I just made my move into the DSLR realm. Because I paid a lot (what I think was "a lot") I feel like I have to shoot something everywhere I go. Bert is in the pose I feel like I'm in all the time these days. :)
This is Ernie is the style covered in the past few 30s. I don't think he came out as well as the some of the others. Eh, you get some, you miss some.
Not sure why I chose to do Ernie reacting to what comes out of a choco bunny, but it was what came to me when I sat before my Wacom tablet.
Continuing the series of... not sure what the style is... just continuing the look. Count everyone!
Here's Bert in the same style. Cookie is still my favorite of this series... so far.
Here's a little something I did for a concept to be used on a t-shirt that was to be used "in house". One of the other designs I did was picked to be used, so this is as far as this design got. This was actually sketched off of the puppet. So, the arm, leg,and body are more accurate to the actual puppet and not so much the illustrated versions of the characters. Enjoy!
The day job has been busy too. I know, its only one sketch. Weak. But, its in color...sort of. And, its Cookie!
This last week I started on a little business venture with a friend of mine. Our site is my2Bs.com. It's a design style we've played with for a while. They're called 2Bs. I've done some full custom work with it and thought that it took on likeness pretty well for a design that is quite limited in detail. So, we actually developed the line to work more towards toys at first. But, a business partner flaked out, so the idea sputtered. After some time and some more custom work with the design, the idea for doing custom products came about. We had some great feedback at craft fairs, so we decided to take it up a notch. And, here we are. We're still working the kinks out, but its moving. Stop by for a visit if you like the design. See what you think. Let us know what you think. And, if the mood strikes you, buy something. The piece you see above is our opening image. Something I threw together at the last minute because I didn't want to start the site off with a bunch of text only. 
I worked Cookie out in pencil form first. In the end, I liked the pencils more than the digital version. 
Then, went to Illustrator to throw some colors on it.
Elmo was actually the one I did first. I did a quick thumbnail sketch and went straight to Illustrator.
From the packaging...
To the product itself.
This is my favorite line on the sheet. Just the heads.
They're puffy! How awesome is that?
This is the sheet that sits behind the sheet of stickers. They even did a good job on that.
Here's Bert doing Conan's famous "String Dance". 
Ernie as Jay. Imagine his head bobbling a little. Heheh.
Ernie was my favorite. His features are the easiest to smooth out.
Cookie was fun too, but I took him a little farther.
Elmo took me the longest. The way his eyes work into his head gave me trouble. Just one of those days.
Ernie was pretty straight forward. I need to work on him some more.
Bert as a new year's baby! 
I traveled over our break from work. As some of you know, I have a Canon G9. I'm quite pleased with it. But, as I traveled, I saw more and more people with these huge cameras. Most of them didn't appear to even know what to do with them. But, I'm finding out that there is a image quality difference between my camera and the DSLRs. Simply due to the lens and sensor differences. Damn! Now, I'm working up a healthy big camera envy. Is it worth it?
Merry Christmas everyone! I'm in Singapore and JUST figured out how to get online. So, of course, the first thing I did was to post my Christmas card. Hope everyone is enjoying their time with their families and friends. Hope this Christmas is great and may the new year bring you great joys and mountains of fortunes! Hells yeah!! Cheers everyone!!!
Its Oscar in my Sesame stringy style. I always like working with Oscar. I like playing with the fine line that Oscar lives on. He's got to be friendly enough for Sesame, but also a grouch. Makes for some nice posing.
Bert was actually the first one that I did for this series. There's just something about the first one.
Here's Ernie as Astro Boy. HA!
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...
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.
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!?"
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...
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.
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.
