Yabbi, the forgotten Wild Thing

This was a 10-minute sketch, testing my program setting and trying to get loose with the lines.
He started looking like one of Sendak's Wild Things, so I had him doing the marchin' dance.

Hairy

One of my long time characters. He's a major supporting character in a series of kid's stories I wrote many years ago. He doesn't speak, but he does express his emotions quite frequently (often bitter.)

Hairy is actually a mix of several animals . . . bear, hamster and squirrel. Took quite a few revisions to get him to look this way. I'll try to gather the various sketches of him over the years and post them together showing the development of his character.

Little Vader Bubble

Below is a little promotional image I drew in hopes to drum up some KickStarter support for Bobby's Biggest Bubble. Seeing this now, I kinda wish I made the subtle details of the "Death Star" bubble a bit more apparent.

Fuzzy Monsta!

It's great when you get the muse of creating stuff and new ideas start popping in your head.This little guy is a concept for another children's book story that I will hopefully publish one day. As with most character designs, I will return to it again one day and tweak the look. I find giving a character some time and returning with a fresh look helps fine tune the overall look.

This is the first time I used the program SketchBook Pro, trying out it's interface to see if I like the control better than ArtRage. I like the painting feel and flow of the program's control, the color picker is very handy and the interface is uncluttered - but I still prefer ArtRage's control of the line. It may just take getting used to and tweaking the brushes to how I want them to work.

Startin' a Blog

With my 1st book project on the way, I figure now is the best time to start a blog.

I feel like I finally hit a new wave of creative inspiration after years and years of just doing product designs. I've found it too easy to just do work for work sake; and I have forgotten about getting creative for simply having fun and experimentation. 

So, I want to blog about my latest designs and hopefully have fun in the process.

Occasionally, I will be posting about my first children's book: Bobby's Biggest Bubble. Nearly 20 years since I first created the story, and the book will finally be finished this year. (Thanks to a successful KickStarter project and the many supporting people who helped reach the goal.)

The book is set for release this September 2012.