Treasure Map
Moving back to pirates from monsters for this morning’s warm up sketch. #characterdesign #illustration #storyartist #visdev #visualdevelopment #kidlitart #conceptart #pirate
Happy Save the Koala Day!
Happy Save the Koala Day! In honor of today being Save the Koala day (don’t worry, I didn’t know until I saw it on this morning’s news either), I thought I’d do a morning warm up sketch of this little guy. Have an awesome Koala day! 😊
Morning Warm Up Sketch & Painting
Another morning warm up sketch/painting. Focused on creating good composition and flow on this one.
Plucky The Pig Pirate Painted (too much alliteration?)
Finishing out the Plucky the Pig Pirate sketch from yesterday.
Plucky the Pig Pirate
Thought I’d wind down tonight with a bit of sketching. This is Plucky the Pig Pirate. He’s the most fearless of all pig pirates!
Morning Warm Up Sketch
Posting another warm up sketch. Explored a bit more of a water color style on this one.
Professional Taster
Finished out the warm up sketch from this morning. Also including a process video as well.
Harriet the Hatchling is in Trouble
I just had a new book I illustrated published by Friesen Press. It’s called Harriet the Hatchling is in Trouble. Written by Shawn Wilhite. This is Harriet.
Riverstreet Scene in Savannah, GA
I finished up that concept art piece with the street scene from Riverstreet in Savannah, Ga. The inspiration for the style was the background art from the Disney movies, 101 Dalmations, The Aristocats and Lady and the Tramp.
Work-In-Progress - Savannah, GA Riverstreet Scene
I’m taking a great course by Izzy Burton on Domestika called Cinematic Digital Illustration. The project for the course is to use photographic reference and create a scene that could be part of an animated film. I chose to base mine on a photo of a man sweeping in front of his store on Riverstreet in Savannah, Georgia that I took while in school at SCAD. In my concept, I changed the scene to a night scene where a kindly older man is cleaning up before closing his Italian restaurant for the evening. I’m very inspired by the art and backgrounds of the older Disney movies 101 Dalmatians, The Aristocats and Lady and the Tramp. Here are a few work-in-progress images including the original photo.
