28 Dec My Top 10 Cartoons of 2018
In between client projects I do a webcomic called Sketchbook Silliness. Here are the cartoons that got the most likes/shares across various social media:
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18 Dec Warm Christmas Wishes!
In between client projects I draw silly cartoons. I post them as a webcomic called Sketchbook Silliness. Click on over and browse the archive. If you support my cartoons on Patreon you can see an earlier version of this illustration with a different twist on this gag. You'll also get lots of other goodies like early access, rough sketches, links, downloads, drawing...
05 Nov Children’s Book: The Fish Who Wouldn’t Swim
One of my regular clients is Goldfish Swim Schools. Several years ago I designed a mascot for them, Bubbles the Goldfish. Earlier this year they asked me to write and illustrate a board book featuring Bubbles that they could sell in their retail locations. They wanted a story that would both encourage kids to swim also promote the school. This...
05 Nov Animal Character Designs
Dr. John Trent is a best-selling author who runs a Christian ministry called Strong Families. On their website they offer a free personality test, the results of which sort people into four broad personality type. Each one is represented by a different animal (Otters, Lions, Golden Retrievers, and Beavers). Different versions of the animals have been used in the past,...
15 Oct Visit to Andrews McMeel Universal Syndicate
This past weekend our chapter of the National Cartoonists Society gathered in Kansas City, MO for an afternoon of presentations at Andrews McMeel Universal. They are the company behind GoComics and the syndicate that distributed The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes as well as modern webcomics like Sarah's Scribbles, Heart and Brain, and Phoebe and her Unicorn.
05 Oct Podcast Interview: Up and At ‘Em
During my "day job" as a freelance illustrator I sometimes get hired to work as a courtroom sketch artist. I've been at it for about fifteen years and have sketched for some of Minnesota's highest profile trials during that time including a school shooting, an attempted ISIS recruitment, the kidnapping/death of Jacob Wetterling, and the fight over Prince's estate, and...