Here's another project I can finally let out of the bag. A large regional company is in the process of rebranding itself and expanding its market base. I was hired by an ad agency to help develop an updated version of this company's current mascot. After a couple of rounds of sketches the company decided to go in another direction...
It's been a while since I posted any actual artwork on this blog. I've been cranking out artwork like crazy all spring and summer, but because of NDA's and other client arrangements I haven't been able to show much of the work publicly...
If you are an art director or art buyer who hires freelancers, there's a short article you should read from HOW Magazine: How To Retain Good Freelance Talent The article lists five things every freelancer wishes they could tell their clients. I found the article through HOW's free e-newsletter, which is a great resource for creatives of all shapes and sizes. You...
On Saturday a local comic book shop was promoting an event and hired actors to walk around dressed as super heroes. It was as close as I could come to attending Comic-Con this year. During a break my friend Mike snapped this photo in the parking lot: Here's your assignment: Write a funny caption and post it in the "Comments" section (please...
On Saturday I was in a comic book shop and came across a real treasure of a book,The Artist Within: Portraits of Cartoonists, Comic Book Artists, Animators, and Others by Greg Preston (Amazon.com link). This hefty picture book features full-page photographs of over 100 prominent cartoonists at home in their studios. The long list of legends featured includes Jack Kirby,...
The Teaser for Pixar's new film Up is now online. Not much is known about the film. However, a recent newspaper article described it as “a comedy about a cranky, cane-wielding 78-year-old who transports his home to exotic locales by attaching hundreds of helium-filled balloons”. [EDIT: The tech blog Gizmodo offers this description: The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named...
