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...
The Kickstarter campaign finished with a bang! In the end over 560 people came together and we raised over $16,000! The Pose Drawing Sparkbook will now become a reality! I am surprised, humbled, and deeply grateful that so many people put so much support behind my little project. Thank you all!!! Several people have written me asking if they can still...
This is it! The home stretch! As I write this there are only 30 hours left to back the Pose Drawing Sparkbook on Kickstarter. I'm excited to say the project has been a success - 100% funded with over 450 backers and counting - and we've been pushing forward through some fun stretch goals. I really the Sparkbook will be a...
(This excerpt is from a rough draft of the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, a super-charged sketchbook designed to help you put more life and personality into your drawings. Think of it as acting exercises for your sketchbook.Read other snippets here and here.) As human beings we all experience the same basic emotions, but everyone has their own unique personality through which those emotions are filtered. This can...
[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 will be released on DVD August 27. I designed the character of Paul. It's a really fun, well-made series for kids and grown-ups alike. You can watch sample clips at whatsinthebible.com....
