Jack and Jill

Another in the series of Nursery Rhymes I was working on recently.

Red Riding Hood

One part of a Nursery Rhymes theme I had at work. Didnt get nearly all the detail I wanted to in them, but its a start

Dez Briscoe

This dude was another Jayhawk football player I wanted to get an illustration of done before he left for the league. Guy had some amazing catches this year. He was really cool to meet in person also, very humble.

Kerry Meier

Been a long while. Ive had fun doing these illustrations for awhile. So inspired by All Star Vinyl art. Wanted to get this done before he left - met his family after a game and they were so nice. Really good people, and Kerry was the same.

Monsters

One of my favorite holidays is without a doubt Halloween. So when this found its way to my desk I was kinda stoked! I would really like to do some character work with this, maybe, if deadlines ever let up and I get a chance to breathe!!

Arthur's Army

Some recent title work I did for one general theme at work. It was a mid-evil, knight, & king sort of theme. Four different games/titles fall under that general umbrella. Here are is the title work for those four names I was given. Havin fun playing with type & characters.

Flight of the Conchords

Well a little while ago Flight of the Conchords held a tour poster design contest open to anyone and everyone. A nice little way to get free designs for themselves - eeeh I dont think Bret & Jemaine would set out to do that. The corporate folks over at HBO on the other hand... But anywhooo it was a theme I enjoyed and figured why not give it a shot!! The winner got their poster printed, signed by the band, framed and sent back to them. I would think for all the money they would be saving by not going to a freelance designer/illustrator they would fly someone out, put them up in a hotel for a night and give them tix to a show. Then give the autograph and frame to the runners up. But on the other hand they were giving their fans a chance to do something cool. Well they held the contest for a month. I worked on this off and on for a couple weeks and pulled an all-nighter to finish it. Got it done. Posted it on their website. Sat patiently, tried to forget about it and waited. Well I made the Final 10! With so many good designs and posters posted I said if I made it that far I would be happy. I did!! You can check out the 10 finalists here: Flight of the Conchords 10 Finalists

Alas I was not the final winner, BUT like I said I was happy to make it as far as I did. Mission accomplished. For my work I got a CD (actually the package design on their CD is really sweet) and a t-shirt (size to be determined by contest holders) - i got a size large. Anyone who knows me personally has to be laughing at that. Im more of a double or triple X kinda guy (for length, not width!!). If they ever visit the midwest Ill print this out and maybe try get it signed by the cast as thats all I really would want for the work.

Kangaroo Court

For work, a couple of a half dozen or so kangaroos for a game "Kangaroo Court"
I get on these kicks where I say to myself "self, your not going to use one damn outline if its the last thing you do." I don't literally say that but I must do it subconsciously. Maybe Im just challenging myself, which is good... sometimes. But my tunnel vision kicks in and i dont dare stray from that path. Going sans outlines can be fun, its a different way of drawing and forces me to really concentrate on shapes, overlapping, etc.. but sometimes, due to color or composition they are just needed to break things up and give separation - but because of that tunnel vision i get, well, there is a reason Im only posting two of these.

Sherron Collins

WOW been a looong time since I have posted here. Basketball season kept me busy! Did another Jayhawk inspired illustration. In the same style as the previous ones, All-Star Vinyl esq. Soo inspired by that line from Upper Deck. The players show attitude, and are oversized, stylized, keep the players likeness AND over emphasize shoes!! Ahhh cant image anything better for D!

Todd Reesing

Well just got done watching the last game of college football for 08-09 season. This illustration was a work in progress, but wanted to get it done after last nights game. The Jayhawks went to back to back bowl games for the first time in the school's history (one of those being an Orange Bowl). We won both of those games lead by this guy. Can't wait until next season and I like doing these illustrations so hope i get to do more especially in the theme of UpperDeck's All Star Vinyls. Big muscles, hands and feet and something that captures the players personality. Todd Reesing is ALWAYS smiling and you can tell he just has fun playing the game. I played with some opacity masks and textures in illustrator on this one (see the jersey and football). Not sure if the jpg translates them well or not but hopin the print out does... as i dig printing these out and maybe getting the player to sign it.