Nathaniel, in E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Sandman. #visdev #thesandman #spurgeonart #illustration #aaronspurgeon

I love thumbnails. I find that the more complicated the idea is the smaller I must make my thumbnails. Plus the thinking process of making art more joyful when explored correctly. #thumbnails #edgarpayne #useyourbrain #spurgeonart

For Taco Tuesday I bring you Tacodile rendering. I know that was really corny 😝Character design by Andre Medina. Rendering by myself. #tacodile #tacotuesday #cloudywithachanceofmeatballs2 #andremedina #spurgeonart #aaronspurgeon

I don't like to render stuff much, but I get asked every once in a while. This is the buffaloaf from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. Painted by myself, character design by Craig Kellman #cloudywithachanceofmeatballs2 #buffaloaf #spurgeonart #aaronspurgeon #craigkellman

Lillian Coit Memorial Tower in San Francisco. Designed by Arthur Brown, Jr and Henry Howard. Someday I'm gonna throw some color on this.

Before I saw the Palace of Fine Art Rotunda in person I saw it in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Apparently there's a small replica at Disneyland. This is a much simplified illustration of it. It's quite amazing in person.

I did a color sketch of San Francisco City Hall. It'll be part of an illustration of the city. #SanFrancisco #illustration #spurgeonart #aaronspurgeon

Thanks so much James!!!

This was one of my preliminary color samples for the cover of the next Pasadena visitors guide. It's the color I wanted but they ended up going with one of my other comps.

Giant dump truck with rollie pollie wheels. This was a piece from a cancelled project I worked on. I was really bummed because I love construction vehicles next to tiny things.

Now go see the movie :)

The Chrysler Building 

Vista Del Arroyo Hotel. Now known as the 9th District Court of appeals. #hotelart #pasadena #aaronspurgeon #spurgeonart #vintagearchitecture

Los Angeles Art Deco collage.

Lighting study I did while working on Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2.

From Cloudy 2