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Sketch Day, July 18, 2011

July 18th, 2011 | Posted by Don Veitch in Illustration | Sketches - (Comments Off)

Today marks the first Sketch Day feature on ArmyIllustrator.com.

“Yankee” Brigade T-shirt

January 7th, 2011 | Posted by Don Veitch in Illustration | Military - (Comments Off)

Some time ago I worked as a screen print artist for a local company. I’ve since moved on to a different job but it’s always nice to rely on past experiences to get new tasks done. Here is the T-shirt design for the 26th “Yankee” Brigade, Massachusetts National Guard. I was asked to come up with final art by the brigade commander based on a comp he came up with. The software I used for this was illustrator and photoshop.

Deploying Soldier receives early holiday gift

January 6th, 2011 | Posted by Don Veitch in Military | Photos | Stories - (Comments Off)
LOWELL, Mass. – Spc. Vannek Pech, a radar operator with Battery E, (Target Acquisition Battery), 101st Field Artillery Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, holds his newborn daughter Evelyn , with wife Leakhena Ian in the background, shortly after arriving at Lowell General Hospital here, Dec. 6 2010. Pech had just boarded a plane and was prepared to deploy when senior leaders pulled him off to rush him to be with his wife. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard

LOWELL, Mass. – Seventy deploying Soldiers filed from the bus that had brought them across the flight line to the waiting command group and the aircraft that would fly them from Hanscom Air Force Base to their mobilization site at Fort Bliss, Texas on Dec. 6, 2010.

The line snaked along with starts and stops as the Soldiers, apparently preoccupied with their own thoughts, hesitated briefly as they acknowledged the general and two command sergeants major waiting to wish them off as they reached the foot of the boarding stairs. (more…)

54th Massachusetts DUI

December 30th, 2010 | Posted by Don Veitch in Illustration - (Comments Off)

This is the distinctive unit insignia of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. The 54th is the Ceremonial Honor Guard of the Massachusetts National Guard and carries the lineage of the fighting 54th, the first African-American regiment organized during the Civil War, depicted in the Movie “Glory.” (more…)

Quick sketch of LTC Brewster

May 20th, 2010 | Posted by Don Veitch in Illustration | Sketches - (Comments Off)

Today’s sketch is a quick thumbnail of a potential caricature of my commanding officer.  Nothing to outrageous, but I’d like to make it a stylized portrait with a twinge of humor.

I Want You to Fly Helicopters: The Photo Shoot

May 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Don Veitch in Military | Photos - (Comments Off)

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As part of the “I want you to fly helicopters” project I participated in a photo shoot with renowned photographer Gary Land. It was a great shoot and quite awesome working with Mr. Land and his associates. Here is a short video of part of what the shoot entailed. Lots of flybys and stationary hovering shots.

Take a look.