Wendy and Scoob

For the a Hanna Barbera art gallery.

Homemaking through the ages

I was approached a while back about designing the cover of a cookbook. That project never panned out; however the idea must have stuck with me while I put together some concept art for Hanna Barbera art gallery. This is one of two pieces I concepted for the gallery. I wanted to prepare it so that it could easily be screen printed in 5 colors. I decided to leave this one alone and push my Wendy from Scooby Doo concept further.

Toutau

Audrey

Digital black and white value study.

The Notebook

Coming Soon.

Michael, Jason, Jerry, and Julia

Took time away from the blue pencil and the sketchbook this morning to do some value and portrait studies digitally. It was a lot of fun to put together. Each portrait study took 30 to 40 minutes to complete. I'm sure there will be many more to come.

Random sketches

Random sketches from my daily sketch efforts. Focusing currently on character faces and figure drawing. Can you spot Neil, Deron, Carlos, Mack, Michael, Sean, and Conan? I hope so.

Sketches on the bus

On my recent tour across the central states with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir I found plenty of time to get some sketching done on the tour bus. Inspiration came from stuff happening around me during that time: Wimbledon, people on tour, movies, news, Father's day, etc...

In Progress

Working on some temple pieces that I could screen print and maybe hang in the house. Looking to nail it with 2 or 3 colors. I've still got some ideas to push around, but here is where I'm at so far with the project.

Face Study: Heidi

Face study on model Heidi Klum. I'm experimenting with some pencil and ink over the top of the original sketches on the two faces on the left.

3 pretty cute kids

Part of my daily face study. I decided to work on the mugs of each one of the kids.

Running On

Inspired by road signage, other artists, and the Ogden 26.2. The Ogden Union Station is visible in the background. The Ogden marathon finishes just up the road from that historic location. I created this imaginary sign to remember the event in 2009. My wife and I ran the whole marathon together. Looking at this logo you either see a man running toward you with the woman running  after, a woman running away from you with the man following, and maybe a man running toward you and the woman running away. In my case, I'm usually chasing after my wife, she is faster than me.

Tab Tour Logo

This is the unofficial logo for the Mormon Tabernacle Central States tour. It made a nice cover for the activity book I created to keep myself busy on the long bus rides. MTC OTS stands for Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra on Temple Square. Our tour route is seen below the tour date.

Pause to pray, think to thank.

This comment comes from the Draper Temple dedication. My mother-in-law recounted her experience attending that event. The whole pause concept got me remember the flat black pause button on our families first VCR long ago.

J-Cast collateral

Web banner www.j-cast.biz

J-Cast talent cards.

Minoi Minoi

Thought I'd put the concept that I was working on in November last year to good use.  Minoi Minoi is a great little Samoan song I learned after my first visit to Hawaii close to 10 years ago. I wanted to use some of the styles in art and type that you find on the island. I studied up on everything from travel posters and maps to restaurant menus and coasters.

Lead No Evil, Speak No Evil, Sing No Evil

The perfect tattoo for any fan of Music & the Spoken Word.

J-Cast logo

J-Cast is a talent agency primarily geared toward foreign talent in Japan.

BAUER bingo

Shoot it up with Jack as you listen to some overused lines from 24. Plenty of layers in this one. I wanted to put the created Bingo table to work with some textures and props and get them all playing together nicely. The wood background is a little too loud, but I like how it interacts with the glow of the numbers '24'.

Sue Lemon

I put this together thinking of a 3 color label. Maybe it has a home on a cardboard box full of lemons or something. Sue Lemon got her name from the popular Neil Diamond song titled "Soolaimon" which has a mysteriously unknown meaning.

Bauer Study

Demonstrating my limited skill in coloring in Photoshop, but I think I've finally gotten to a place that I'm comfortable with. Took the 40 minute sketch taken down during an episode of 24. It took a while to figure out what I wanted to end up with so you see a version in the middle with some textures I decided against using. I also decided to reinvite some of the original lines from my sketch in the final version. Added the 24 logo, and tweaked colors a bit so that each componant nested well together.

LaserTab

LaserTab: a hip choral mixture which just might include Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and an ABBA medley. This poster is more or less an exploration for me in getting several elements both graphic and photographic live in the same space. The laser glow is the glue holding everything together here. This is not an actual event for the choir. Yet.

Happy 25 years

He-Man and Teela 25 years later. I was interested in diving into the beloved color palette of my youth in the He-Man cartoon series and spread that out in this very awkward pose our our heros He-Man and Teela. He-man has kind of let himself go, he's got a gut creeping over his hairy underwear and a receding hairline. Teela has aged yet is still trying to make that outfit work. She's had some work done on her bust and her face to preserve that youthful look, but the grey streak of hair shows her age. Let's be honest, we all wondered if these guys were going to hook up one day.

The Pretty Boy

Just playing around with my paint brush in photoshop. Wanting to give a hint of lighting and depth the the cartoon face here. I wanted to select a nice color palette for a character that I came up with growing up. The yellow is inspired by a tennis ball. Don't all pretty boys play tennis?

Everyone a Princess

All my sister-in-laws made the claim growing up, along with my wife, that they sounded exactly like one of the Disney princesses when they sang. My daughters make similar claims now. This is another exercise in using existing color palettes--the exact colors that help us identify each of the characters here. Finding a balance between my sisters-in-law and the actual princesses was tricky, I tried to stay much more true to the princess style hand gestures to get the Disney princess look.