The Christmas shopping season is in full swing. If you are an artist, or you are shopping for someone who is, I invite you to take a look at the "Recommended Resources" list I've compiled on Amazon.com. It's a few of the very best books, DVDs, and other resources I've found on topics such as art, illustration, animation, character design,...
Recently my friend and fellow illustrator Tom Richmond posted a very thoughtful article about this question on his blog. Tom specializes in caricature illustration and made a good case for having one unique look or style in your work that art directors can always count on. I have a lot of respect for Tom and he makes some very valid...
Recently I was hired by Launch, an ad agency in the Dallas area, to create some artwork for a new packaging project. They were developing a new logo and packaging for "Bags On Board", line of pet waste disposal products. They came to me with some concepts already fleshed out and hired me to do the final packaging illustration across...
Throughout the Expo several top artists were stationed out in the lobby doing live demos. Here Tony Bancroft (former Disney animator and director of Mulan) does a demo animation of Pumbaa from The Lion King. An overhead camera projected his work on large monitors.
Earlier this year I was hired my the good folks at RPM Connect in Minneapolis to illustrate some Christmas canisters for Orville Reddenbacher's "Poppycock" brand. The snacks are now available in stores. I picked up my first few canisters in Target but I'm sure other stores will be carrying them as well. The folks at RPM Connect were great to work...
A few months ago I was hired by an independent film studio in Hollywood to work on some concept sketches for an animated feature film they are developing. They had brought in an artist to do some concept work but that artist was no longer available. I was asked to do some sketches of one of the characters (a young...
