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...
This coming Saturday (Oct. 6) I'll be at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for the annual Fall ComiCon. I'll be there along with 150 other creators selling my book of gag cartoons Mostly Nonsense as well as prints of my cartoons. If you are in the area stop on by and say "hi!" Tickets and more info at http://www.mcbacomicons.com....
In between client projects I do a webcomic called Sketchbook Silliness. My most recent cartoon ("Mohawk") was posted on various social media yesterday. I was floored to see that it is zoomed up the charts on both Imgur and Reddit, reaching "Most Viral" on Imgur. After about 24 hours the cartoon finally leveled off at over 93,000 views/1,600 likes...
Earlier this year I was hired to help pitch an idea for a set of very small toys (about one inch high) based on NBA mascots. My job was to design tiny busts of each basketball mascot in a unified visual style. I don't follow sports much but I do love mascots, so this was a ton of fun! Because of...
A toy licensing company asked me to help them explore ideas for a line of Disney figurines. They wanted the characters to be recognizable but at the same time stylistically unique, almost as if the characters all belonged in the same world. It sounded like a fun challenge. I started by noodling around just to see what might work and what...
After initially giving me permission to share my work, a client changed their mind and asked me to remove this project from my website due to legal confidentiality reasons. Sorry about that. You can view my other toy design, illustration, and cartooning work on my Portfolio page or my blog....
