Recently I was approached by a new client, Spaner Marketing, with an advertising concept for a company called SageQuest. SageQuest uses GPS technology to help delivery drivers, technicians, and other employees who spend time behind the wheel by tracking their locations, vehicle efficiency, etc. The ad tagline was "Talk To Your Trucks". They asked me to illustrate some cartoon vehicles...
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Thought I'd share a card I sketched for my wife on Mother's Day. She's much prettier and slimmer than this, and usually not grumpy at all. But when you have young children there are definitely mornings that feel this way. ...
This weekend (May 18-19) is the 25th Anniversary of SpringCon, Minnesota's largest comic book convention. Come check it out at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand and join in the fun. I'll have a table along with over one hundred of the most talented artists and creators in Minnesota and the surrounding Midwest region. There will also be door prizes, portfolio...
A popular exercise for cartoonists and character designers is to randomly pick from a list of characteristics (occupations, personality types, animal types, emotions, etc.) and then sketch a cartoon character based on them. Some artists, such as Chris Ayers, actually keep a Ziploc bag full of little slips of paper with such traits written on them. They pull out a...
Last November I attended the CTN Animation Expo in Burbank, CA, where I gave a lecture on business tips for self-employed artists. Towards the end of the conference I attended a late-night gesture drawing workshop hosted by Dave Pimentel. For about an hour or so a costumed model (the terrific John Tucker dressed as a hobo) struck some wonderful one-to-five-minute...
