Yesterday I was interviewed by fellow illustrator Bob Ostrom for his podcast "Creative Independence". For each episode Bob interviews a fellow freelancer and they discuss tips and tricks about the biz. Bob is a terrific guy and he understands the ins and outs of freelancing. It was really fun chatting with him. Bob asked me several questions about how to market...
At my website you can download free PDF mini-portfolios of my work. The PDFs I had posted were getting a little old—I hadn't updated them in almost a year and a half—so yesterday I uploaded new PDFs including some of my latest work. Click on over to download my...
Recently I was hired to design a mascot/logo for a new tuna supply company for the restaurant industry. Bigeye Tuna Guys is a new venture that will be launching soon. I was asked to design a mascot/icon based on a "bigeye", which is a breed of tuna. Being a cartoonist, my first round of sketches explored various ways to caricature a...
I'm proud to announce the completion of a new animated short film that I produced and co-animated for the ministry of Living Waters. They are perhaps best known as the producers of The Way of the Master, a Christian reality series hosted by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSUKIhjevo] The cartoon is loosely based on a Gospel tract I illustrated for Living...
One of my regular clients is a toy company called DecoPac. Among other things they design many of the fancy birthday cakes you see in grocery store bakeries. They also create various toys and novelties to put on top of the cakes, often tying in with licensed characters and brands. Last year they commissioned me to develop some concepts...
A few months ago I was hired by Patch Products to illustrate two educational puzzles for preschoolers. One was a farm theme, the other a zoo theme. Each puzzle needed to incorporate several shapes into the artwork (indicated with thick black outlines). The original concept was to have the border of the puzzle take a shape that would match the theme....
