Recently I was hired by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune to illustrate three comic strip-style banner ads for Culligan. They supplied me with scripts for the ads, then I created the artwork. Click to enlarge: It looks like the ad is now live, with the strips rotating in a slideshow format. You can view the ad here....
Like a lot of other artists I've decided to jump on the Gumroad bandwagon. It's a bit of an experiment for me. I already have my own website store and people seem to be happy with it, but I'm very impressed with Gumroad's slick-and-simple website. Just create a Gumroad account and have easy, "forever" access to any files you purchase...
(Click image to enlarge.) Recently I was hired by Tourean Design to illustrate a series of mobile messaging stickers for use in an upcoming project. There are four sets of 16 stickers each: A series of animals who look bored/unimpressed; A "hungry hippo" eating food in various settings; An expressive baby; A cute little puppy. A few samples are shown above. There were over 60 stickers...
A few months ago I was hired by Crayola to create an illustration showing some of their marker characters interacting with the Empire State Building. The artwork was used as a coloring page on the back of some packaging. Unfortunately it is only being sold in one store, the Toys-R-Us in Times Square. New Yorkers have all the fun! ...
I've been a member of the Graphic Artists Guild for a couple of years now. They frequently host webinars on various topics related to business and art. The webinars are open to everyone for a fee unless you're a member. Then they're free. That alone makes a membership worth the cost. To give you an idea, here's a list of...
The August 2014 issue of Highlights For Children just came in the mail. On page 38 is a spot illustration I did for an ongoing series called "Your Best Self". Here's the original art before the word balloons or captions were added....
