Last month I was hired by Minneapolis ad agency Olson-Denali to work up some color comps for a pitch to Best Buy. They wanted to suggest some possible photography ideas built around a specific theme. The left third of each image was left open for insertion of text. The deadline was tight—actual working turnaround was about 24 hours. Eventually Best Buy decided...
A few months ago I created a large batch of illustrations for Patch Products, a leading toy and game company. They had a series of puzzles for very young children that needed a refresh, complete with new artwork. Today a package arrived containing all thirty of the updated puzzles, bundled in packs of three. I'm told that they'll be popping up...
Google recently launched a new service called Reverse Image Search which should be of tremendous value to artists. Among other things it allows you to quickly and easily find unauthorized uses of your artwork from all over the web. Simply go to the Google Image Search page, drag an image into the search box, and Google will show you just...
I'm still busy working on some projects that I can't say much about. I'm doing another round of sketches of some licensed merchandise for an upcoming animated feature film, I'm developing some ideas for a birthday cake topper, and I'm cranking out some digital marker comps for a rush advertising project. In the mean time to keep the blog from growing...
Recently I tried something a little different in my sketchbook. I chose a clip from a classic movie (in this case the opening sequence of Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West) and broke it down into little rough thumbnail studies. It's a terrific piece of filmmaking and I wanted to carefully analyze it shot by shot to...
I regularly get hired by ad agencies to create "comp art"—rough sketches (sometimes color, sometimes not) designed to help them pitch their ideas to their clients. My artwork has been presented to clients such as Walmart, Target, Best Buy, 3M, and Chef Boyardee. Examples are of course posted on my website. Now you can also download selected samples of my...
