(Click image to enlarge.) Recently I was hired by Tourean Design to illustrate a series of mobile messaging stickers for use in an upcoming project. There are four sets of 16 stickers each: A series of animals who look bored/unimpressed; A "hungry hippo" eating food in various settings; An expressive baby; A cute little puppy. A few samples are shown above. There were over 60 stickers...
Recently I was hired by VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer to help develop some characters for a fun new project he is working on. I can't say much about it yet, but he has given me permission to post just a few of the dozens of concept sketches I did for the characters he's been developing. I can tell you one...
A few months ago I was hired by Crayola to create an illustration showing some of their marker characters interacting with the Empire State Building. The artwork was used as a coloring page on the back of some packaging. Unfortunately it is only being sold in one store, the Toys-R-Us in Times Square. New Yorkers have all the fun! ...
The August 2014 issue of Highlights For Children just came in the mail. On page 38 is a spot illustration I did for an ongoing series called "Your Best Self". Here's the original art before the word balloons or captions were added....
The July 2014 issue of Highlights Magazine just arrived in my mailbox. On page 15 is this spot illustration I did for a math segment called "What's The Score?" The client wanted a seal posed as an excited sportscaster with some fictional team logos on the screen behind him. The empty area in the lower left was intentionally left blank...
For several years I've been a proud member of the National Cartoonists Society. It's a terrific organization that celebrates cartooning in all its forms, and its membership includes many of the giants in the industry. Every year the NCS holds a black-tie dinner and gives out several Reuben Awards (named after cartoonist Rube Goldberg) to the top artists in various categories....
