A toy licensing company asked me to help them explore ideas for a line of Disney figurines. They wanted the characters to be recognizable but at the same time stylistically unique, almost as if the characters all belonged in the same world. It sounded like a fun challenge. I started by noodling around just to see what might work and what...
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 fall I was hired by Toys-R-Us to develop some rough concept sketches for a  race track playset they were working on. The idea was to decorate the track with interactive elements including a grandstand, pit stop, oil spill, and orange cones. These are some of the rough sketches I worked up based on the ideas they described. Ultimately the...
A few months ago I was hired by DecoPac, Inc. to design a "Cut The Rope" toy for their novelty cakes. Here's how the final product turned out. Look for it at your local bakery this Spring. Nom! Nom! ...
Today's doodle is based on a casual comment I tossed off to my wife about one of our girls' toys. It made her laugh, so I thought I'd translate it into my sketchbook. Don't forget to check out all the terrific art that continues to flood into the Sketchbook Month blog. Great job everyone. Keep 'em coming!...
Last year I was hired by one of my regular clients, DecoPac Inc., to help with a Minnie Mouse toy concept for Disney. It takes a long time for a toy to do from original concept to final product so I'm just now able to reveal it. The client showed me some misc. graphics provided by Disney including some "Dress Shop"...
