Ernest Borgnine - My CT Hero

The MFA classes are already gearing up for summer session. We have a San Francisco reaction painting to complete, as seen in previous posts, but the new assignments have begun to roll in. Nancy Stahl and Jean Tuttle are teaching a class on digital media, where we get to create a poster piece in the big three of digital authoring: Photoshop, Illustrator and Painter. I own all three, but can use some serious tutoring on many of the capabilities. Both instructors are fully digital, having switched from traditional media in the 90s.

Their assignment: Choose a famous Connecticut son or daughter to portray in a themed illustration: Not a straight portrait.

Ernest Borgnine, I Choose You!--- "Peekapeekapeekka CHOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

So, Mr. B is an Oscar winner, 70s Thrill movie player and Spongebob Square Pants voice actor for the character, "Mermaid Man". This is my first sketchbook crack at him, but I have a pricing request into a Movie photo house for some better head shots than the free-bee over on Wikipedia.org (seen here). I'm still hashing out the concept, but I think McHales Navy will be making an appearance in there somewhere.