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I’ve gotten a bit of feedback about my portfolio, and more than one person has suggested I run with my graphite drawings. One of those people (an art director) said if I could figure out a way of colorizing those drawings, it would be awesome. An agent pointed out one particular graphite drawing and said, “I’d like to see this …

Please forgive me. I may ramble on here for a little while, not having had enough sleep again. Sometimes I wonder why I have so much trouble sleeping. I read a lot of articles and hear a lot of news stories that this is a common problem. I wish being “part of the gang” made me feel better, but it …

I decided to colorize the “Lobotomy Pie” illustration from the Twisted Vol. 1 book and submit it to the online kid’s horror magazine Underneath the Juniper Tree. This would be how it turned out. Juniper Tree has a blog that keeps up with their latest, but they also have all their back issues available for viewing online on Issuu.

I’ve decided to put an all-out effort over the next few months into illustrating promo pieces for my portfolio based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. When I thought of it, it seemed like a good idea. It meant the onus was on Lewis Carroll to tell me what my next promo illustration would be, not me. The bigger reason I …

It’s hard to look away from a Ralph Steadman piece of work. Not only his illustrations, but also his lettering. I love how Flying Dog Brewery just lets him have at it. I’d love to have a book of his entire collection of beer labels. I found these Steadmans at The Headkeeper in Greensburg.

Look what this rubber band did for me. It’s like wrought rubber maybe. Isn’t it lovely? This little guy might find himself hiding in an illustration someday.

This was just lying on the ground for anybody to find. It’s totally a zombie finger, right? I mean, what else could it possibly be? Proof. They do exist.

Typos in public. Sometimes they’re good for a laugh. Sometimes, when they’re kinda more permanent, you wonder how many eyes O.K.’d them before they went to print. Turn Handel? Poor George.

No, it wasn’t me. Yes, I would have if I’d had a pen.

I’ve found an online magazine that seems to be produced specifically for my twisted side. It’s titled Underneath the Juniper Tree and is loaded with short stories and illustrations of horror for kids. If the magazine’s title seems odd, it might not so much after you’ve seen where it comes from. The Halloween issue comes out soon, and I’ve submitted …

Remember back in March when I wrote about reacquainting myself with figure drawing? Well, it’s gotten even better since. The short version of the story is, a handful of my old figure drawings from ten years ago are now hanging in my gynecologist’s office. Have a look:     The photos above were taken in the waiting room and just …

It was a good idea at the time. Really, it was. It started with creating a font. That was simple enough. I’ve wanted to design one for so long… Then the font ended up on my website. Wasn’t that just the coolest thing? Then I started thinking about how I’ve always wanted the font of my logo to be something …