22 Apr Hasbro Earth Day Meme
Hasbro hired me to illustrate a social media image of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head for Earth Day....
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17 Apr FPO Comp Art for San Francisco Bay Coffee
Although most of the work I do is cartoony, I sometimes get hired to work up concept presentation sketches for advertising agencies and marketing firms. Over the years I've helped flesh out ideas for presentations to Coca-Cola, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Geico, and Mazda, just to name a few. Several months ago Minneapolis agency Create Play Connect hired me to...
13 Apr Coronavirus Memes for Hasbro
I was hired by Hasbro to illustrate some coronavirus quarantine memes featuring Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head....
09 Apr RIP Mort Drucker
Yeterday Mort Drucker, one of the greatest cartoonists of the 20th century, died at age 91. He was not only a brilliant draftsman but he also had an uncanny knack for caricature. Drucker was most famous for his work for MAD Magazine. As one of their flagship artists he illustrated hundreds of MAD movie parodies. As a young artist I studied...
02 Apr Mascot for Spire Credit Union
Over the past couple of years the Minneapolis Star Tribune has hired me to illustrate some ads for Spire Credit Union. The campaign is centered around a cartoon caricature version of their CEO Dan Stoltz driving the company's trademark antique blue pickup. Here's a version of the half-page ad that kicked everything off: Here's a couple of additional sample Spire images...
30 Mar One-On-One With A Professional Illustrator (Me!) – Discounted price during quarantine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjm6Z5PNzE Quarantine Sale! Regular price $60, now only $45! Now might be the perfect time to strengthen your portfolio. I'm launching something new to help. Whether you're a student or pro I'll spend 30 minutes one-on-one with you going over your work and giving feedback and tips. You can also pick my brain about freelancing or ask me anything you'd like about drawing,...