Here is a logo design that I did for a client on DesignCrowd.com that does time card management (I believe):
I'm not sure what color option they are going with...they may actually make the colors completely different than anything I have. But I am very happy with the design, something very simple that gets across the idea of the company...and am even happier that it was selected!
Collectors Choice X offers an opportunity for art collectors. With the purchase of one ticket, two people can attend two parties, plus receive one piece of art valued at $250 or more. Tickets are limited to the number of donated original art works. (You are guaranteed one piece of art for each ticket you hold.)
Opening Party & Silent Auction: Friday, May 20, 2011, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
6:00pm – 7:00pm (artists, ticket holders and VIP), 7:00pm – 9:00pm (open to public)
Catering St. Louis provides hors d’oeuvres, wine and refreshments while you review your favorite art pieces donated by regional artists.
Live music by St. Louis Classical Guitar Society.
Selection of Collectors Choice Art: Sunday, June 12, 2011
Doors Open 11:00am Art Selection begins 1:00pm
Names of ticket buyers are chosen at random and when your name is called you can choose one of the available pieces of art! (One piece of art for each ticket purchased.)
Live music by Barefoot Jones.
Tickets: $165
Read more about Collectors Choice
For additional information, please call 314-727-6266.
This is one of my newest illos done for the the Fan Art section of TeamCoCo.com.
Basically, I wanted to do something that would make Conan and Andy (Richter) laugh. I thought of doing it like the White Stripes' "Get Behind me Satan" album cover since Conan is such a fan of Jack. Giving Andy tits was, for me at least, the icing on the cake. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out...and I'm VERY happy that it got on the site. Now, hopefully I'll see it on TV in the near future when they come back from commercial break.
Go check out the other great stuff in the MoCA!!! There's some really great stuff!
I finally went back and fully setup my account on Elance.com. I had been putting it off for some time since I signed up because it looked a bit intimidating. But after reading a few reviews and comments about the service, I decided to go for it.
Hopefully a few of my first proposals will get accepted and I can come back and tell you how they go! But for right now, it looks like there's a lot more work out there than I thought! And Elance does a great job of
presenting all those opportunities!
My blog hasn't been updated for a while so I figured it a good idea just to explain why. Why is because I've been busy as EVER! While I've gotten only rejection letters back from a few of my picture book submissions...the design side of things has been great!
One thing I've been busy with is a lot of renderings and other design for a company in New York called Populate: Drawing People In. I can't really talk about the projects I did for them because each involves 2011 ad campaigns for some major companies. But I will say that a major soft drink company, a leader in dress pants, and a technological giant have some really cool campaigns coming soon and I am glad to have had a hand in pitching them!
Other projects that I can only "mention" are the work I did for the CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)...but there is some neat stuff going on there too!
Some stuff that I can actually talk about, for one, is all the stuff I've been doing for MSI (Motor Service, Inc.). I've been handling a rebranding of their company since early this year, which has included everything from new business cards, to truck decals, to merchandising items, to carbonless forms. It has been a well-rounded project to say the least.
With all this design work, I feel lucky to get away from the computer screen every now & then...and some recent t-shirt screen printing orders I've gotten have helped that!
Also, in whatever spare time I get, I have been developing a mini-comic or zine that is nearing completion (that's the cover above). I will be targeting some underground comic stores and indie bookstores to sell some of these things so look for them soon! If you want to pre-order a copy just shoot me an email.
And the last thing is always my side project RockScratch...I'm always adding new stuff there so check it out. I'm running a 20% OFF Holiday Sale...so now's a good time to take a look!
Well, I think that covers most of what I've been doing lately...I'm going to get back to it, but have a happy Christmas season!
Bis dann!
When it comes to the children's book market, trying to get published the old fashioned way is tough. Especially nowadays. I know that I am stating the obvious, but ambitious authors/illustrators, such as myself, need to hear that as much as possible. Personally, I like hearing it because it makes me try harder. Also, it forces me to accept the possibility (rather likelihood) that I will never be published the old fashioned way. So, I am compelled to consider other options such as self-publishing.
But wait...isn't self-publishing just a lower form of "doing it the old fashioned way"?
If I'm going to self-publish, why not be cutting edge, ahead of the times...a pioneer! I'm talking about going electronic. GASP...is he really talking about ignoring the tradition, the beauty, the personal experience of print media!?!
Continue reading "Is the App the Future of the Picture Book?" »
In the past year, I've gone through several stages with the children's book that I've been working on called That One Big One. Every time I had a critique or discovered something new, it changed. The rhyme wasn't working so I made the rhyme tighter. Then I decided to drop the rhyme all together and tell the story straight.
Well, now I am in the process of reworking the illustrations. As painful as it was to admit to myself that the illustrations weren't working (because it was also admitting that I had wasted 3 months illustrating the entire thing), it had to be done. So now I have come up with a style that is much more "me". With my first illos, I refused to use the computer (Photoshop) as much as possible. I went for a more "hand crafted" look, which I still like, but I don't think I mastered it in this particular project. So for the reworks, I am using the computer a lot more...something that I have come to embrace as the medium of my era. Lane Smith, my idol, embraced the digital medium...so why wouldn't I!
As you see in the page spread above, I am trying to keep the characters looking very much the same, only more clean and finished. Also, based on a SCBWI critique, I am adding more perspectives in each illustration...whereas in my previous illustrations, I simply showed each scene/character "straight on."
I plan on doing 5 or 6 page spreads before putting together more submission packages. So check back soon for my progress!
Then just post either your new image (or a photo of your hand colored work) on my Facebook Fan Page for the world to see!
You can now find me on www.STL-Illustrator.com! This portfolio web site is produced by the Illustration Section of the St. Louis Artists' Guild. All artists represented are members of the Guild, and offer their professional services for illustration assignments.
The
Illustration Section of the St. Louis Artists' Guild was started in 2002. STL-Illustrator.com
is
one of
our
first cooperative
group projects. We are working on many other ideas to
develop
in the future.
We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00
p.m.
at the Artists' Guild. Come
on out, and see what we're up to! Learn more about
the Guild
at http://www.stlouisartistsguild.org/
Many thanks go to Jean Probert for designing and maintaining such a great site!
Don't forget about the opening reception of the Foundry Art Centre's "Bam! Pow! Zap!: Comic Art & Storyboarding" exhibit this Friday, May 21st.
Action, lively characters and a sequential format have been a longstanding tradition in the comic arts. In the last few decades there has been a rise of fine art which clearly have an influence from the comic genre. Original works influenced from traditional or contemporary comics executed in any media were considered for the exhibition.
Foundry Art Centre | 520 N. Main Center | St. Charles, MO 63301
Ring: 636.255.0270 | Web: www.FoundryArtCentre.org
