Sunnyslope Slices [color tweak]

Marco's Pizza v 02

Cleaned it up a little and got rid of those scary bird teeth. Now all we gotta do is decide on a font! I've always been a fan of Cooper Std, but I'm sure there are others that could work.

Coworker Doodles 3

Birds GIF

I submitted a GIF to I Am Not An Artist, and they like it enough to put it on their front page for now.

Using Gickr I added another frame. I like the speed of the original (below) a little better.

gickr.com animation

Make your own animation

Marco's Pizza Rough

Clown Project - Time-Out Corner

Clown Project - Kitchen

Coworker Doodles 2

One of these guys isn't actually a coworker.

Coworker Doodles

Yes, I work with angry old men.

Clown Project - Motivational Posters

Clown Project - Gym: Stretch Guide

more Temple Israel Coloring Book

Temple Israel Coloring Book

Destruction Notice

Skull Island with the Jolly Roger

Is it "Skull Island" or "Skull Rock?"

I stole the cloud textures from a BG painter at work, and sloppily arranged them on my own. Sorry, Nadia!!!!!

Hammer'd Time Flyer

For an improv group I just joined. Our first show is this Friday!

"From Foster Care To Fabulous" Poster

Not my greatest work (pretty Photoshop reliant), but I'm pleased to be getting more freelance gigs!

Cowardly Lion sketch

Community Pool: Thanksgiving Edition

I'm the featured artist at this month's Community Pool, hosted by The Ahimsa Collective! Enjoy the turkey-tastic poster I put together.

Kleenex Klouds

Being sick is pretty boring. Boring enough to make me doodle on a Kleenex box.

Wild Thing Costume

I take Halloween pretty seriously, and I always get bummed when I can't make my own costume and have to resort to something store-bought. This year I was inspired by the resurgence of all things wild, thanks to Spike Jonzes' movie. I knew there was no way to top the furry puppet/body suits used for the film, so instead I wanted to stick closer to the original Maurice Sendak illustrations. That meant a lot of cross-hatching.

I also turned my beverage contribution wild. I drew the bird-looking creature and slapped him on some Wild Turkey (you know, since they're both birds). Totally unrelated side note: I made sure my mouth was wide open for every photo taken, gnashing my terrible teeth.

The feet were the only pre-made part of the costume, they're actually Polar Bear Slippers that I sprayed grey. I wasn't sure if it would work, but the spray paint actually made the fur look extra thick and matted, instead of fluffy.

I painted all the "stripes" by hand on a cheapo shirt from Target. I was gonna leave it strictly brown, but looking at the original illustrations I realized how orange things really are.

I went to Joanne's and got some "Grizzly Bear Black" fabric that shed like CRAZY. I got help from Seamstress Francis (who made most of the tail and both my horns) and Seamstress Dooling, with their magical sewing machine and hot glue gun.

I used pieces of my pants to make the claws, which kept wilting as the evening progressed. The brown part was some reject felt that Seamstress Dooling found for super cheap at Joanne's.

The pattern on the pants was a true labor of love. I wanted something reminiscent of the shading that Sendak does. Sadly, you can't really see that kind of detail from far away, and there were a lot of people who didn't believe that I hand drew every scale. I used a "Magnum Sharpie," which made our entire apartment smell terrible. I am so sorry, roommates.


The worst part of Halloween is the next day, when you wrack your brain searching for another reason to wear a costume and join a wild rumpus. I'm still working on it.

TYS Poster - FINAL Final Color

The color got pretty muddy the first time around, so this is the FINAL final.

TYS Poster - Final Color