2019 was another busy year for my illustration studio! I got to work on a lot of fun projects including:

PACKAGING ART

I illustrated packaging for
• Hasbro’s Little Big Bites
• Weegos Toys
• “Country Critters” bags and placemats for KidStuff Marketing.

TOY DESIGN

• Designed plush hoodie toys for Ontel Products
• Concepted some vehicles for The Smiley Company
• llustrated a fun Halloween Toy for KidStuff Marketing

I was also finally able to reveal some toy designs I’d worked on the previous year including Slinky Headz for Alex Brands and some cute bath toys for Goldfish Swim School.

ILLUSTRATION

• I illustrated a music video for Chuck E. Cheese
• I drew some lunchbox art and fun headbands for Goldfish Swim School
• I designed a mascot for SwimKids USA
• I illustrated the cover of a parenting book
• I drew a full-page comic for Spider Magazine

WEBCOMICS

My webcomics hit some milestones: I landed on the home page of all of Reddit; made “Most Viral” on Imgur; and had a comic get over one million views on TikTok. 

MISC.

I also attended MSP SpringCon and FallCon, and even did some courtroom sketching for the Mohamed Noor police shooting trial. 

Thanks to all my clients and followers for your interest in my work over the past year. Here’s wishing you a very merry Christmas and a terrific year in 2020!

It’s been over a year since I’ve updated my PDF portfolio with a some new samples. This free download contains twelve pages of humorous illustration, toy design, concept art, and webcomics. I’ve included work created for Disney, Hasbro, Cocoa Puffs, GoGurt, and more! Download a copy to keep on file, take to a meeting, or email to a client or colleague.

Since today is National Coffee Day I posted a comic from the archives on the r/funny subreddit. Checked back a few hours later to find the comic was on the “Most Popular” page for ALL of Reddit. It ultimately got over 90,000 likes. That’s a first for me and I’m blown away. Thanks everyone!!

Once again I’ll be tabling at the MSP FallCon at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Saturday Oct. 5, 2019, 10am-6pm. Just look for the red arrow on the map above. I’ll be selling webcomic prints as well as my book of gag cartoons Mostly Nonsense. Stop on by and say hi!

One of my clients is Goldfish Swim School. Several years ago I designed a mascot for them, a goldfish named Bubbles. Since then I’ve drawn Bubbles in various costumes to celebrate many different themes (St. Patrick’s Day, Camping, Winter, etc.) The art has been used as stickers, tattoos, and coloring book pages.

Then the folks at Goldfish asked if I could help turn those themed drawings into a line of bath tub toys. I did turnaround views of twelve costumes. A few of the final toys are pictured above. Here’s a few samples of the sketches I submitted: