Along with posting new work on my website and on this here blog, I also make samples of my work available as a free PDF download for clients to print and keep on file. The last time I updated the PDF was in January 2008. A lot has changed since then and an update was long overdue. Instead of one portfolio...
(Artwork by Bob Ostrom. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved.) Long-time illustrator Bob Ostrom has recently posted an excellent tutorial describing how he does his work. While you're at it, don't forget to browse his portfolio and blog as well. Great stuff!...
Here's one more project I did for DecoPac. It's part of a series of jungle animal cake toys that were ultimately never produced. The lion's tail was meant to act like a lever which, when pushed, would cause his mouth to open and emit a "roar" noise from a tiny speaker. I was asked to make the elephant sit on the cake...
Here's yet another toy design I worked on for novelty cake supplier DecoPac. It's a cake tie-in for the DreamWorks movie Monsters vs. Aliens. It's a little hard to tell from the photo but it's a figurine of the Insecto character and two plastic finger rings featuring the characters B.O.B and Missing Link. The background is a concept painting from the movie...
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus. A crucifixion seems like an odd thing to celebrate, but it is in fact good news. How's that, you ask? A couple of years ago I partnered with the ministry of Living Waters to illustrate a short cartoon gospel tract that explains what I mean. For those of...
For over a year now I've been designing toys for a company called DecoPac. They create many of the fancy birthday cakes you see in the grocery store bakeries, the ones with little plastic licensed characters on them. They offer a wide variety of quality cake designs for all occasions, and often develop fun themes using licensed characters to tie...
