Last year I was hired by Goldfish Swim Schools to create a mascot for their company, a goldfish named "Bubbles". They liked the mascot so much that they've since hired me to create a series of stick-on tattoos and coloring book pages for children featuring Bubbles in various costumes and themes. They'll distribute one per month for an entire year. I...
This afternoon I received a package from Highlights! magazine. Inside was a letter informing me I've been chosen to receive the Illustrator of the Month Pewter Plate Award, and a shiny silver plate with my name inscribed. Very classy. I'm surprised and very honored. Every issue of Highlights is full of wonderful artwork from several very charming illustrators. It's a...
2012 was another jam-packed year. In addition to surviving another presidential election and a Mayan apocalypse, my wife and I welcomed our third daughter into the world. I also stayed very busy in the studio working on lots of fun projects for clients in the toy industry (most of which I can't show), as well as some advertising comp art (such...
CPC Intersect is a local agency that specialize in event marketing (or experience marketing as it's called in some circles). They work with a lot of big brands, helping them to design fun interactive events to help promote their products. Sometimes they'll hire me to whip up a quick sketch or two to help pitch an idea. In the past...
Famed illustrator and MAD Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee on being a professional illustrator. Well worth two minutes of your time: [youtube_sc url=N2hhgbEau5k width=430]...
Over the past few months I've been doing some FPO comp art illustration for CPC Intersect, a Twin Cities marketing firm that specializes in "experience marketing". They're a creative bunch and they've got a real spirit of fun that they bring to their projects. I've been fortunate enough to help them out with pitches to brands such as Coca-Cola, Dasani,...
