I’m very excited that the folks at Mudpuppy thought my monster sticker art was cool enough to use on the cover of their Spring 2010 catalog. Not only did run on the front cover, they used it for the back as well. I love this project. I was very geeked when I received my copies from the publisher. It was like opening up the packs of trading card stickers I collected as a kid.
Recently I finished art for a pop up Halloween card for Up With Paper. This was the first commercial pop up piece I have created. This guy is featured in the card.
Don’t want to give away the whole surprise. The card will be part of the fall 2010 line.
2 posters I created for the Hogle Zoo are in Vol.6-2009 the last issue of 09. This mag has some heft. It’s one half inch thick and weighs in at about 4 pounds.
I just finished up these little promo sticker packs for my agent to hand out at gift expos. I like how they turned out. My photos always turn out reddish. What’s up with that?
I just wanted to post a link to my free, cut and fold,holiday download.
Nothing says” the holidays” like dinosaurs and bicycles. Festoon your tree, mantel, or rearview mirror with a Slackart cut and fold Dinosornament. Guaranteed to bring you and your loved ones at least fifteen minutes of crafty yuletide cheer.
You can download it from my website.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Autum is here. Leaves are falling. Multi hued piles spread across the sidewalk. Fathers sharpen knives for carving. The costume’s final stitches are sewn. All Hallows eve is close at hand. Traditionally a time to take stock of the years harvest in preparation for winter. In that spirit I offer up a few tid-bits that should keep you visually satiated for the bitter months ahead.
First up are these new print sets. I’m calling them Mod Monsters. No, they don’t wear parkas and cruise around town on scooters. They are a nod to the golden age of modern design, and my latest attempt in shape exploration, and simplification. It is quite liberating to focus on creating fun shapes and limiting the color palette to only three colors.


There are four prints in the set. Each set of prints comes in a ready to hang custom paper frame. Yep! That’s paper. The cutting, scoring, folding and assembly, of the frames is rather labor intensive, but it makes for a nice little touch. Right out of the pack you can stick em on the wall. If you get sick of looking at one of the monsters you can display a new one by changing the order.
Three of the characters I turned into 1 inch buttons. Both items are now on my website.
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I just finished up a commission of two small paintings. Commission isn’t entirely accurate. Paint on demand would be more suitable. I had a minor mix up. I sold a painting and before I could mark it as sold another person purchased the same piece. The second collector was very gracious and we worked out a plan. I sent along sketches from an intended series of bug paintings. He chose his favorite of the sketches, I dusted off the paint bottles and whipped up these critters.

It all worked out well, and it was nice to push the liquids around for a change.

ROAD-BOT: Making roads stronger with recycled electronic parts. A new illustration for Boy’s Life Magazine.
Here are a few new illustrations I have just finished. They accompany true or false questions.
Can you guess what the questions are that go with the images? 


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My wife and I recently took a vacation in Bermuda. We had a great week.

Great snorkeling. Beautiful scenery. Lots of scooters, and Brit’s in knee socks, ties and sport coats.

Strong tea, mini sandwiches, and a hurricane named Bill.

They were boarding up the windows at Bermuda International Airport as we were waiting for our flight. It’s the first time I’ve ever been sealed in an airport.
A view of Hurricane Bill taken from inside the Airport.

It’s taken me some time to get back into the swing of things. My brain and body like vacationing. Even when its vacationing with a hurricane. When I get back the last thing my brain and body want to do is stare at a screen hunched over a desk. I’m generally a very focused freelancer. A get up and go straight to work kind of guy. This past week though I’m coming up with just about any excuse not to be at the computer. Creating a thousand goofy errands to run, projects around the house that were in the “I’ll get to it eventually” folder, have magically become very important. What I realize is that a vacation needs to be two weeks long.

























