A few character designs from Pete and Fremont, showing the reference and inspiration. I also include the first versions of Pete (the poodle) and Rita (the chimp). Rita especially gained more depth after art director Samantha McFerrin asked me to make her more feminine. Author Jenny Tripp gave the Lipizzaner Sisters wonderful MittelEuropean accents that […]
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My little African Gray parrot, Sherman, went to heaven this morning. Though he was small, he had a huge personality. He filled up our house with chattering, whistling & singing. He made up words. He sometimes called himself ‘Shermy-Pie’—his combination of Sherman and sweety-pie. It’s heart-breakingly quiet around here now. You can see him in […]
Here are rough sketches for the jacket of Jenny Tripp’s Pete & Fremont. This is a wonderful circus tale told from the point-of-view of the animals.
I’m auctioning mint condition, signed copies of Señor Don Gato on Ebay while they last. Of course I’m happy to sign/inscribe them.
Oh, happy day! My computer, before it had its nervous breakdown earlier this year, absolutely refused to recognize some of my old disks. Now I pop in a disk and voilà!—some old files I’d thought were lost forever are back again. I worked on Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians, by my pal Jackie Mims […]
I visited the Pioneer Steam & Gas Engine show in Saegerstown, Pa, last Saturday. Here are a few shots—you’ll find the rest of ’em here.
Back when Jenny Tripp’s fabulous sequel to Pete and Fremont was still in production, the story—in which Pete leaves the circus in search of a new life—didn’t yet have a title. Things were becoming so desperate AD Samantha McFerrin was reduced to asking me for ideas. Here are rough sketches for the cover with title […]
Thumbnails and tight sketch from Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex.
My computer had a nervous breakdown in March and I thought I’d lost all my images from this title, Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex. Here are some that follow the development of the cover art I found on a disk. The story’s about a girl who sends a T Rex an invitation to her sixth birthday party. […]
