Recently I was called in by Minneapolis station KSTP-5 to sketch for another murder trial. Ronald Reed, a former Black Panther, was finally convicted of killing a Minneapolis police officer, a crime he committed 30 years ago. I'm never really satisfied with my courtroom sketches because I have to bang them out so fast (these were all done in one day)....
This weeks topic at Illustration Friday is "insect". I did this sketch last year for a children's book, but thought it was a good fit....
Stan Shaw has posted a terrific article on his blog called The Rules of Art Direction. It's a collection of interviews with art directors on the do's and don'ts of working with illustrators. This is a terrific insight into the minds of art directors. A fantastic resource and a definite must-read for any one who does freelance...
The new MacBook Pro is Apple's first laptop with their new Intel chip, which will make it the fastest Apple laptop ever by far. Unfortunately the current version of Photoshop is not configured to run on the Intel chip, so until the next version comes out Photoshop will actually run slower on the MacBook Pro. Having a good laptop...
First, I want to thank everyone for your kind words of concern for my Dad. He is home from the hospital and doing well. I am very thankful considering we came within a whisker of losing him. If the paramedics had arrived a couple of minutes later, he would have died. It really makes me realize how...
Yesterday I received the gut-wrenching news that my father has had a heart attack. Fortunately the ambulance arrived just in time to revive him, the surgery went well, and it appears he is going to be just fine. For that I am extremely thankful to God, it could have been so much worse. And I've received a...
