I love creating logos. It is one of the funnest parts of my job. In the past most of my work was created for print. That meant working within a certain set of limitations and making sure whatever I illustrated or designed looked great on paper. Over the years the demand for online content has [...]
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Santamation
Experimenting with photoshop today and made this little animation of Santa. I guess you could call it a Santamation. Happy Holidays!!!!
Good Friend and Author Mary Jane McKittrick Announces Holiday Charity Drive to Benefit ASPCA®
My good friend Mary Jane McKittrick, author and creator of the Boomer & Halley© – Little Lessons. Big Results.™ series of children’s books, yesterday announced a holiday charity drive to benefit the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®). Now through the New Year, Mary Jane will donate one dollar from the [...]
How to Create a New Artistic Style.
I love illustrating for kids because it allows me to be super creative and have tons of fun while I’m doing it. Whether I’m developing a new character for a logo or illustrating a children’s book I’m all about trying new things. Developing a new style takes time. It also takes a bit of trial [...]
Update: My Adventures in Mural Painting.
Just wanted to give you guys a little update on my adventures in mural painting. The Fathead stickers and the custom designed surfboard are in and both are big hits. The kids have been enjoying the stickers and have had a great time moving them around. Here are a couple of pics of the actual [...]
My Adventures in Mural Painting
A couple of weeks ago my good friend Paul asked me to paint a mural for him. He wanted something with a beach theme to go along with a giant wall mounted photo he had taken. Paul had recently sold his beach house and wanted something to remind him of the old place. The 6 [...]
Creating Characters for a Children’s Book – Part 5
This is part 5 of Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. My homework for today was to begin putting together thumbnails for my interiors. My thumbnails are coming along nicely. Since this book is 24 pages it will take a little bit of time for me to get through them all. In the meantime I’ve [...]
Creating Characters for a Children’s Book – Part 4
This is part four in the series Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. In case you missed the other three here’s a quick review. Characters are all approved. Color is complete on two and the third one is underway. Based on the story line I thought it would be cool to add a donut to [...]
Creating Characters for a Children’s Book Part 3
This is part three of Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. If you’ve missed parts one and two here’s a quick recap. I’ve been working on the characters for a new children’s book. One of the characters is done, another is in the color stage and one still needs a little bit of work. Last [...]
Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. Part 2
Good news readers… my sketches were approved! If you follow along with my blog you’ll remember in yesterday’s post I showed you the beginning stages of how I create the characters in the children’s books I work on. This is part two of Creating Characters ( In today’s episode I will be playing the parts [...]
