26 Jun Sketchbook Silliness: April-June 2017
In between client projects I was able to draw up a few more goofy cartoons for my webcomic Sketchbook Silliness:
Author: Cedric
13 Apr Rubik’s Cube Toy Concepts
Recently I was approached by the Smiley Company. They wanted to pitch the Rubik's Cube people with some ideas for expanding the Rubik's brand into other toys and they needed a lot of artwork to help sell the concepts. They gave me a giant list of really fun ideas. Most were fully formed but there were also a few I helped develop, all under the art...
04 Apr Sketchbook Silliness: Feb-Mar 2017
I was unusually busy during February and March finishing up a giant project involving over 300 illustrations! But I also managed to squeak out a few webcomics: My entire archive of cartoons is at sketchbooksilliness.com. If you support my comics on Patreon you can get BONUS cartoon gag sketches and other goodies that are only for my Patreon backers! Here’s a sneak peak at the...
20 Mar A Great Project I Should Have Said ‘No’ To
Several years ago IÂ made a common freelancing mistake that cost me a really big client. Here's the story and what I learned from it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCBu3SFRAMg...
24 Feb Valentine’s Day Illustration for Lowe’s
One of my clients, the Strottman agency, hired me to illustrate a children's activity page with a Valentine's Day theme for the home improvement chain Lowe's. The male and female character had already been designed by another artist but otherwise this was built entirely from scratch. My understanding is that these were printed and distributed to kids who came in...
24 Feb Advertising Illustration for Luther Auto
Brooklyn Center is a Minneapolis suburb with a stretch of road containing several car dealerships that are all owned by Luther Auto. Last summer I was hired by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune to do a full-color illustration for Luther depicting a simplified version of that stretch of road. The artwork was used as an ad in the newspaper and online....