Frederick Heidbrink

Archive for the ‘Illustration’ Category

Scared Panda is a new Chicago t-shirt company featuring designs from local artists pertaining to the culture of the city. They donate 10% of shirt profits to local charities chosen by the t-shirt designers. I created this design for them, to illustrate the argument of which city’s pizza is better; New York thin crust or Chicago deep dish ?

10% of the sales of this American Apparel t-shirt go to The Anti-Cruelty Society; For more than 100 years, the Anti-Cruelty Society has been committed to serving the needs of companion animals and the humans who care for them.

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My friend Hugo Aguilar contacted me to submit an illustration for his upcoming chronicle, Unterkunst Magazine. They are looking to promote midwestern artists and to have content ranging from political satire to film reviews.


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Boomie, a character for the sequel to JAMS, created in pencil and then modeled in polygons with Autodesk 3DS Max. Part of a series of characters for my short animation.

I created this illustration for the Framed: The World of Comics 2009-10 exhibition at Columbia College Chicago. Time Owl is a character I’ve been developing for almost a year now. Currently he’s being sculpted into a 3D model in 3DS Max to be animated- more on that on my Twitter. Hit the gallery to see the ink stage prior to the Photoshop finish.

An advertising concept that I worked on with Gene Han while interning at RPM Visual Media for subsidiary company, VIRO. Two concepts were pitched, both corporate and university demographics targeted. Storyboards created with pencil and Photoshop.

A few prop designs for Structurally Sound, a student film from Columbia’s Practicum program, used on-screen in the film, including a newspaper and two posters. Worked with art director Eric Frankel to develop, refine, and finish these designs. Hit up the gallery to see them used in the film.

Designed for Chicago’s local freak-funk band Mos Scocious and their debut album, Ibble Dabble. This project was a collaboration between me and London-based illustrator Tom Baxter. Baxter created the initial illustration, which I compiled and colored, then prepped for print. Hit the gallery below to see the art in development.

A series of artwork created for 2009 Columbia College Practicum Film Sturcturally Sound- conceptual designs for the sets; a basement and the smaller room within it. I worked with Eric Frankel, the art director, to get an idea for what they wanted and corresponded with refinements. Illustrations were used to translate the director’s vision into the finished sets.

This illustration was created from a reference photo taken in Amsterdam of my close friend Liam Hodges, who I traveled to Amsterdam with while studying abroad in the UK. The figure in the center is me taking the photograph. I’ve included the rough linework in the gallery below as well as the finished art and the reference photo – notice the creative change I made ? Drawn with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.

+ Launch Reverse Mermaid IIllustration

A quick sketch, scanned and colored in Photoshop. Quite random, this is just part of a series of quick illustrations.