I decided to join the cool kids and give this Pinterest thing a try. I must say its a lot more fun than I expected. I don't know if I'll stay with it long-term but for now I'm having a blast scouring the web for artistic goodies to pin to my boards. Although it's a bit of a time suck...
Yesterday's warm-up sketch was a pseudo-caricature of the villainous Lee Marvin in the classic western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". I decided to add some b&w washes and pretty soon I was experimenting with several painting techniques in Photoshop. The result is a bit overworked and contrasty, but if you can't make mistakes in your sketchbook where can you...
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Time for my annual Good Friday post: Today is Good Friday, the day Christians celebrate the torture, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ. So why is it called “good?” Because it was a good day for you and me. Earlier in my career I illustrated this 8-page cartoon Gospel tract. I hope it will help explain. If you like the tract, you can download...
Recently the Goldfish Swim School chain approached me looking for a new mascot to use in their promotional materials, signage, and merchandise. They wanted something cute and kid-friendly that could also be posed or dressed up to fit various situations and themes. Here's a few of several rough character design thumbnail ideas I played around along with the final mascot...
Last year I declared March to be "Sketchbook Month" and started an informal little blog challenge: a sketch every weekday for the entire month. Several other artists joined in and pretty soon we had a pretty good party going. With the new baby things are just too crazy for me to attempt it again this year, but I'm hoping next...
