Recently I was hired by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune to help them pitch an idea for an interactive ad that included a simple animated Renaissance game. Here's the concept art I worked up. The game needed to fit two different aspect ratios, so which is why there is so much empty space along the top and bottom: ...
The latest VeggieTales DVD "Noah's Ark" (Amazon link) recently hit store shelves. It's the first DVD to feature the updated character designs which coincide with the brand new Netflix series "VeggieTales In The House". It's a fresh, energetic new take on the characters. (EDIT: Credit for the new designs goes mostly to the amazing Elena and Olivia Ceballos). I was asked to help with...
One of my clients is DecoPac, Inc., a novelty toy company that makes many of the cake toppers you see in bakeries and grocery stores. Most of their products are tied to licensed merchandise, and sometimes I get the fun of helping them develop a toy idea for a popular character. The challenge is to come up with something creative...
Last year I was hired by Big Idea to help develop some character designs, costumes, and misc. artwork for their new DVD Veggies In Space. Now that the DVD is available for purchase I'm allowed to show a bit of the artwork I did. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet but it was a lot of fun...
I was hired by Big Idea to do some character concept art for their latest VeggieTales DVD, Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas (Amazon link). This episode features a guest narrator, Uncle Si from the runaway hit cable series Duck Dynasty. Here's a few rough concepts and final turnarounds, followed by some screen captures from the episode. Bob's glasses were...
One of my clients is DecoPac, Inc., a company that specializes in novelty birthday cakes. Most of my work for them involves licensed characters from Disney, DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, etc. but every once in a while they hire me to work up an original cake concept. In this case they wanted to create a jumbo "Happy Birthday" cake design. This would...
