Scott Thigpen's Portfolio
Editorial: Magazines
Illustrations accompanying articles written for magazines
Priests getting degrees
Client: U.S. Catholic
The article that accompanied this image was about priests receiving honorary degrees from colleges. The art director wanted the college kids, instead of the university president, to hand the degree to the priest.
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Atlanta Traffic
Client: Atlanta Magazine
Welcome to Atlanta...home of the WORST traffic in the United States. For the past several years, I have been working from home and thankfully have not to endure the every day traffic of Atlanta. However, when I do have to get out and into the traffic, it’s terrible. When Atlanta Magazine called me about doing an illustration about the traffic…
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Angelic Devil
Client: U.S. Catholic
I actually won an award for this illustration. It accompanied an article about children who are tempted to do bad things but still look like little angels doing it. This image was a lot of fun to draw and I was totally thrilled when I found out I won.
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Michelle Wei
Client: Honolulu Magazine
This image was for an article about golfer Michelle Wei. Apparently she’s rolling in the dough. I wonder what a game between her and Tiger Woods would look like.
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Ferdinand and a Soccer Girl
Client: U.S. Catholic
I love drawing pictures of kids, it’s always a lot of fun. The article that this illustration accompanied was comparing a soccer girl to Ferdinand the bull; it took a proverbial bee sting to get her motivated. I used pink tones to give the image a feminine, kid-like feel.
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News from Scott Thigpen
12/09 : Hiatus over, new site!
This site hasn’t been updated in a while and that’s because I’ve migrated everything over to Thigpen Designs. Come check it out with a new look, feel and new art to buy! Just in time for the holidays!
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06/16 : Wicked Replies
Last week I launched a contest to promote my Etsy store where I am currently selling prints of my work. The rules of the contest is to leave a friendly/witty reply or comment and I would pick three people to…
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06/08 : S.T.udios Contest Giveaway!
I’m opening up an Etsy store to sell my prints online and what better way to start it off than with something free, for you? I’m giving away limited edition prints to three lucky people who will receive either my…
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