The July 2014 issue of Highlights Magazine just arrived in my mailbox. On page 15 is this spot illustration I did for a math segment called "What's The Score?" The client wanted a seal posed as an excited sportscaster with some fictional team logos on the screen behind him. The empty area in the lower left was intentionally left blank...
For several years I've been a proud member of the National Cartoonists Society. It's a terrific organization that celebrates cartooning in all its forms, and its membership includes many of the giants in the industry. Every year the NCS holds a black-tie dinner and gives out several Reuben Awards (named after cartoonist Rube Goldberg) to the top artists in various categories....
The super-talented-illustrator-and-all-around-nice-guy Bob Ostrom and his co-host Chris Wilson have re-launched their Creative Independence podcast and have given me the honor of the first interview! I prattled on about my Kickstarter campaign for the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, including what I learned and what I'd do differently next time. Give it a listen. And if you like what I have to say,...
Earlier this year I was hired by Ultra Creative to do some wrap-around packaging illustrations for Gogurt. For those not familiar with Gogurt, it's yogurt "on the go" that comes in long, skinny plastic tubes, and it's a favorite in our family. On each side of the tube is a silly scenario that kids might find scary, and the packaging asks...
Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Booberry cereals will have two old friends re-joining them on store shelves this Halloween. I'm delighted to say I got be a part of it. Frute Brute was a werewolf cereal character for a few years in the 1970's-80's, and Yummy Mummy also had a run from the late 80's to early 90's. For the first time ever,...
It's always been a professional goal of mine to create artwork for a cereal box. So I was delighted when Todd Demulling at Ultra Creative hired me to do a packaging illustration for Cocoa Puffs cereal. Todd gave me a rough sketch to build on. I illustrated the full-body figures and the background. Then the team at Ultra Creative made a couple of tweaks, added...
