Splash

These are from a little ESL reader I did for Harcourt. The story is about a pig named Splash, trying to make a treat for his pal's birthday. Done all in photoshop.

Elf

While working on some sketches for background paintings, I sort of drew a bunch of little elves (was listening to Christmas music) all over the edges of the paper. I liked this one, so decided to color it.

Below you can see the original sketch. I scanned that, and filled in solid areas of color below the lines. I did a little shading, then colored the lines a bit, and then flattened it all together. Then I did all the clean-up and details on the flattened layer. When I was done, I added a couple layers of textures over the top. Fun!

Nepotism is Fun

This is a little piece of an illustration I did for Creating Keepsakes Magazine. It will be in the upcoming January issue, so I'll wait to post the whole thing until then. Oh, and did I mention my sister happens to be the magazine's Art Director? Convenient, ain't it!

I did the illustration primarily in Flash with a little finishing up in Photoshop. When I post the whole illustration I'll do a little tutorial with it.

Yesterday I did a few sketches for my brother-in-law, for his design firm Level, Inc. They are just comp place holders for a wine label to show the client. Below is a sketch of the ruins on the client's Napa Valley vineyard.