Here’s a website devoted to promoting modest dress among teenagers. They recently took a survey of 1,600 Christian teenage guys asking them questions related to how girls should dress. The results are interesting. I remember what it was like to be a young man with raging hormones and roving eyes, and I don’t think most […]

“My big hairy audacious goal: To build the most trusted of the top four family media brands within twenty years,” So writes Phil Vischer, the founder of Big Idea Productions (creators of VeggieTales), an ambitious Walt Disney wanna-be. And he was off to a good start. Between 1996 and 1999 Big Idea’s revenue grew by […]

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 […]

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.) […]

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 […]

No, I’m not quoting Anthony Robbins. This is the title of a great little article I just read on CreativePro.com. If you make any income doing freelance artwork, this is a must-read. It begins: “Starting a business is easy. Sustaining it is hard. Here’s what successful creative professionals say about what makes them stay successful.” […]