Since tomorrow is the last day of 2011, I thought I'd take a moment to review some of the many highlights and accomplishments of my illustration studio over the past year: Toy Design I worked on a variety of toy design, packaging illustration, and presentation sketches for a major toy company to help relaunch one of their well-known brands. Unfortunately the confidentiality...
I want to take a moment to extend warm Christmas wishes to all my blog readers. I didn't have time to put together a fancy Christmas promotional card or email this year (the image above is from last year) so this blog post will have to suffice. Here's hoping your Christmas is filled with happiness and peace! Speaking of Christmas, one...
After years of talking about it I finally hunkered down and built a shiny new website to showcase my illustration work. The "trusty rusty" site was six years old, which equals about 100 internet years. It looked old, it felt old, and it was getting a little cranky—it just wasn't playing well with the search engines. It was time to...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWrJinOgnwU] A new promo has just been posted for volume 6 of What's In The Bible?, an ongoing project from VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer. It's a terrific series that uses a combination of puppets, live action, and animation to walk through the Bible step-by-step re-telling the stories, explaining their significance, and answering tough questions. There's a good balance of humor and...
(4.5 out of 5 stars.) In the world of digital hardware for artists Wacom is the undisputed king. Just about everyone who sketches or paints in the computer does so with a Wacom product. So it was no surprise when, a few weeks ago, Wacom finally jumped onto the iPad bandwagon by creating their own iPad "Bamboo" stylus. Before I give my...
I've sold several of the art and animation books I listed for sale on Amazon and addd a few more. There's only twelve books left (well, 11 books and one DVD). I've just lowered a couple of the prices further to ensure that I'm currently the best deal on Amazon for books in similar condition. Browse on over to my...
