Australian designer Jenica Smith publishes designmontage.com, a website which brings together an eclectic mix of creative goodies from all corners of the internet - design, illustration, photography, animation, and the like. She's just posted a short interview with me about my illustration work and career. I encourage all my blog readers to take a poke around the site. There's some...
A couple of years ago I was hired by the owner of a small food company to design a mascot for a new line of chocolate covered cashews. His idea was to call them "Chocolate Covered Elf Ears", since the shape reminded him of the ears on a small elf and he thought it would be a fun way to...
I've gone through the PDF versions of all my portfolios, weeded out some old work and put in some fresh. I've also updated the "About me" page. You can download them at my website or with these links: Character Design Portfolio 2011 Toy Design Portfolio 2011 Illustration Portfolio 2011 Comp Art Portfolio 2011 Enjoy!...
I've been trying to beef up my character design portfolio to get ready for the CTN Animation Expo next month. The other night I was up late noodling around on my Cintiq and this sheriff popped out. I liked how it was going so I thought I'd throw in some color. Incidentally, if you are planning to go to the Expo...
Lately I've been trying to brush up on my character design skills. I'm planning to attend the CTN Animation Expo in Burbank this November and I'd like to walk through the doors with a beefed-up portfolio under my arm. To get ready I've recently taken a character design workshop from Nate Wragg at the new CGMW online school, I've attended a...
I should have posted this earlier this week but over the last few days I was slammed with deadlines. Better late than never. Chris Ayers is a Minnesota native currently working as a character designer and concept artist in Hollywood. He's done work on Men in Black II, Star Trek and The Fantastic Four and is currently designing characters for an upcoming...
