Animal Tracks

I JUST got the printed sample of this in the mail. It is the November/December issue of Scholastic News. They did a great printing job!

It was fun to paint a Canadian Lynx. Despite the variety of cats I painted for Big Cats, this species was not one of them.

Below is what the printed issue looks like.

Fairy Summit

This is a little doodle I did yesterday for fun. I had not done ink drawings in a while and thought this would be fun. (Yes, I SHOULD have been working on something else).

I wanted to experiment with flat color rather than a fully rendered piece. I like the simplicity and this may be a good style for a graphic novel type project. Color in Photoshop (of course).

Old Victorian fairy paintings were the inspiration for the design of this illustration. I love how they played with bizarre scales in some of them-big person, little person, giant bugs...

BibliOdyssey

Need reference art, perhaps, on echinodermata? Knights? The art of Mikhail Maiofis (pictured)? Check out BibliOdyssey. Strange and beautiful. Be sure to explore the links at the bottom of the page. There's so much to see...

Scott Hamilton

Illustration for Cleveland Magazine. Scott Hamilton as an ice skating commentator.

Animal Rescue Art Project

Here is the image I did for the Animal Rescue Art Project.

The show is February 14th at Loveland Art Studios.

There were so many orange cats at the factory that I painted 3 of them on 4" X 4" squares and mounted them on board. I have a soft spot for orange tigers.

Angel Investing

Completed this one a month or so ago for Inside Business Magazine. Usually go through several alterations in the sketch phase before starting on the final.

mm poster cont.

...and finished! It's a little warped and grainy - forgot to reset my iso - but the color's not bad.

Tea with Friends and a Turtle

Here is an image that started out as a quick doodle and I finished it in Photoshop. It was an excuse to play with the Cintiq and it got a little out of hand.

The turtle is very loosely based on a Galapagos turtle. I was also inspired by tribal decoration in Africa using plants and flowers.

I need to do more experimentation with Painter now that my system is a LOT faster. It was clunky on my old computer.

Is an Illustration Business Stable Dying???

Another reason why old illustration methods are dying off like old newspapers.  Lack of necessity?  OUCH!!!!!

The good news, we're in a new era of creativity!

Any of your clients on this web site?

http://www.magazinedeathpool.com

Stickers?

I'm working up sticker designs for a new business venture. (Not this design!)
Can anyone recommend a good printer?
Also, as I'm looking for stickers tough enough for bumpers & windows, what do I need to look for to assure that they'll be weather- and sun-proof?

Announcement

Tonight's New Year's Mixer for Greater Cincinnati Area Children's
Writers and Illustrators has been canceled due to snowy weather.

Hopefully it can be rescheduled. I will repost when I get the new information.

Also, the Illustrators' Lunch on 1-28 has been cancelled.

It will be at Slatt's 2-4!

Valuing Illustration

If Rockwell produced the same quality and amount of work, but did not have the series of covers for the Saturday Evening Post.... would he be as acclaimed?