Tag Archive for: art
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival this weekend
self promotionI'll be here drawing caricatures Thursday, Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to Damascus
character design, Western CivilizationOnce again I had the honor of being substitute preacher at Second Presbyterian Church in Oil City. While we've been without a pastor we elders have stepped up and taken turns at the pulpit. Our new pastor, Rev. Greg Gillispie, will take over…
The Picture of Oscar Wilde
character design, illustration processHere is the third in a series of three images for the Pittsburgh Public Theater‘s season brochure—specifically for the world premiere of L’Hôtel, a new comedy by Ed Dixon. The cast is stars from the recent and distant past. I showed you…
Jim Morrison
character design, illustration processHere is the second in a series of three images for the Pittsburgh Public Theater‘s season brochure—specifically for the world premiere of L’Hôtel, a new comedy by Ed Dixon. The cast is stars from the recent and distant past. Yesterday…
The Divine Sarah
character design, illustration career, illustration processThis past January I had the pleasure of creating images for the Pittsburgh Public Theater's season brochure—this time for the world premiere of L'Hôtel, a new comedy by Ed Dixon. The cast of characters is 6 stars from the recent and distant…
Some great ink!
illustration career, self promotionThank you, Claire Kirsch, for your fine reportage on my recent visit to Penns Manor Elementary and my collaboration with the students to create the horrible & dreadful Baby Pandasaurus Rex! Read all about it here.
Loud art poster
illustration processI don't think I ever posted this—it's a poster I designed for an exhibit of music-related art at the Graffiti Gallery here in the National Transit Building in early 2013. I was without a camera at the time and took these in-progress photos…
L’Imperatore d’Etiopia
book promotion, illustration processThe Famous Nini is due out June 7, but Amazon.com already has copies available.
A scene I particularly like: the Emperor of Ethiopia arrives in Venice to visit Nini the famous cat. Here's the thumbnail sketch—
Here is the sketch, built…
The Wreck of the Salty Carrot
book promotion, illustration processThese images from Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies are up on my website, but they're kind of small. I thought you might like to see them here, so you can embiggen simply by clicking on them.
For the shipwreck scene, I wanted to mimic antique…
Peter Spit… cover ideas
book promotion, illustration processA bunch of cover ideas for Peter Spit A Seed At Sue.
These are all rough sketches, drawn about the size of a playing card. One idea was selected, and I drew a tight sketch—
Please add the watermelons!
Art director Jim Hoover creates…
