Illustration

31 Jul

Posted at 02:40h in Character Design, Illustration, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

(This excerpt is from the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, a super-charged sketchbook designed to help you put more life and personality into your drawings. Think of it as acting exercises for your sketchbook. Read other snippets here and here.) Action Reveals Character (Excerpt) Once you decide who each character is, you need to find ways to introduce them to the audience. Here are three common shortcuts you can...

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...

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...

29 May

Posted at 11:17h in Character Design, Illustration

Recently I was approached by a new client, Spaner Marketing, with an advertising concept for a company called SageQuest. SageQuest uses GPS technology to help delivery drivers, technicians, and other employees who spend time behind the wheel by tracking their locations, vehicle efficiency, etc. The ad tagline was "Talk To Your Trucks". They asked me to illustrate some cartoon vehicles...