Hopkins is a Minneapolis suburb whose big summer event is the Raspberry Festival. Last year they rebooted their mascot with a new costume by local designer Sarah Spookystitch. This year I was asked to draw a cartoon version of that mascot, based on the costume . I had two thoughts: First, I didn't want to adhere too strictly to the costume....
A silly doodle that I inked up and colored. ...
How to get a pirate to floss. ...
Generations is a Christian homeschool publisher. They hired me to illustrate a series of covers for their English grammar curriculum. They told me what animals to include and what content to feature on the "chalkboard" of each cover, and I took it from there. Learning is always more fun when you have cartoon animals to help out! ...
A toy entrepreneur hired me to design a line of toys. We started with a sheep character then refined it into a template they liked. Eventually I sketched up some possibilities for turning that template into a sheep, lion, eagle, and fish: Ultimately the project was put on pause, which sometimes happens. Bringing a product from idea to reality can...
Illustrator Brad Holland has passed away. It seemed like his work was everywhere in the 90's. He was the hot, fashionable illustrator to hire for editorial work and he's a good example of the type of conceptual art that AI simply cannot emulate. AI uses algorithms to find patterns and copy them, whereas a true creative like Holland strives to...
