There's some terrific projects on Kickstarter right now that might be of interest to other artists. Unfortunately I can't get the videos to embed in my blog, but clicking the images below will take you to their Kickstarter page: The NOMAD Art Satchel I've seen a lot of gadgets and gizmos designed for artists ranging from brilliant to blah. The NOMAD Art...
For several years I've been a proud member of the National Cartoonists Society. It's a terrific organization that celebrates cartooning in all its forms, and its membership includes many of the giants in the industry. Every year the NCS holds a black-tie dinner and gives out several Reuben Awards (named after cartoonist Rube Goldberg) to the top artists in various categories....
Today's sketch is a combination of three things: First, I've been having a blast following @sketch_dailies on Twitter. At the moment it's a very popular feed with over 15,000 followers. Each day a new character is suggested and hundreds of artists from all over the web draw their version. The best ones are retweeted and they are amazing! Today's theme, naturally, was...
Last year I was hired by Big Idea to help develop some character designs, costumes, Â and misc. artwork for their new DVD Veggies In Space. Now that the DVD is available for purchase I'm allowed to show a bit of the artwork I did. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet but it was a lot of fun...
[youtube_sc url=t70EwHQf92U width=450] After the successful launch of the Pose Drawing Sparkbook on Kickstarter I was hired by the folks at HOW Design University to create a webinar sharing tips and ideas to help other artists who are thinking about Kickstarter. They included the webinar in their one-day event "Strategies for Creative Freelancers". Now that the event is over, I'm offering...
Last summer I was hired to work up some rough FPO comp art ideas for a Christmas catalog for Best Buy. The focus was on home appliances (vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, etc.) Here's a few of the sketches, done under the art direction of Randall Herrera at Olson in Mineapolis. The empty/ghosted areas were for text to be added. ...
