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06 Apr Good Friday Cartoon
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...
05 Apr Mascot Design for Goldfish Swim School
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...
14 Mar Sketchbook Update
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...
31 Jan Business Resources For Self-Employed Creatives
Recently I've started an email correspondence with a creative director who was laid off from a large agency. She's looking for some freelance work to keep the bills paid and is thinking about possibly launching out on her own full-time. With the economy continuing to flounder stories like hers are becoming more and more common. I sat down to type up a list of resources for her and decided it would make a pretty good blog post.31 Jan I’ve Been Interviewed On DesignMontage.com
Australian designer Jenica Smith publishes designmontage.com, a website which brings together an eclectic mix of creative goodies from all corners of the internet - design, illustration, photography, animation, and the like. She's just posted a short interview with me about my illustration work and career. I encourage all my blog readers to take a poke around the site. There's some...