Last summer I was hired to work up some rough FPO comp art ideas for a Christmas catalog for Best Buy. The focus was on home appliances (vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, etc.) Here's a few of the sketches, done under the art direction of Randall Herrera at Olson in Mineapolis. The empty/ghosted areas were for text to be added. ...
Thought I'd take a crack at @sketch_dailies on Twitter. Today's theme: Prince...
After months of work I've finally recorded and uploaded my new webinar, "Bringing Your Drawings To Life". It was originally conceived as an optional reward for backers of my Kickstarter project (the Pose Drawing Sparkbook) but now it's available for you to purchase and download as well. The webinar is 90 minutes jam-packed with just about everything I know about making entertaining drawings....
When I was raising funds on Kickstarter for the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, one of the rewards I offered my backers was a webinar called "Bringing Your Drawings To Life". I've been working really hard to make this webinar and helpful and jam-packed with info as I can, including creating lots of sketches to illustrate the concepts. I want to cram...
I sometimes get hired by business owners to create mascots for their companies and products. An appealing mascot has many benefits, several of which I've listed here. Earlier this year I was hired by a blogger who is building a website about chronic pain and weight loss. He wanted a mascot for the blog who could interact with readers in a...
As a freelance illustrator I work on a variety of projects, but my specialty is character design. I periodically get calls from ad agencies, design firms, and business owners wishing to hire me to design a mascot to help promote their product or service. Mascots are powerful, which is why so many companies use them (like the well-known brands pictured above)....
