Eli & Amos Circumnavigate the Globe
At last, here’s the finished illustration of “Eli & Amos Circumnavigate the Globe” that I posted a tight sketch of back in February. It may appear that this single illustration has taken me ages, but in actuality I worked on it for just a few hours once or twice a month. Sometimes it’s nice to work on something in an unhurried fashion, don’t ya know. There may very well be future exploits for these two, so keep a weather eye open!
CCRA Character Designs
I’ve been freelancing on and off for a clinical research company called CCRA, creating the characters and print advertisements for a unified marketing plan they’ve started (You might recognize the name from this site: you can find one of the ads I’ve done for them here). I’m happy now to share with you the four original character designs they had contracted me to create.
Each was designed to model a different age group/generation, with a focus on creating versatile characters who could demonstrate different ailments, depending on the ad. Special attention was paid to make sure that they would not be caricatures; they had to be soft, relatable individuals to draw in those people afflicted with the disease each ad would target.
Eli and Amos
From time to time my friend Rhiannon and I come up with little projects for each other to work on, just for the heck of it. The most recent one she suggested for me was a little boy and his dog, with a series of illustrations showing the adventurous flights of fancy the two embark on. These are the basic “real world” designs, which are intentionally a bit simplistic; this is to make them reflective of the dull nature of the everyday world, which will thus contrast strongly with the world of the imagined in the forthcoming illustrations.
Geekbox Podcast
I’m proud to add these pieces to my Design work. You can read the full story behind their creation below the fold.
Snowman Handyman
I was contacted in mid-December by an outlet reseller of power tools. They commissioned me to create an illustration accompanying a holiday email they send out to the various tool companies they work with (in effect, an ecard). It was a good experience and I think I learned a bit more about how I like to work.
As an aside, comments have been turned on. With it being the start of a new year and all, it just seems appropriate to try something new. I’m not sure why it seems you can’t comment on older posts, but let us just make due with the idea that it’s a new year, with new posts sporting new features to match!
A Break In The Case
Here’s the finished Private Investigator illustration. After looking at some of Lou Romano’s work, I was inspired to take a more traditional-looking approach, using some dry brush painting. I forwent using a more muted palette from classic noir-style films as it just didn’t seem to fit the way I had handled the character; instead I opted for a more saturated look. Overall I’m pretty pleased with it – hope everyone out there enjoys it too!
Private Eye Design
I wanted to work out the design for the Private Eye in my forthcoming illustration before I dug into it, so here he is. I was looking to do something that was sleek and relatively simple, without too much extraneous information. He’d have an even simpler silhouette if I had stuck with just a suit like I had originally planned, but come on, he’s a noir-styled P.I.! He needs a trench coat. 
Mermaid Sketch
Just a little something I drew for fun not too long ago. I may do a color version, though I’m working on a private-eye inspired illustration that will probably take precedence over any further work on this.
Professional graphic artist in Los Angeles, CA with a B.F.A. in Illustration from Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL.