(Click to enlarge.) I'll be officially launching the Pose Drawing Sparkbook at the CTN Animation Expo in November (although you can pre-order now). I just submitted this ad for inclusion in the conference book that will be given to all attendees. It was a lot of fun to work up these sketches. If you work in (or want to work in) the...
[youtube_sc url=JLv-QgVhh-o width=430] What's In The Bible? is the latest DVD series from VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer. Volume 12 has just been released, covering the parts of the New Testament written by the Apostle Paul. I got to design the character of Paul and it's neat to see the animators bring him to life. What's In The Bible? is a really fun,...
Once again I'll be attending the CTN Animation Expo in Burbank Nov. 15-17, and I can't wait. It's always a great show and one of the highlights of my year. For the third year in a row I'll be giving my workshop Be Your Own Boss: Freelancing Tips and Tricks. It's a 45 minute presentation full of business tips for artists,...
My apologies for the horrible pun in the title of this post. In addition to my normal illustration work, every once in a while I get requests from the local media to do a little courtroom sketching. My courtroom sketches have been purchased for broadcast by MSNBC, ESPN, 20/20, Good Morning America, the NFL Network, and the NNS. I’ve worked on court cases...
It's always been a professional goal of mine to create artwork for a cereal box. So I was delighted when Todd Demulling at Ultra Creative hired me to do a packaging illustration for Cocoa Puffs cereal. Todd gave me a rough sketch to build on. I illustrated the full-body figures and the background. Then the team at Ultra Creative made a couple of tweaks, added...
A new VeggieTales episode recently landed on store shelves, MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle (Amazon link). The story is built around a battle of escalating practical jokes between two rival tribes, sort of Braveheart meets Gladiator but with cream pies. I was hired by Big Idea to do some character and costume design for the episode, including designing two...
