This year’s birthday cake was a mix of Squid Girl and Splatoon, which turned out to be super fun!
Muddy Buddies Final Artwork
I colored the final drawing using watercolor paint on a separate sheet and combined the color and line art in Photoshop. The pig on the left is colored after our first pig, Yoshi, and the pig on the right is colored after our second pig, Ponyo. Both have passed, so it was nice to remember them in this way. I wanted a suitably 80’s logo to match the theme, so after playing around with multiple ideas I settled upon a Back to the Future style logo. It is available to purchase on RedBubble. Click on the image for the full version of the T-Shirt artwork.
Pigasso Tribute Digital Final
This is the final digital artwork with a couple of tweaks and color edits. I ‘borrowed’ a copy of Picasso’s signature and altered it to read “Pigasso” as a final touch. I’m so sorry for your loss, Stephanie. I hope I could make a dark time a little brighter.
Pigasso Tribute
I drew this for my friend Stephanie. She lost her beloved pet pig Pigasso very suddenly and unexpectedly. Pigasso was a very special painting pig who created artwork for Stephanie’s Snout Art. I wanted to do something for her, and art is a talent that Pigasso and I share. I studied reference photos of Pigasso, and I created a scene where Pigasso was painting in Picasso’s style. The line art is India Ink with a #3 Rosemary & Co. Kolinsky Sable brush, and the color is watercolor paint.
Don’t Drop the Prize (2015 Revision)
This is an old t-shirt design that never got made into a t-shirt. I recently revised the artwork (to reflect my signature pig design) and uploaded it to RedBubble, where you can, in fact, finally order it on a t-shirt or whatever you’d like. This was in india ink, but later converted to vector line art and colored in Adobe Illustrator.
Muddy Buddies (Lineart)
I designed this for my wife’s running team at the Mudderella. She wanted my signature pigs decked out in 80’s gear. This is the line art, I will be doing the watercolor separately. Done in india ink with a #3 Rosemary & Co Sable brush (my favorite brush, and a Christmas gift from my wife).
Swampy Rumrunners
I designed this for a friend. He wanted a skull kraken in a less cartoony style than I usually work in. This was done with india ink markers, instead of my usual brush technique. I thought it would make it grittier. The final image was used on a shirt design for his running team at the Tough Mudder.
Ames & Zelda
A little 2″ canvas (with equally adorable miniature easel), presented to Amelia today on her last day of school / first day of summer. A cartoon version of Amelia and Zelda, drawn with India ink marker and crayons.
Yoshi’s Island
With Zelda on the way, we thought we would freshen up the paint in Yoshi’s Island a bit. It’s constantly a work in progress, and still isn’t technically finished, but I thought I would share it here in its current state.
3DS Charging Stand
Carrie needed a solution for charging her 3DS systems, so I built a cute little stand for them. I have holes in the back for the charge cables to go through, and everything fits nice and tidy on her night stand.
