Many professional artists use photo reference when drawing, which can be especially helpful when deadlines are tight. In the days before the internet artists would collect a “morgue”, or “swipe file”, a collection of photos cut from magazines and books and then organized under headings (i.e. “children”, “ducks”, “trains”, etc.). When I was in art […]

I’ve been dabbling in Flash animation again. This time its a brief internet promo for a forthcoming book by best-selling author John Trent titled “The Skinny Rabbit” (to be published by Thomas Nelson). A couple of months ago I did some character designs and artwork for the book. Then they came to me with the […]

I’ve had some pretty fun projects lately. I spent my my teenage years in the small town of Waterville, MN, the Bullhead Capital of the World. Every summer they celebrate with Bullhead Days, a town festival complete with a parade, carnival rides, a fried bullheads stand on the corner, and a Miss Bullhead competition (well, […]

The golden rule of drawing is “Carry a sketchbook with you wherever you go”. Following that rule just got a little easier. Today I was at my local Barnes and Noble, and they had a neat little Moleskine display. For those who don’t know, Moleskine (pronounced mo-lay-skee-nay) are luxurious high-quality journals and sketchbooks produced in […]

The upcoming assignment for DrawerGeeks is “Sandman” (as in the Marvel comics villain from the upcoming Spiderman 3 movie). I don’t know much about the character, other than that he can turn himself into sand, so this silly doodle is what I came up with.

My wife and I just finished watching this movie. Truth be told I wasn’t looking forward to it, but ten minutes into the movie I was hooked. If you have never seen it, go rent it now! This is one of the best films I have seen all year. I mean it–this movie will captivate […]