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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Voices

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This has been a wonderful week… hectic but rewarding in so many ways. I had all kinds of ideas for this week's topic and had planned to ...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Winter Is Coming

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A Game of Thrones is the first book of George R.R. Martin's masterpiece, fantasy epic. The good news for those familiar with this series...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Rambunctious - Illustration Friday

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Since this week has been one of those weeks… I am going to have to dig something up from the old sketch book. I do have all manner of rambun...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Creativity

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Ideo CEO Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play. One of the points that struck me in his talk a...
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Who Keeps the Fish?

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Coudal Partners is a great design, advertising and interactive studio in Chicago. Their site is packed with great information. Periodica...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

A holiday trip

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If you get a chance, take a trip over to Dot's blog "Dabbled" . She is having a little competition called the "Holiday Ar...
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Similar

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This is a drawing that I may use in a self-promo to interest new clients or get some new work. The idea is similar to something I did a few...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Balloon - Illustration Friday

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Once

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Once upon a time time had no meaning… and no one knows why or how it came to happen… yet it moved onward and ever on… through the days and n...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Been Tagged

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I have been tagged by Tomas and Yoon See . Much thanks. Somewhere along this path, everyone will be tagged… and then what? These are the r...
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Opinion - Illustration Friday

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Thanksgiving is just a few days away and of course it is a time to count our blessings… to give thanks… I started counting mine a long time...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Pretend

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Have you ever wished that you were from somewhere else? Or that you WERE someone else? At times, I am sure that we've all done so. I thi...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

O'Connell Ye Faithful

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For those of you you were wondering, here are the wisemen in color. It was the first draft once I got my illustration scanned and redrawn in...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Wise - Illustration Friday

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We're creeping up on Christmas and this only seemed like the logical place to go with the topic.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

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Here's the same illustration BEFORE I went wild on it with photoshop color.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Illustration Friday – Vacant

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Well, the hungry ol' cat went looking for a snack and his silly disguise only got in the way. And when he opened the cage, the "sna...
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Friday, October 31, 2008

4 Lessons

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Last month I was asked to sit on a panel of in-house designers for AIGA . Much was discussed and I think we all learned a few things along t...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Illustration Friday – Repair

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just a quickie this week… so much for the vacation r&r… they're working me hard again… and again, i took a few liberties… the spirit...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Did You Ever Wonder What It's Like Being A Freelance Designer?

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I can't remember where I found this list, but designers hear these kinds of comments all the time. One of the rich, volunteers I dealt w...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

REDNECK ART made with BBQ RIBS - Speed Painting

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I'll miss IF this week. I'm taking a much needed vacation with my lovely wife for our anniversary. I may get around to it later next...
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