Some exciting news about an upcoming project I'll be working on: Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales (the best-selling direct-to-video series of all time) and of the kids' media website JellyTelly.com has just announced a partnership with Tyndale House Publishers to create a 13-volume educational DVD series called "What's In The Bible?" The DVD's will take kids through the Bible from...
I had a blast last week at the Creative Freelancer Conference in San Diego. My head is still spinning from all the great tips, tricks, and inspiring info that was served up. Can't wait to post about it here. I've been swamped with all the emails and client work that piled up while I was gone, but I hope to...
Recently I was nominated by Bob Ostrom for a "Superior Scribbler" award. As far as I can tell its not a real, tangible award. Just a fun way to acknowledge other artists whose work you enjoy. If you are nominated, one of the rules is that you nominate five other artists. Here are my picks (in no particular order). Two of...
I wanted to pass on some sad and tragic news for those of you who are fans of VeggieTales. Longtime Veggie writer/director Tim Hodge has recently been hit with two crushing blows. This past weekend Tim's 17-year old son was in a serious car accident and is currently in a coma. If that weren't bad enough, I'm told that this...
For the last several years I've enjoyed being a member of the National Cartoonists Society. Our chapter (the North Central Chapter) covers several midwestern states but we manage to get together three or four times a year and I always have a great time. I spend so much time alone in my freelancing cave that I relish any opportunity to...
This afternoon I was designing a Bible character for a client project. This sketch was too exaggerated to meet the style the client needed, but I liked how it turned out so I decided to do a full render in Photoshop....
