John K has written an article on his blog entitled "Dan Gordon and What Makes a Cartoonist". John briefly surveys the history of animation and cartoons, pointing out the difference between cartoonists who can draw well structurally but tend to use cliched poses and expressions versus cartoonists who perhaps can't draw quite as well but who bring a heightened sense...
Last fall I was approached by Houghton-Mifflin about possibly doing a Curious George project. They were looking for an artist who could replicate the style of H.A. Rey, the writer/artist who created Curious George. This is what I submitted. (EDIT: The images have been removed at Houghton-Mifflin's request until their Curious George project is completed.)It's not uncommon for larger...
You can now download a condensed version of my portfolio in PDF form. If you are an art director (or you know someone who is), just print the PDF and you'll have some of my character designs and illustrations for your files. Pretty neat, huh? The mini-portfolio is five pages and contains 25 pieces of art from 13 recent projects....
The other day I wrote that I was seriously considering the purchase of a Cintiq so I could draw directly on the screen. Then I read about the Modbook, a new computer unveiled today at the Macworld Expo conference. It's not sold by Apple, but it is a Mac. Made by Other World Computing, the Modbook appears to be...
I recently completed illustrating some Sunday School curriculum for a publisher. Here's a few of several misc. characters I illustrated for the project. I've pulled them out and plopped them in front of a background as a fun way to display them....
I'm seriously considering the purchase of a Cintiq. For those who don't know, the Cintiq is a large, sophisticated computer monitor that lets you draw directly on the screen with a special pressure-sensitive pen. For artists working in the digital age, it's a very impressive tool. The Cintiq's I saw on display at Comic-Con were basically covered with drool.A Cintiq...
