It's been another exciting year of illustration adventures, full of thrills and chills! ILLUSTRATION An illustration I did for the Strottman Agency was published by Lowe's in a Valentine's Day kids' activity kit. Hasbro gave me permission to reveal some sticker illustrations I had done for a My Little Pony playset and a Fur Real poster for HASCON 2017. I also...
I want to say a huge thanks to Comics Coast to Coast for interviewing me on their latest podcast. We talked about a lot of topics from Monster Cereals to toy design to digital brushes to ethnic sensitivities when designing characters. I talked a bit too fast in the first ten minutes or so (newbie mistake) but if you keep...
I've worked on a lot of projects for Hasbro over the years. Most of it is concept art that must stay forever under lock and key but every once in a while I do something I can show to the world. Recently Hasbro hosted their first very own convention, Hasbro HASCON 2017. In one of the booths they wanted to put...
Over the years I've worked on dozens of projects for Hasbro. Most of what I do for them is "planning and production" so the artwork stays behind the scenes and will never be seen by the general public. The toy business is competitive and Hasbro is naturally very protective of their ideas, which I respect. Every once in a while something...
Chuck E. Cheese has a YouTube channel where they use puppets and songs to help sell their pizzas. Recently they decided to do a music video explaining the origin story of their band of characters. Rather than use the puppets they opted for some flashback illustrations done in a watercolor storybook style. I was fortunate enough to be hired for...
One of my clients, the Strottman agency, hired me to illustrate a children's activity page with a Valentine's Day theme for the home improvement chain Lowe's. The male and female character had already been designed by another artist but otherwise this was built entirely from scratch. My understanding is that these were printed and distributed to kids who came in...
