Freelancing
September 8th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
Here’s a set of spots I did recently for Penthouse Magazine, illustrating a story about things people are reluctant or hate to do, or are no good at: Giving a wedding toast Telling your girlfriend or boyfriend they have bad breath… Taking a drunk friend’s keys Visiting a terminally ill friend… The story also gives advice on how to do some of these harder things. In most cases I illustrated how NOT to do it. READ MORE
September 6th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
There is a short piece in this month’s issue of SI Kids featuring a few spot illustrations I did. The article is about different types of coaches, and drew a cartoon character version of each “type” showing some of their pro and con attributes. We loosely based some of them on real coaches, but not in their facial features. Things like clothing, accessories and demeanor might remind you of certain real coaches in pro or college sports. None of them are even remotely caricatures of real people, though.¬¨‚Ć Here are the final results . . . I think the details of the type is pretty… READ MORE
August 25th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
Season two of MAD on the Cartoon Network will debut this Monday, Aug 29th. at 8:30/7:30 Central Time. According to the show’s website, the first episode will feature two segments I worked on: “Konan the Kardashian” and “Capt. America’s Got Talent”… I’ll leave it to your imaginations to figure out what those will be about. I will post some of the art I did for the segments on Tuesday. READ MORE
July 1st, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
This is the last of the art I did for Season One of the animated MAD show on the Cartoon Network.¬¨‚Ć these appeared on the episode that aired this week in a segment called “Glee-VR”, and the subjects are Jared Padelecki and Jensen Ackles from the TV show Supernatural. I already have one episode for Season Two “in the can” as they say in the business. READ MORE
June 27th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
I am totally swamped right now, but here’s a recent small project I did that just saw print. This is a spot illustration that appears in the current issue of UTNE Reader (July-Aug 2011). It depicts viral internet rapper “Ms. Peachez” being looked upon with contempt and disbelief by Snoop Doggy-Dogg and Jay Z for her stereotyped, “Southern hip-hop” styling. BTW, Ms. Peachez is actually Mr. Nelson Boyd. It’s hard to tell if the Peachez videos are supposed to be parodies or celebrations of Southern culture. I’m going with the former, since the video the illustration is referencing “Fry that Chicken” is so over-the-top with… READ MORE
June 7th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
As promised, here is some of the character design work I did on last night’s episode of MAD on the Cartoon Network. The segment was called “The Big Fang Theory” and was a mash-up of Twilight and The Big Bang Theory TV show. It is pretty hard to recognize this art in what ended up on the finished segment… they obviously went in a different direction and only used my designs very loosely, although I did like the more graphic look they came up with: READ MORE
April 26th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlrGDEIDSdw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] I’ve been meaning to post this link for a few days but it’s been crazy around here. In 2009 I was a guest speaker at the Australian Cartoonists Association’s Stanley Awards in Syndey. When there I met a young illustrator by the name of Anton Emdin. Anton was nominated for a “Stanley” for illustration, which he quire deservedly won. Anton did work for the Aussie MAD Magazine, so we were kindred spirits. Since then Anton has won a few other Stanley awards, and he’s been nominated for several divisional awards by the National Cartoonists Society, including two this year. He’s also had several pieces… READ MORE
April 25th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
The artwork for the cover of the new issue of UTNE Reader: Click for a closer look… The job was a caricature of Kim Kardashian representing our 24/7 narcissistic society. The art director wanted me to convey how even a casual stroll shopping for someone like her becomes a staged event, and how the public seem to be willing sheep in the process. Here is the final pencil sketch (done on a mock layout with dummy text) and final color art: Click for a closer look… Click for a closer look… I was the folks at UTNE’s choice to leave out any shadows on the… READ MORE
