IT HAS ARRIVED!!!

My new book POCKETDOODLES FOR BOYS is hitting bookstores this week. If you see it on the shelves, check it out and let me know what you think. THANKS!

5 Days of Favorites: FANTASY FRIDAY!

I took a bunch of my favorite fantasy characters and threw them all together in this fun little mess below!

5 Days of Favorites: TYPEFACE THURSDAY!

I was asked to create artwork for a wonderful Christmas project at a local mall. The Rankin/Bass inspired display featured life sized 3D people & elves, a mini town and the interrior of Santa's castle! It was a great experience and I enjoyed creating the logo for the exhibit. Below are some of my design ideas & the finished logo! 

The Christmas exhibit was the brainchild of artist & visionary Dean Calusdian (who usually designs haunted houses!) and you can check out his amazing artwork at www.dreamswithindreams.com !

5 Days of Favorites: WEIRD WEDNESDAY!

I'm really enjoying my current assignment illustrating an activity book for kids. Some of the things they're asking me to draw are just SO cool! Below is the "Roadkill Queen"! The black & white version is for the book and I quickly did a color version for this post.

5 Days of Favorites: TEENAGERS TUESDAY!

One of my favorite projects is illustrating STEPPING STONES! Stepping Stones is a continuing series about the lives, friendships & triumphs of four teenagers. It was originally a comic feature in My Friend magazine and now it's a series of paperback books.

Stepping Stones: The Comic Collection is in stores now and The Stepping Stones Journals hits bookstores this April!

The writer of Stepping Stones is the amazing Diana Jenkins and you can check out her blog at djsthoughts-dj.blogspot.com !

5 Days of Favorites: MYSTERY MONDAY!

I really enjoyed creating this mystery scene for a kid's magazine.

Drawn with a rapidograph on smooth bristol, colored in Photoshop.

CHANGING STYLES:

A client who I've illustrated many children's books for ask me to come up with a different style for a series of adult employment guides. So, below are the cover designs I created for their books on CHANGING CAREERS, the PERFECT RESUME and CAREER ADVANCEMENT.

The next book was on JOB SEARCHING and below are the two final sketches they liked.

And below is the final cover design for the CAREER SEACHING guide created completely in Photoshop. Very different look for me, but I enjoyed the challenge!