George Washington sketch

Heres a rough sketch for an illustration I did for Scholastic, Inc. of George Washington turning in an overdue library book that is 221 years overdue. the book was actually checked out by George himself but never returned. I wonder what the late fees are on something like that :-) I finished up the final art for it this week and will post it soon...if you all play nice.

I have some really fun projects going on right now. One is a character development gig for a magazine to develop a horned toad character that would in the magazine monthly and other print materials as well. Another is creating characters and artwork for a board game that incorporates two of my passions...art and skateboarding. Now thats what I call a labor of love! Stay tuned for postings of some of these works.

Gotta get back to it....the drawing board...er...Wacom tablet that is.

How I start my day

I love starting my day off by playing some guitar for 10 minutes before I start working...think I'll play some leads to a few ZZ-top tunes. But I have to time myself or I get carried away.



Bloodsuckers bug final art

Finally getting a chance to post the final art for my bloodsuckers illustration which I completed about a week and a half ago. It was a real fun project for me to do, I just love drawing bugs, creatures and monsters... anything with a big mouth and sharp teeth. Got some creatures for me to draw? Bring 'em on!

Bloodsuckers.jpg

I am in the process now of creating a storefront to sell "the goods" with my artwork on them. Just putting together images and getting ideas for new ones to get some awesome product out there. I've been bouncing back and forth with who I would use whether its Zazzle or CafePress and I think the winner for now is Zazzle. There will opportunities to win free FianStuff...so stay tuned!

Bloodsuckers bug sketch

Heres a pencil sketch of some bloodsucking pests (nooo its not about the IRS) I am doing for the great folks at Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine. The article is about pests such as mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, horse flies, deerflies and all the other garden variety pains in the butt that can make camping or any other outdoor activity that much more pleasurable. :-) Should be done with the final art later this week....stay tuned.