A book I illustrated earlier this year has just been published. Day of the Field Trip Zombies was a project I did for Stone Arch Books. It's a 32-page graphic novel designed to help elementary-aged boys improve their reading skills. It's got everything a boy could want: action, humor, and zombie penguins! I've illustrated seven children's books, but until now the...
One of my first clients as a freelancer was a company that specializes in clip art for Churches (i.e. bulletins, newsletters, etc.) I worked for them for a couple of years. It was reassuring to have a client who gave me steady work every month. Then I started reading about how clip art is bad for freelancers. Because clip art...
A few months ago I was hired by Peter Green Design to develop some toy ideas to pitch to Disney. I was given a list of possible toys based on three Disney properties (Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and My Friends Tigger & Pooh) and asked to do a rough concept sketch for each. A few were chosen to be...
Recently I was hired to develop a cartoon dog character for a chain of gas stations. The final design was just completed, but I can't post it until it has been made public. However, these concept sketches were ultimately not chosen so I feel pretty safe posting them....
A while back Snert Studios hired me to create some of the artwork for a website and Flash game. The end client was Reliant Energy, and the goal of the site/game was to help teach kids about conserving electricity. They gave me a list of elements they needed to animate in Flash (i.e. a spinning globe, boiling pot of water,...
Recently a client approached me about doing a Flash-animated game with a football theme. Here's an early sketch of the team line-up. Unfortunately, the plug was pulled on the project before we could get beyond the concept stage. I'll be out of town until Thursday of next week, but I'll try to continue posting each weekday if I can....
