Blue Banana Pancakes

RAWR

2011-02-16T22:14:00.002-06:00

FYI: Don't bother texting Raccoon, cause she won't waste her time responding to YOU. She's much too busy, you see. And snooty.

So, the other night my friend (and children's book author/storyteller) Dianne de Las Casas and I were chatting when I uttered the phrase "RAWR!" Needless to say, this spilled over into a acronym-fest of epic proportions.

Some of my favorites:
Ridiculous Androids Work Respectfully
Rare Apples With Radiation
Radiant Airheads With Racks
Rashy Alligators Won't Reply
Really Arrogant Worker Raccoons

I liked this idea so much that I combined two of them and came up with:

Raccoon Arrogantly Won't Respond

RAWR!

Training Day: Vikings

2011-01-26T22:58:00.002-06:00

Here's the first illo in a series that I'm calling Training Day. It's basically just a day in the life of different types of people/creatures/whatever. I have several already in mind to do (maybe 4-5). We'll see.

More to come as time allows.

Link: Cucco Bully

2011-01-17T19:41:00.002-06:00

Happy 2011, guys! I dunno about you, but I'm still having some issues getting used to saying "twenty eleven" instead of "two thousand eleven". Anyway.

So yeah, this is my entry for Illustration Friday: Chicken, which unintentionally coincided nicely with some Zelda fanart that I created recently, and have been meaning to post here. I drew this based off the fact that in many of the Zelda games, if you attack a cucco (chicken) enough, eventually a huge flock of them would unleash a beatdown on you that would very likely kill you.

Check it out:

Illustration Friday: Spent

2010-11-03T22:53:00.000-05:00

"It wasn't until young Buddy McGee got to the check out counter at the pet store did he realize that he had already spent all of his money."

Illustration Friday: Race

2010-10-26T23:43:00.001-05:00

Yay, my second Illustration Friday entry in as many weeks!

The hardest part about this illo was racking my brain and trying to decide what two animals to team up. I *almost* went with a grizzly and a pig, but the combo didn't seem right. Once I decided on a penguin though, the polar bear was the obvious choice. I guess you could call these guys Team Arctic. :)

Illustration Friday: Spooky

2010-10-18T20:23:00.000-05:00

Hey, it's my first Illustration Friday entry in forever! I'm gonna really start making a better effort to participate. My art style is going through a bit of a transitionary phase at the moment, where I'm cutting down on the vector portions of my illustrations, and focusing much more on rendering almost everything in in Photoshop.

I hope you like it!

What I've Been Up To

2009-10-22T18:16:00.002-05:00

Wow, has it really been almost a year and a half since my last post? Really? Really.

Anyway, just thought that I would share some random pages of my FIRST children's book, The Legend of Peli Claus. My boss at my office did the writing, I did the art and we wrapped it up around a month ago! It took a little over 7 months to get it finished, due to the fact that I was, for the most part, only able to work on it in my spare time, but it was totally worth it. By the last few spreads, I had the process down and was able to breeze through them. Depending on how this book does, we actually have have an idea for a second one that I will (hopefully) wrap up next year.

Illustration Friday: Wide

2008-05-19T18:42:00.004-05:00

MerMan open mouth wide to eat popsicles! Is good! Is good!

Illustration Friday: Horizon

2008-01-01T16:12:00.000-06:00

Illustration Friday: Extremes

2007-10-15T22:55:00.001-05:00

Extreme fullness.

Illustration Friday: Open

2007-10-06T22:59:00.001-05:00

Say aaaaahhhhhhhhhh...

Illustration Friday: Green

2007-04-09T22:11:00.000-05:00

After taking an extended break from IF, I'm back! This is a piece I did back in December as a gift for a friend's son. There's a ton of green in here sooooo... enjoy!

Illustration Friday: Smoke

2006-11-06T23:01:00.000-06:00

A quickie this week... Robots rock!

Black & Orange Contest Entry

2006-10-28T21:41:00.000-05:00

Here's my entry for the Penelope Dullaghan's Black & Orange contest. Happy Halloween guys!

Illustration Friday: Phobia

2006-09-23T21:46:00.000-05:00

I had so many ideas for this week, I decided to combine several into one piece. Actually, I had enough do to do a second piece - there was snakes, the dark, dentists, etc etc etc lol.

Illustration Friday: Change

2006-09-18T23:28:00.000-05:00

A random goblin shows off his change.. (and some spare pocket lint too)!

Illustration Friday: Farm

2006-09-11T20:35:00.000-05:00

Illustration Friday: Safe

2006-09-06T22:34:00.000-05:00

It's clobberin' time! The concept here is that the bully is about to pound the small kid, while having no idea that he's about to be pummeled by the kid's imaginary friend (thus making the kid SAFE).

Illustration Friday: Run

2006-08-30T23:12:00.000-05:00

Illustration Friday: Match

2006-08-21T19:32:00.000-05:00

Illustration Friday: Play

2006-08-13T10:27:00.000-05:00

Illustration Friday: Capture

2006-08-07T20:14:00.000-05:00

Illustration Friday: Clean

2006-08-01T23:26:00.000-05:00

One day when I was in second grade, we had recess after a hard rain. As you can imagine, there were lots of mud puddles. As you can also probably imagine, many kids disregarded specific instructions NOT to play in them and got in deep trouble. It was not a pretty sight.

I hadn't thought about that day in years, but that was the first image that popped into my mind after finding out the topic for this week - seeing lots of kids waiting to go into the principal's office to tell their side of the story.

P.S. My son is the one all the way on the right. Enjoy!

Illustration Friday: Opposites

2006-07-24T23:30:00.000-05:00

File This Under "Late"...

2006-07-20T23:20:00.000-05:00

..as in "Real Late". This originally was going to be my entry for Illustration Friday: Sticky, but I ran out of time. Finally got a chance to finish it, so I figured that I would post it. :)

Illustration Friday: Sacrifice

2006-07-18T21:20:00.000-05:00

Wow what a tough topic... although I enjoy a challenge. Inspired by the times my son snatches some of my meal when he's eaten all of his and still hungry. :) Yummy worm...

Illustration Friday: Skyline

2006-07-13T00:14:00.000-05:00

My first entry to Illustration Friday! And I'm running late posting it.. go figure. Anyway, I really wanted to add more detail to the grass and buildings, but I ran out of time. I use this style from time to time, but I had so much fun with it that I think I may use it more often.

Welcome to my blog!

2006-07-08T22:45:00.000-05:00

I thought that I would open with a piece that I did about a week ago. It was my first attempt at using Liquid Ink in Painter, although I colored it in Photoshop. I was fairly pleased with the results.