Perugia Window Sketch

When Angie and I first moved to Italy, we lived in Perugia where we went to language school. Out of our living room window was an incredible view of the old Italy skyline. Here is a sketch I did of it, six years ago.

Art for our Ministry's Coffee House

Each month, we offer an American style Coffee House, where Italians can practice their English and experience American traditions. At each one, we have a theme (like Thanksgiving, American football, etc....). In February, our theme is "The Valentine Blues". I created this heart playing the blues just for this theme. Included here is the black & white inked version and the final colored version. Enjoy.

Fat Baby Pencil Sketches

Here are a few pencil sketches from my new children's book, Fat Baby. After I sketched the artwork, I inked it. Then I scanned them all into the computer, where I colored the images, assembled scenes (where necessary), then exported the images for the final product. I will post inked versions of these pencil sketches later.

Fat Baby Preliminary Artwork

Soon, I will be posting some preliminary artwork for my children's book Fat Baby.

Fat Baby is Published!

So after three years of work, the children's book Fat Baby is done and available on lulu.com. You can purchase it for for download or buy a copy that is shipped directly to you. If you do purchase one, I would love to hear your feedback. Post here or at lulu.com on Fat Baby's page.
This book was a collaboration between myself and friend, Milton Hendricks.

Life Sketches - Giraffe

I go to the zoo from time to time and take pictures of the animals for depth of research, practice and realism in my drawings. Here are some practice drawings of a giraffe including the original picture. The first drawing is the more realistic version and the second is the more toonified.

What I'm Reading

I am reading through a good book right now. It is called "The Complete Animation Course." Each chapter is like a lesson of sorts. Some of the material does not really fit to my direction of art/animation but has some great principles.

Fat Baby: Coming Soon

I just finished and uploaded my second book to www.lulu.com. It is called "Fat Baby" and it is a collaborative work with Milton Hendricks. Milton is a friend of mine, who also serves as half of our Forwarding Agent staff for our mission to Italy. His wife, Elizabeth, is the other half. It is a book that we have been working on for three years. So it is nice to have it finished and published. It should be available for print or download within the next week or so, I will post when it happens. Soon I will be posting some of the production work in pencils, ink, etc... for the book as I went along.

Christmas Once Charlie Brown Grew Up

Christmas Figurines Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

And from the perennial "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" comes these great figurines that are extremely well molded.