My friend and animator Todd Hampson runs the animation studio Timbuktoons and has a website and blog designed to help artist thrive in their business. He just posted an interview with yours truly with questions about balancing work, business, and life as an artist. Todd also recently published his first ebook, "Calling All Artists: Why There's Never Been A Better Time To Be A...
My friend Troy Wetzel challenged me to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Instead of soaking myself in water I decided to make a fun little sketch and turn it into a drawing video. I also think it's important to give money to help those fighting ALS so I'm making a donation. I am pro-life which creates a bit of an ethical...
(Click image to enlarge.) Recently I was hired by Tourean Design to illustrate a series of mobile messaging stickers for use in an upcoming project. There are four sets of 16 stickers each: A series of animals who look bored/unimpressed; A "hungry hippo" eating food in various settings; An expressive baby; A cute little puppy. A few samples are shown above. There were over 60 stickers...
Recently I was hired by VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer to help develop some characters for a fun new project he is working on. I can't say much about it yet, but he has given me permission to post just a few of the dozens of concept sketches I did for the characters he's been developing. I can tell you one...
A few months ago I was hired by Crayola to create an illustration showing some of their marker characters interacting with the Empire State Building. The artwork was used as a coloring page on the back of some packaging. Unfortunately it is only being sold in one store, the Toys-R-Us in Times Square. New Yorkers have all the fun! ...
One of my clients is DecoPac, Inc., a novelty toy company that makes many of the cake toppers you see in bakeries and grocery stores. Most of their products are tied to licensed merchandise, and sometimes I get the fun of helping them develop a toy idea for a popular character. The challenge is to come up with something creative...
