NEW PROMO: "Cold, cavernous, huddled, hibernation."

The second piece of my ambitious 12 part series of promotional postcards is complete!

FEB '09:
This new piece showcases the Kodiak Bear, the largest of the Brown Bear family (about the same size as a Polar Bear), that can only be found throughout the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska. Look closely, the two little cubs form a heart shape tucked into they're mother's warm body, in honor of February's most noted holiday.

NEW WORK: Family Crest Design & Illustration

I get some unusally requests from time to time and they usually end up being the most fun to work on. This is a family crest I was asked to design and illustrate. My client came to me with very specific requests that I used to create this detailed, traditional looking crest with some very modern elements. My client is very happy with the results, an so am I!

Bella Sara: TREASURES

At last! Bella Sara has introduced their new card series called "Treasures" on their website - now I can share the artwork I contributed. This was my first time working on Bella Sara with Hidden City Games. I was extremely excited because this is the kind of stuff I used to sit around and dream up when I was twelve (okay, so I still do, so what?!). It was definitely an experience from beginning to end, but I'm very happy with the results - especially since this is one of my first completely digital illustration projects (with the exception of Harmony, in purple, which i finished in colored pencil)

NEW PROMO: "Deep, dark, sea sleep."

I have just completed the first piece of an ambitious 12 part series of promotional postcards I will send out in 2009. Each month there will be a new piece in the series thatcenters around sleeping animals from all over the world, in very different environments, and will correspond the the month in which they are released in some way.

JAN '09:
This new piece showcases the Bowhead whale, that does not migrate to warmer waters in winter, preferring to stay in the frigid northern arctic.

Merry Christmas!

This is a drawing I did for my Christmas Cards this year. It's one of my first truly melded traditional/digital images. The drawing was fully rendered in black and white on tan Rives BFK paper. The drawing was then scanned and fully colored digitally. I was very happy with the finished piece. I had three patterns papers that I used in making the cards, so the pattern in the background of the illustration changed according the card it was placed on.

I will update with photos of an actual card shortly.

Enjoy!

Work In Progress: Pit Bull Book

This is a project I am currently developing with an author. We've changed the direction of the final art styl, but I did complete this piece in my colored pencil style and wanted to share with everyone. I will try update my blog with regular progress... without giving too much away! ;)

Illustration Friday: Vacant

In real life she doesn't look this old or sad - but after a long day when she's just exhausted, her eyes to tend to gaze over in a bit if a vacant stare.

Graphite, digitally colored.