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Santa’s Helper

Published on December 24, 2008 in Illustration. 0 Comments Tags: art, beer, bottle, cartoon, cartoon character, cartoon character design, cartooning, cartoonist, cute, drawing, freelance, girl, Illustration, illustrator, pinup, screenprint, sexy, sketch, vector.

Cartoon pinup girl with Santa hat & beer bottle, on candy cane.

I recently created this pinup Santa girl illustration for a local company that produces home-brewing beer kits. The client was developing a special holiday/Christmas blend, and wanted to also include an incentive in the package — in this case it was to be an empty 24 oz. beer bottle with a pinup Santa girl silkscreened on to the bottle.

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Ouija Board Skateboard

Published on September 15, 2008 in Illustration. 1 Comment Tags: art, cartoon, cartooning, moon, ouija, skateboard, sun.

Zazzle now offers custom skateboard decks. I recently uploaded this cool Ouija Board skateboard design.

Commander In Beef

Published on August 25, 2008 in Illustration and cartooning. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, caricature, cartoon, cartooning, funny, humorous, Illustration, illustrator, parody, Portfolio, satire, sketch, vector, Wacom.

A recent Obama & McCain humorous cartoon illustration I created for Time Out NY for the “Commander In Beef” article regarding what New York City chefs would prepare for the 2008 presidential candidates. The illustration was created for the dining section, and is currently being featured on the front page of the Time Out NY website’s dining section. The featured artwork is a spot illustration companion piece to the full page illustration I created for the print article:

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‘Hairy Canary’ T-Shirt Illustration

Published on August 7, 2008 in Illustration, art and cartooning. 1 Comment Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, art, artist, bird, cartoon, cartoon character, cartoon character design, cartooning, design, fun, funny, humorous, Illustration, illustrator, Photoshop, screenprinting, sketch, t-shirt, vector, Wacom.

I just finished up a t-shirt illustration – ‘The Hairy Canary‘ – for mail-order/catalog company What On Earth for their pub t-shirts line.

The basic premise of the t-shirt designs are as follows: the artist is given a choice of bar/pub names to choose from, and from there a design is worked up to go with the name. I believe all the bars & pubs are actual places, but these aren’t officially sanctioned or anything.

From the list I was given, the name ‘Hairy Canary’ just jumped out at me and I knew it was a theme that would spark a cool illustration.

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High-Contrast Line Art Illustration Style: Self-Inspiration

Published on August 5, 2008 in Illustration, art and cartooning. 7 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, cartoon, cartooning, creativity, drawing, Illustration, illustrator, sketch, vector.

Sometimes (and probably most of the time) merely seeing how an effect is achieved will offer no clues as to what it’s like to create that effect for yourself. Copying or mimicking the effect can help, but those moments where it works within your own artwork should be explored the moment they happen.

When these chance moments appear, when you have that ‘a ha!’ moment, be sure to dig deeper. I’ll share with you a recent ‘eureka’ moment I had while working on a t-shirt illustration project for a client.

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