Sneaker Sniffer

March 9, 2021

This was a fun one that I’ve been hiding under my hat for a while!

I had the opportunity to work with Bill Oakley (of Simpsons fame) on a new line of 1960’s-inspired vinyl toys, based on his own wacky ideas. I was a huge Simpsons fan growing up, and the seasons where Bill was showrunner were some of the best so it was really cool to work with him for that reason alone - but I also I love retro 1960’s-era advertisements and cartoon mascots, so it was exciting to work on something that was right in my wheelhouse that way as well. Bill has plans for a series of these vinyl figures but my design, “Sneaker Sniffer”, is the first in the series. It was definitely something different to have an assignment to draw a character who gets his “jollies” (as Bill puts it) from sniffing a smelly shoe. Check out the kickstarter right here!

Initial rough ideas and exploration for the “Sneaker Sniffer”…..complete with smell lines.

Zeroed in on these designs, but we still weren’t quite there.

Rough sketches of the rotation for the toy modeller.

Builder Bears

August 18, 2020

Here’s a new illustration I did recently for Clubhouse Jr Magazine! Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Cloud Art

June 9, 2020

Went a bit more “broad strokes” and painterly with this one. Was fun to do!

Mothers Day

May 21, 2020

I’m a little late on this but I illustrated this piece for Clubhouse Jr Magazine’s Mothers Day issue. I think this is a fairly regular scene these days, with a lot of Moms taking on caring for their kids, teaching their kids, and trying to work themselves. Cheers to all the awesome Moms out there somehow making it all work!

The Thing

April 20, 2020

My take on the 'ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing!

Adventurin'

April 15, 2020

Back when kids could head outside and play together and not have to be 6 feet apart! Hopefully we’ll be back to this soon! :)

Kind Living

March 27, 2020

Here’s an illustration I did for the March issue of Clubhouse Jr Magazine. Clearly this was done before social distancing…and Schools for that matter! Remember Schools? Anyways…this hasn’t aged well for our current situation. Sharing your sandwich with someone right now maybe isn’t the best idea, but hopefully it will be again soon! Stay healthy everyone!

Wild Words

February 18, 2020

A game I’ve been working on and Art Directing for the past year, Wild Words, is featured today on the Apple App Store in Canada. Check it out if you get a chance!

Toot your own Horn!

February 11, 2020

An illustration I recently did for Clubhouse Jr Magazine is out in the wild. It accompanies a great little story about music and kindness. Was lots of fun to do. Thanks for stopping by!

Road Trip!

January 23, 2020

Nothing like a summer road trip with the family!

Home from School

January 22, 2020

Here’s an Illustration I did for the October issue of Clubhouse Jr Magazine. It was an illustration that was paired with a kids story about the letter V. The idea in the illustration was to hide a bunch of items that start with the letter V so that kids can search for them. Creating the Visuals for this Vehicle was Very fun to do. I enjoy my Vocation! …sorry.

A Walk with Grandpa

November 5, 2019

Here’s a little illustration I did recently - thought it was appropriate for this fall weather we’re having in Southern Ontario. Well….back to raking leaves!

Thanks for stopping by!

Clubhouse Jr Easter Feature

September 26, 2019

So Easter has definitely come and gone, but I thought I’d show off a cover and feature article I illustrated for Clubhouse Jr Magazine in April. This one was really fun to do - they’re always great to work with! I’ve included some of my rough and not-as-rough sketches as well. Thanks for taking a look!

Cafe Couple

February 21, 2019

A sketch that never became more than that…

T-Shirt Design

December 18, 2018

I recently had the opportunity to design a T-Shirt for the Kings of Pool team at Uken Games who worked on Scratch, which includes me! It was really fun to turn the 3D character design of Scratch into a 2D design that would work well for a shirt, and also incorporated Pool into it in some way. This shirt is now in regular rotation in my wardrobe :)

Clubhouse Jr Puzzle Illustration

September 11, 2018

Here’s a new piece that just arrived in the mail; published in the September issue of Clubhouse Jr! It was really fun to do this one and it was a bit of a unique challenge since it was a “rebus”, which is a puzzle that combines the use of illustrated pictures in place of text. Check out the magazine if you get a chance!

Clubhouse Jr Magazine Cover

July 20, 2018

This is my second time working with Clubhouse Jr, and this time they asked me to illustrate the cover along with the feature article in the July issue of the magazine! I was honoured and had a blast illustrating this story about a frog who learns a lesson about kindness. Click on any of the images to see them larger. Thanks for stopping by!

"Scratch" the AR Robot

March 26, 2018

Recently I checked off another first: designing a character used in an AR (Augmented Reality) mobile game! For those of you who don't know what that is exactly, AR games use your phone's camera to interact with your actual environment. In this case Scratch is your opponent in an AR game called "Kings of Pool" (available on iOS and Google). You can place a virtual pool table in your real environment and go toe-to-toe with Scratch. This was a lot of fun to work on, and Cheers to my buddy Greg Puzniak for modelling the final 3D version.

Barbarians!

March 14, 2018

Here are some barbarian character design concepts I did a while back - Enjoy!

Emoji Warriors

February 26, 2018

A little while ago I had the privilege of creating some rough concepts for a new Animated series about “Emoji Warriors”. It's a show about Emojis...that are Warriors. I believe the show is still in development but I got the OK to show some of these. It was a huge challenge to design Emoji characters since the options are so limited without legs and arms. Tons of fun though! Click on images to embiggen! Thanks for stopping by!