Artwork for Family Guy: AFMG Christmas Edition

Hope you are all having a great 2018 so far! Since Christmas has come and gone, I just wanted to share some work I did for JAM CITY. Turns out they really liked the work I did for them during their Halloween event so they asked me to do some of their Christmas artwork as… Read more »

Iconic!

As a freelance illustrator, you never know what type of work will fall into your lap. One week it is designing mobile game characters, the other it is coloring books for marriage counselors. It really keeps you on your toes! This particular client was asking for icons based on their brand, which were to be… Read more »

Artwork for Family Guy: AFMG Halloween Edition

  Jam City tapped me to redesign the app’s 2017 Halloween splash page and I had a lot of fun doing it! Splash page rough sketch all the way to final in game art… Pop up art for starting, winning and losing windows. Below is an actual in game screenshot of what the pop up… Read more »

Ask an Expert Season Finale: Starshots and future of Space exploration + Bonus Art!

  Mr. Worden did such a great job starting the season off with his episode that we decided to use him to finish off the season as well. So I guess you can say our second season ended with a bang, or more appropriately a starshot!   (Below: Images used to represent the evolution of… Read more »

From my family to yours, Happy Holidays…

Ask an Expert: Can getting old be optional? And BONUS ART too!

Today’s show is with Dr. Aubrey de Grey, a biomedical gerontologist who is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Foundation, a California-based 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to combating the aging process. (Above: The aging process and the future we can look forward to? ) (Below: Prop designs for the “Scale of Aging Possibilities” and a grandfather… Read more »

Ask an Expert: What can ancient felines tell us about living on other planets? And BONUS ART too!

    Tiffany Vora is an educator, writer, research scientist, and entrepreneur that lets us know how molecules could make life on Mars possible. Possibly even giving bacteria a new reputation as a “dirty” power? (Above: In her Martian space suit. ) (Below: Fun trivia tidbit- Dinosaur descendants aren’t birds. Proof? Here is a Prehistoric… Read more »

Ask an Expert: Level up your health with an app? And BONUS ART too!

        This week’s episode features expert Daniel Kraft, a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator. (Above: Our burn victim bird before delving into the matrix.) (Below: The use of VR to help burn victims like our poor feathery friend cope and ultimately recover.) (Above: The scene is supposed to… Read more »

Ask an Expert: Can Big Data help take a bite outta Big Crime? And BONUS ART too!

This week’s episode features expert Robert Muggah, a specialist in security and development. He addresses what big data says about guns, gangs and drugs. Of all this season’s episodes thus far, this one focused the most on the individual birds than anything else. So it was up there in terms of fun because of how… Read more »

BONUS ART OF ASK AN EXPERT – LIFE UNDER THE SEA

This week’s bonus art comes from the episode featuring an expert on ocean science, climate change, space systems, robotics, biotechnology, archaeology, and paleoanthropology, Jonathan Knowles. (Above: “What? You are doing an ocean episode? You need a submarine? Done.” ) (Below: A front view of the sub. Exploded version for animation.) (Above: We released our krakken!… Read more »

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  • BONUS ART OF ASK AN EXPERT – THE FUTURE OF VR AND ITS SOCIAL IMPACT

    This week’s bonus art comes from Founder and President of LightShed and first ever Creative Director at the United Nations, Gabo Arora. (Above: A Close up of the “Safety Last” Bird’s reaction shot I had designed along with the broken clock and parts that sprang from it.) (Below: The rest of the scenery and alternate… Read more »

  • BONUS ART OF ASK AN EXPERT – TAY CHATBOT DISASTER……

    This week’s bonus art comes from Ask An Expert’s Futurist, social entrepreneur, computer scientist and author Federico Pistono. The topic, robotics! Federico discussed some of the controversy surrounding MicroSoft’s attempt at deep learning AI  through twitter interactions, which were personified as a young girl. (Above: Metaphorical Taybot, complete with angry expressions and bad wig) And… Read more »

  • BONUS ART OF ASK AN EXPERT – BLOCKCHAIN PROTECTED VOTES…

    Hey everyone, it is that time of year again! The second season of Singularity University’s Ask An Expert kicked off last week and now we are on roll. This week’s episode focuses on democracy in this day and age with expert Pia Mancini! So I had fun with this episode, in case you couldn”t tell…. Read more »

  • What a difference a few years continues to make…

    After sharing my last  post about updating some of my old work here, I decided to revamp more pieces. Here are two of my more favorite pieces. Done as far back at 2007 and often based off actually kids I used to watch over when I was a director of an afterschool program many moons… Read more »

  • What a difference a few years make…

    My “Dog Mask” series was originally concocted way back in 2007. Since then, I’d like to think I have a learned a thing or two, so I thought I would give the pieces a bit of a makeover. I still liked the core concepts of both illustrations but wanted to show off my chops in… Read more »

  • Bonus Art of Ask an Expert: SPACE

      I have been working with the good people of Singularity University, where they set out to solve real world’s grand problems. There, I have been working on content for a new webisodes series called “Ask an Expert.” Each show has experts directly addressing questions from actual people on twitter. This posting contains the concept… Read more »

  • Sketching up some nostalgia…

    Today’s sketch inspiration is brought to us by Hallmark. With the holidays finally over, all their 2015 Christmas decoration inventory was on sale and we happened to stumble across this gem for a measly $3.74! Can you say, “Done deal!” Don’t usually indulge in this kind of thing, but just looking at the box made… Read more »

  • First Super Hero sketches of 2016…

    I feel like 2016 is going to be filled with lots of sketches. A great go to for me is my fondness for super heroes. First up, Wolverine! I heard rumors of a Gambit movie. Let’s hope they do the cajun justice on the big screen. (Crossing fingers.) Lastly, seen the trailer for TMNT 2… Read more »

  • Militant Warm Up Sketches

    Wanted to warm up with some sketches using different body types. Not to shabby for a vector head like myself. “bodybuilder bully “The General” “The Merc” “The Hippie” “The Imp” Thanks for looking and cheers!

  • Happy Holidays from us…

    May you all have a happy holidays and even happier 2016!