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27 Aug

Posted at 06:31h in Art Tech, Toy Design

The other day the nice folks at Wacom included one of my toy design concept drawings on their Behance  "Featured" gallery. Like most artists who work digitally, I'm a long-time user of Wacom's products. They make quality hardware and they are the go-to brand for digital drawing equipment (tablets, Cintiqs, etc.). It's a real honor to have them shine their massive...

30 Jul

Posted at 06:18h in Toy Design

  Here's another project from my "secret files" that I finally have permission to show: Back in 2012 I was hired by Idea Planet to help out with a display for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, in conjunction with Southwest Airlines. They were having a promotional event that included a booth where fans could have their pictures taken next to a life-sized statue of the team mascot, Bernie Brewer....

23 Jul

Posted at 16:57h in Comp Art & FPO

Here's another never-before-seen piece from my files. Way back in 2010 I was hired by the award-winning Minneapolis agency KNOCK to help them sketch up some FPO marker comps for Target. Target needed some endcap signage with a wine-and-cheese theme and KNOCK was pitching them some concepts. If my memory is correct they sent me some rough thumbnails along with some specific...

22 Jul

Posted at 07:19h in Illustration

I've been very fortunate to work on a lot of fun projects for Hasbro over the past few years. 95% of it is concept and presentation art for internal use only, which means I have to keep it under lock and key. I've got dozens and dozens of images that I would really love to put in my portfolio but I can't....

21 Jul

Posted at 14:20h in Illustration

Back in 2011 I was hired by illustrator/designer Sherwin Schwartzrock to assist him with a back-of-the-program ad for Target Field (if you're as clueless about sports as I am, that's the Minnesota Twins baseball stadium). We were under a time crunch so he provided me with a rough sketch, I quickly inked it, and then he laid in the color and...