On the horizon...

Here's a little preview of something I'm working on for Sesame.

If you've been following my posts, this will look familiar. These were originally from my 30s. And, I've just added some soft colors. Let's hope the non-artists that make the calls find if recognizable enough...

Charity case

I've been feeling like a slacker lately on my postings, so I'm going to share a little of what I've been doing outside of my weekly 30s.


I was approached by PACT (Parents and Abducted Children Together) for a project. They're a non-profit organization in the UK that supports abducted children and the families of abducted children. The idea was that they wanted a "frame" for celebrity supporters to draw in so they could auction off. Their initial guidelines were that they just wanted some kind of frame in B&W. I took that and ran with it. I was thinking of what children like and about the children in those specific situations. I thought about what represents freedom. And, something that should be accessible to everyone. Nothing you have to buy. So, what was this? This to me was nature. Water, land, trees, clouds, and sky. That's what I did. Stylized it. Submitted it. It was rejected. Something about distracting from the celebrity's art. They came back with another idea. I knocked that out and they're going with that. But, I'm showing this one because its the one that I like and I wanted it to live somewhere.

week of 11-02-09

It's been a couple of weeks since I've posted. I was bitten by the virus bug. I think it was food poisoning from this place we ate at lunch. Chirpin Chicken. Pretty sure because I was still sitting at lunch when I got my first stomach cramp. Then, I was out. I was not right for about a week. Damn little virus. Anyway, here are a few images representing how I was feeling on those days.


Never put stubble on Bert before... he is only a kid. I think its pretty funny tho.


Here's disheveled Grover. You know how it is. You're just thinking "why!?"

30s of week 10-19-09

Last week I got myself hitched. Yep, made the jump! So, of course, I had to take a few days off. Therefore, I only made it into the office a couple days, which left me with a week worth of work crammed into a couple of days. Out of the couple of days, I got one sketch done. Yes, slacker. But, here is the one I did get to do.


It's Bert in a somewhat traditional Chinese wedding get up. Yah, I had to. And, that's a flower like thing strapped to Bert's chest. His chest didn't explode...

30s of week 10-12-09

This week we continue with the Electric Company character style exploration. I was only in three days this week and got off two sketches. Check em out.


On this sketch I focused more on the pose and expression.


This Chibi styled one I was more focused on the style itself and how characters pose in that style.

30s of week 10-5-09

Because of my sink nightmares, I was babysitting my sink for a part of the week. So, I was only able to get into the office for three days. But, when I got in, I did a little sketchy sketch. This week I had planned to stay with the same style. But, an order to develop a simple more "primitive" look for Electric Company came through. So, here are the results.


I was able to get Big Bird out before the order came down for Electric Company. Cute, but Big Bird is always hard to get looking good.


I did a bunch of sketches, but this is one of the ones I liked. I think it needs some refining, but the start is there.

30s of week 9-28-09

Here are my sketches from last week. I only got out two. Damn slacker. Staying with the simplified idea and working my way through the characters.


Here's Grover. I feel he still needs work. Something with the mouth...


Abby came out well. She's a bit busy with all her details, but she's cute.