John S. Dykes Winter Baseball

Winter Baseball

posted: November 27, 2007

Do not despair! There are plenty of ways to satisfy all of your baseball cravings during the winter months! This piece was created to illustrate 'A Fan's Guide To The Offseason' for Major League Baseball. I was fortunate to have a few pieces accepted into the Society of Illustrator's 50th annual exhibition, and this was one of them. Medium: Acrylic on cheap cardboard from the back of a pad of tracing paper. A few details follow...

One of the smaller pieces......

And another......

16 comments

rag November 27, 2007

Congratulations on SI stuff. Love the drawing going on here. This is a great way to recycle cardboard. Gives me an idea for an old mattress...

John Dykes November 27, 2007

RAG - You'll need Epson's new Mattress Scanner 3000.

Paul Rogers November 27, 2007

Nice, nice, nice. I love the mix of painted images and hand-lettering.

Richard Allen November 27, 2007

Congrats on the SI thing! Particularly like the California image.

Dale Stephanos November 27, 2007

These are great John. I'm looking forward to breathing on them up close in NYC.

John Dykes November 27, 2007

Thanks folks... Dale, I'll be sure to double plexi this one... but please, no flashbulbs.

Adam McCauley November 27, 2007

Sweet piece, John. We're mulling over trying to come out there in March, maybe we'll see you there.

barry blitt November 27, 2007

Yeah, great art John, you unbelievable bastard. [whoops, pardon the mild hostility - left over from my first marriage, it has nothing to do with you, let it go]

jeff moores November 28, 2007

really nice, John-- love the colors!!

J.D. King November 28, 2007

J'accuse! You are a bigot! Some of us care not one whit about baseball -- or any stupid sport dominated by a gang of steroid addled thugs, perpetuated by greedy corporations, cheered by brain-dead oafs. You have done no drawings for us. What are we? CHOPPED LIVER!??

Hal Mayforth November 28, 2007

Beautiful piece, John. I question your choice of substrate, however.

Zina Saunders November 28, 2007

Great stuff, John! I really love the kid in the snow. And all the others.

Alex Murawski November 28, 2007

John, Congratulations on SI... for some very nice images. I really enjoy the closeups. As for Hal's concern.... I feel certain this work was done on something like.... Hahnemuhle 100% recycled archival tracing paper backing board. Work like this deserves no less!!

Leo Espinosa November 28, 2007

Congrats John! I dig that last one.

Alan Witschonke November 28, 2007

Great stuff, John. Of course, we Bostonians can afford to be smug and we"ll fare better than most this winter because of that little World Series trophy. One question: how come you don't have Winter Haven on the map? (or wherever the Sox are training this winter).

John Dykes November 28, 2007

Thanks Adam! Make the trip! Then swing by Boston area fer some good home cookin'. Barry - I LOVE you goddammit. You know that. You KNOW that. Now climb down off of there before you hurt someone. C'mon. And breathe....2...3... Jeff, J.D., Hal, cheers to 'substrate' - a fine word. Zina - I'll mail you the original if you keep this up.... Alex - How...did.... you.... ...know(?) keen eyeballing there! Leo and Alan - thanks... don't know why Winter Haven was not on the list... and I was just too afraid to ask. I couldda lost the job for that kind of talk.... Next to come: Series of chopped liver studies.