Christmas in July

Creating Christmas card art in July is not all that unusual around here.  In fact, stop by some time during the summer and you might just hear some classic Bing Crosby completing the mood in the studio.  Happily, this time, the art had me dreaming of snorkeling some far-off tropical waters.  And yes- there's actually a market for beach-themed Christmas art. 

Retro Sales guy

The assignment: Create a somewhat cheesy, retro, in-your-face salesman holding out a pen, with papers ready to sign- to be used as a small ikon on a website, letting customers know this ISN'T how they'll be treated.) It's always fun creating corny retro spots... The cheesier the better.

Storyboards

Twenty-five years ago I was fortunate enough to get my start drawing storyboards for television ads. Back then, they were all done with markers but now it's all digital... and much less full of toxic fumes.  Once I tried to do a rough count of how many frames have been pumped out of this studio over the years.   I'm pretty sure it's over 10,000 by now.  Here are a few frames from a job last week...