Character Design

30 Jul

Posted at 10:06h in Art & Business, Character Design, Illustration, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

A few people have asked for an ebook-only version of my Pose Drawing Sparkbook on Kickstarter. Good news! I've added an option to purchase the "Basic" ebook for $10. You can also purchase a new "ebook + webinar" combo or an "ebook + sketch club" combo. More info here. If you've already placed an order for the physical book and want to...

23 Jul

Posted at 17:47h in Art & Business, Character Design, Illustration, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

I'm excited to announce the launch of my first Kickstarter, the Pose Drawing SparkBook! It's a super-charged sketchbook, custom designed to help artists put more life and personality into their drawings. It will include 100 drawing exercises, 32 pages of instructional content, and hundreds of additional drawing ideas in the back of the book. I'm really excited about the potential for this book...

10 Jul

Posted at 14:42h in Character Design, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

Very soon I'll be launching a Kickstarter project, a new tool to help artists add more life and personality to their poses. In preparation I've started doing pose sketches to communicate various themes and situations. I've already posted a page of sketches playing off the theme of "tired". Here's one of a man getting dressed in a hurry. Once the Kickstarter...

18 Jun

Posted at 03:44h in Character Design, Just for Fun, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

I'm working on a Kickstarter project that I'm planning to launch soon. I don't want to say too much about it yet, but it will be a tool designed to help other artists strengthen their poses and put more life into their drawings. One of the exercises related to the project is to take a mood or an expression and explore...

12 Jun

Posted at 06:42h in Character Design, Illustration

One of my regular clients is Goldfish Swim Schools. A little over a year ago they hired me to design a mascot for their company, named Bubbles the Goldfish. Recently they asked me to do a couple of jumbo window clings of Bubbles to hang in their facilities. They wanted something fun that kids could stand next to and have...