Character Design

Merry Christmas everyone! I'd like to use the occasion of Christmas to post a link to an animation project I developed in 2010 for the ministry of Living Waters. They hired me to produce a short cartoon that explains the basic Christian message, and in a round-about way I hope it helps explain why the birth of Jesus Christ was...

Earlier this year I was hired by a chain of swimming schools in Wisconsin to design a mascot for their company, Goldfish Swim Schools. You can see a few of the initial sketches here. They named the mascot "Bubbles", and they liked him/her/it so much that they asked me to create themed variations for use on calendars, removable tattoos, etc....

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...

For the past couple of years VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer has been working on an ambitous new project called What's In The Bible? It's a 13-part DVD series that uses puppets, live action, and animation to educate children and adults alike about the contents of the best-selling book of all time. It's an entertaining blend of Bible stories, theology, church...

Last year I was hired by Big Idea to design some costumes and props for a VeggieTales compilation DVD called "God Loves You Very Much" (Amazon link). The DVD contains three previously published VeggieTales stories ("The Ballad of Little Joe", "Gideon: Tuba Warrior" and "Rack Shack and Benny") but new countertop segments were created to weave the stories together. My...

A few tidbits from around the webisphere: • VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer is coming to a pair of headphones near you with The Phil Vischer Podcast. He discusses pop culture, theology, and Christian living with equal parts insight and silliness. I listened to Episode 2 today at the gym. It took a couple of minutes to get going but there was...