This morning I was supposed to be the sketch artist for a local murder trial. But after we waited all morning, the judge announced that the trial had been postponed. So before leaving downtown St. Paul I decided to grab some lunch and sketch some of the local city life. It was wonderful! It's been a...
I've been hired to design characters for a simple racing game. The characters are various breakfast pastries (bagel, donut, croissant, etc.) to be animated in Flash. Each character is from a different ehtnicity or part of the world. Here's my first few concept sketches, not sure if I am satisfied with them yet. Feel free to...
I saw this link on Drawn! (The Illustration Blog) and had to post it. As some of you may know, Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, is an extrememly private man. Photos of him are practically nonexistent, he never grants interviews, and even the residents of his home town seem unsure of his real identity. ...
I've recently joined a small artist's group. Every two weeks we sketch or illustrate a different theme, just for fun. The current topic is "Hansel and Gretel". So for my warm-up this morning I did a quick sketch of the witch. I like drawing old people, their faces have so much character. And I...
Today's warm up sketch is a little on the odd side, but was a lot of fun to draw. It was inspired by a thread over at The Drawing Board. Maybe I just needed to get that last bit of Halloween weirdness out of my system....
Later this week I'm going in to meet with some local art directors, and they've asked me to bring in my portfolio. I promote myself so much over the internet nowadays that my leather portfolio is starting to collect dust. It's badly in need of an update. So this morning I started sorting through all the fun projects...
