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28 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Character Design
As my regular blog readers know, I’m taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver over at schoolism.com. I’ve been posting my work from each week’s lesson here on the ol’ blog-o-rama. So far I’ve designed a character (Dr. Jeckyll) for a pretend “Jeckyll and Hyde” movie, starting with thumbnail silhouettes, then concept sketches, final clean-up, and then turnarounds....

21 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Character Design
“John K” (short for Kricfalusi) is the creator of Ren and Stimpy, and a prolific blogger. I’m not a big fan of Ren and Stimpy, and John’s abstract drawing style (shown above) doesn’t really appeal to me. But his blog is terrific! His posts about art, animation, and cartooning are very thoughtful and filled with great images and clips that...

19 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Uncategorized
The 19th Annual FallCon will be held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul on October 6-7. FallCon is Minnesota’s largest comic book convention. If you live near the Twin Cities, come check it out. It’s no Comic-Con (what else is?), but it is a well-organized event with big attendance and a lot of fun. This year the 501st...

11 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Uncategorized
One of my all-time favorite living illustrators is Dennis Jones. His work is phenomenal. His characters are cartoony and fun, his drawing skills are solid, and he is a skilled painter who knows what he is doing with color. He balances fine-art painting techniques with appealing cartoon doodles for a stunning effect. Jones already has a website/blog (which he shares...

07 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Uncategorized
Hollywood and Evangelicals go together like oil and water. Love and war. Pizza and Orange Juice. Or so you would think. It’s a fair assumption. Movies and TV shows (along with the culture in general) seem to be growing more coarse and irreverent. Many evangelicals percieve this as Hollywood launching an attack on the moral foundations of the culture. Hollywood,...

28 Aug

Posted at 01:39h in Art & Business
Self-promotion is an essential task for any freelancer…and the need for it never ends. The other day I was reading an interview with the very talented Peter de Seve, a top-tier illustrator. Even with his stellar career, he acknowledged that art directors will soon forget about you if you don’t remind them that you are still out there. Unfortunately, many...