George Washington

after Gilbert Stuart

I know it's completely random, but for a while there I found it almost therapeutic to paint Gilbert Stuart - George Washington copies in between jobs. This was my most successful effort, though he seems more angry with things than stoic. I'll hopefully get a chance to try again soon.

p.s. I'm a longtime fan of George so there will definitely be more postings in the future. : )

Huggies: Every Little Bottom

(logo and alternates)

It was a true delight working again with Leah and Ogilvy on this very special charitable program. Parents with little ones, please read about it here.

Twisted Whiskers Show

This was one of those incredible job opportunities that doesn't come around very often. I had so much fun working on these with art director, Ryan Wiesbrock. As a fan of classic MGM and Warner Bros cartoons (as well as the kick ass titlecard designs from Batman the Animated Series), I leapt at the chance to work on Twisted. We actually collaborated on these in 2009, but I hear the show recently premiered on the Hub. Check it out!

You can see more titlecards at Flickr here.

Pingpong Perry

by Sandy Donovan

A fun little kid's book I worked on that came out in February. More pages from the book can be viewed on Flickr here.

cleveland inspired

This series was inspired by the people and places in my westside Cleveland neighborhood and is a sort of ongoing creative experiment. It's completely different in style and subject matter from the rest of my commercial work and has been a refreshing change of pace. Check back later, I hope to develop the series and post more soon.

Communications Arts Illustration Annual 2010

The year began with a bit of good news, four pieces from an ongoing personal project were published in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual. I don't know if you saw this year's magazine out there, but it highlights some really great work. I'm very humbled to be included among so talented a group.

2010 Communications Arts Illustration Annual

Cover: Roman Klonek