VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer has just released a new DVD called Clive and Ian's Wonderblimp of Knowledge. The series features two popular puppet brothers from Phil's ongoing series What's In The Bible?. The purple monkey puppet in the background was designed by yours truly. Here's the final design (you can see my concept sketches in an earlier post): Clive and Ian's Wonderblimp...
CPC Intersect is a local agency that specialize in event marketing (or experience marketing as it's called in some circles). They work with a lot of big brands, helping them to design fun interactive events to help promote their products. Sometimes they'll hire me to whip up a quick sketch or two to help pitch an idea. In the past...
Earlier this year I animated another segment for the DVD series "What's In The Bible?" (from VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer). Volume 9, "God Speaks", covers the major and minor prophets in the Old Testament. I was asked to animate five brief clips to illustrate the various categories of biblical prophecy (i.e. instruction oracles, indictment oracles, etc.). I had no idea...
Last year I was contacted by the Quois Corporation, a toy company in China that specializes in technology-based toys. They wanted to create an interactive slide projector and hired me to work up some ideas. The toy needed to have a projector lens, a slot for inserting cartridges and/or a thumb drive, and a method for advancing the slides. Here's a...
Every once in a while I sit down and doodle up a few sketch cards. I buy the blank cards at my local art supply store, then get out some colored pencils and markers and have fun. No pressure. I just draw whatever I feel like. Some turn out, some don't. The ones that do I send to past clients...
Famed illustrator and MAD Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee on being a professional illustrator. Well worth two minutes of your time: [youtube_sc url=N2hhgbEau5k width=430]...
