07 Mar 2012 Comments Off
Yes this is definitely based off the hottest photo on the internet of a seal laughing. I believe the original photo credit goes to ©Hinrich Baesemann/Corbis.
It was my warm up sketch a couple of nights ago. It had me giggling.
06 Mar 2012 2 Comments
There is usually a contest or some web request for art-inspired-by-such-and-such-topic available on a weekly if not daily basis. It’s impossible to keep up with them all but, Betsy Bird’s request to draw a Dr. Seuss image in the style of another illustrator seemed like one to make time for.
Dr. Seuss was the first Children’s Book illustrator I tried to copy. If you look back at my childhood sketches all of the eyes are that same “U” shape that Dr. Seuss uses.
Then my first publishing job took me to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where I worked on marketing Curious George books. The match-up seemed planned by fate.
I had a blast drawing this popular little Monkey in one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books, If I Ran the Circus.
Check out the rest of the fabulous submissions for theRe-Seussification Project.
Thanks for inspiring us Dr. Seuss and Betsy Bird!
29 Feb 2012 Comments Off
Family members tend to show up in my sketches, as I’m sure they do for other artists. I’m working on a new character and my cousin is definitely part of the inspiration. She is a firecracker and a sweet heart. Here is a sketch study of her running on ice. It seems appropriate on Leap Day and the first “big” winter storm of the season.
28 Feb 2012 Comments Off
I have submitted a piece to “Bits in Multiples of 8: An 8bit-64bit Video Game Fan Art Zine” brought to you by Jimmy Giegerich. We will see if it gets in.
Also here is Link in color, this was my first sketch.
MoCCA ReCap – Octo-Pus in Boots! 
Komodo Dragon 
MoCCA Fest! 
Conference Re-Cap through Octo-Pus in Boots! 
Kris’s Choice 
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