Scrapbook Page

I was asked by the enormously talented and wonderful girls over at We Love To Illustrate to participate in their monthly give away. This month was a downloadable Holiday themed scrapbook page. Stop over there and check out all of the other fab pages. You can download a high-res version at their blog - www.welovetoillustrate.com/

Christmas Card

Elephant Ride

Thank you

Hibernate - IF

Meet Burberry Bear! He prefers to hibernate in the Hamptons.

Swanky Lion

Quick little doodle

SGT SHORTFUSE

Another doodle from the doodle drawer. i like the sloppy old school animation feel to him.

ride

i found this doodle in my doodle drawer and i liked it so i polished it up a bit. it's fun to go through my old doodles, there are so many drawings i do late at night half asleep and i forget about them.

Boy and Cat

Here is a little doodle that I was playing around with in illustrator/photoshop.

Science Fair

A Penny A Day...

It has been a long time since I sat down and did any drawing. It seems the longer you stay away from the drawing table, the harder it is to get back in the groove. Here is a warm up illo just for fun. Hope everyone is having a great summer so far.

Up

This is a compilation of some character studies i did for an illustration on The Pixar Times blog a couple months ago. i had a great time drawing these guys, Up is my favorite pixar movie with The Incredibles in a close second.

Stop and Smell the Flowers

This was a quick little doodle I did on newsprint and decided to splash some 60's color on it.

Mom Makes The Best Cookies

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. Summer is finally here! I have been crazy busy. Right now I am working on a new game and a greeting card. Even though it was really nice outside (for a change) I stayed in today and did an illustration for fun.

This illustration was inspired by Children's Digest magazines from the 50's. I love the 2 color spot illustrations and this is my first attempt at replicating that style. Hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying the summer so far.

The General

i was doodling some civil war generals tonight, and this guy is a combination of a few of them.

tweet

(image created by me for Educational Insights ©2010)

i'm on the twitter!

I.F. - Journey

Hope everyone is having a great spring, unfortunately we just got 2 inches of snow today. It shouldn't last too long though.

I.F. - Toy

Jimmy loved jammin' on his toy guitar and cardboard amp!

Birthday Card

Here is a birthday card I finished for the Peaceable Kingdom Press. Check them out, they have some really great stuff!! This card should be available in late spring.

Jumpin' Jenny

Spring is just a hop, skip and a jump away!

Watermelon

Quick photoshop doodle before bed. I think that if I keep drawing images that remind me of nice warm weather it will come that much sooner!

The Zoo

Here are a brother and sister enjoying a beautiful summer day at the zoo. I can't wait until we have weather like this!

Lil' Cowpoke - I.F. "Layer"

Lil' Cowpoke and his trusty horse Buddy Blue, couldn't believe the layer of colors in this beautiful desert sunset.

-Winner of the Print Giveaway is Nevada! Congrats. I have posted this below in the original giveaway post.....

Don't Feed The Bears!

This piece was inspired by Hanna Barbera's Yogi Bear, one of my favorite characters. This bear is a bit more aggressive then Yogi. He doesn't think it is a good idea for the park ranger to post his "Don't Feed the Bears" sign right next his den.

Print Give Away - Don't forget if you are a follower of my blog and have not entered to win, it's not too late! Just leave me a comment in the Etsy Store post below and tell me which print you would like if you win.

Print Give Away! - Etsy Store Now Open!

And the winner is Nevada! Congrats Nevada! I will need to get your address and then I will send out the Storytime print for you.

Finally, after months and months of putting it off, I have finally opened an Etsy store. Whew, one more thing I can check off the list.

In my shop - ToastWithoutButter, I have made some of my more popular illustrations available as high quality archival prints. I currently have 9 different prints to choose from. If there is another illustration on this blog or my website that you would love to see available as a print feel free to let me know. I can't make any promises but I will certainly consider any suggetions.

PRINT GIVE AWAY - (shameless self promotion)

So to celebrate my grand opening I am going to give away 1 print of your choice from my store. In order to be eligible all I ask is that you be a follower of my blog, and leave me a comment telling me which print you would like to have if you win.

I will select the winner at random using a random number generator on Monday, Feb. 21st.

Tell your friends and Good Luck!

Farm

Time to feed those chickens!

Frog Birthday!

Hey frogs have birthday's too! Here is an unused birthday card design. Hope everyone is doing well and staying warm....

Buck,Buck, Moose cont...

Here are 3 of my favorite illustrations from the card game Buck, Buck, Moose. I thought it would be fun to show you my roughs too. There were a total of 8 different illustrations that I did of the moose in different poses/costumes, then each pose was put on one of 4 different color backgrounds. So for example in the card game there will be 4 "cowboy" cards, one on red, blue, yellow, and green. So the biggest challenge for me was coming up with color schemes that worked against 4 different color backgrounds. It was really fun to come up with all these different costumes and poses. Educational Insights was really a blast to work with and they let me have alot of creative freedom. It was a dream job. Once my roughs were all approved then it was time to get painting. I painted all of these in photoshop and each one took about 4 hours.

Happy Holidays!

I want to wish everyone the happiest of holidays! Thanks to all of you who stop by and leave your comments and encouragement, it means alot to me and I appreciate it.

Coming Soon!

Here is a sneak peek at the colorful card game Buck, Buck, Moose! that I illustrated this summer. It was an absolute blast to work on, and the fine folks at Educational Insights couldn't have been nicer. The game was invented by Mary Jo Reuter who just won game inventor of the year for her game Laundry Jumble (Educational Insights). Congrats to Mary Jo!

It will debut in early 2011. I will post some more illustrations and details from the game in the next few weeks, and keep you posted when this game is available.