30 Jan “Cut The Rope” Toy Design
A few months ago I was hired by DecoPac, Inc. to design a "Cut The Rope" toy for their novelty cakes. Here's how the final product turned out. Look for it at your local bakery this Spring. Nom! Nom! ...
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29 Jan Character Designs For “What’s In The Bible?”
As some of you know, one of my clients is VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer. Over the past few months he's hired me to do little snippets of animation here and there for his new educational series "What's In The Bible?". Recently he wrapped up a 9-DVD series on the Old Testament and started work on the New Testament, which is...
28 Jan FPO Comp Art for Green Giant
Last fall I was hired by one of my regular clients, CPC Intersect, to create some FPO comp art to promote a new line of potato chips from Green Giant (which is owned by General Mills). CPC Intersect specializes in "event marketing". They excel at creating fun, creative events designed to help raise awareness of new products and services. They...
16 Jan I’ve Been Given The Pewter Plate Award From Highlights Magazine
This afternoon I received a package from Highlights! magazine. Inside was a letter informing me I've been chosen to receive the Illustrator of the Month Pewter Plate Award, and a shiny silver plate with my name inscribed. Very classy. I'm surprised and very honored. Every issue of Highlights is full of wonderful artwork from several very charming illustrators. It's a...
31 Dec 2012 Highlights and Accomplishments
2012 was another jam-packed year. In addition to surviving another presidential election and a Mayan apocalypse, my wife and IÂ welcomed our third daughter into the world. I also stayed very busy in the studio working on lots of fun projects for clients in the toy industry (most of which I can't show), as well as some advertising comp art (such...
26 Dec Sketchbook Update 12-26-12
Most of my client work is done digitally on my Cintiq, but when it comes to personal sketches every once in a while I go back to my roots and draw on good-old paper. Often I doodle on blank greeting cards. If one of them turns out really well I may mail it out as a special promotional piece, either...