Happy (Late) Valentine's Day!

I drew this on Saturday, with every intention of posting it on Sunday, but then... forgot.



So Happy Late Valentine's Day to everyone! After all, why should my wife be the only person I give a Valentine's Day gift to late?

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The Crab

This may or may not wind up in an upcoming iPhone App that a friend of mine is or isn't working on.



I may or may not be an idiot.

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Log Jam!

One more in the can for my pulltab game side gig.



They wanted this one to be "extra vibrant," so I used lots of bright colors.

I also used real would in the making of the dam to give it that extra realistic touch. The beavers however are stuffed.

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Four heads are better than one.

A friend of mine and I are working on a new iPhone/iPod App for my weekly podcast that I take part in. Here are the icons for each of the four hosts that will appear in the App.



From left to right: Me, Steve, Tracy, J the Producer

Steve is fighting me over the pimple on his nose, but that just make me want to keep it in there even more! ;)

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The Devil is in the details.

A week in New Orleans and I'm drawing things like this...



I sketched this in my hotel room one night and splashed some color on it yesterday when I got back.

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Peanuts Envy - My crowning moment as an artist.

I've had some decent achievements in my young artistic life, but none compares with the sense of satisfaction I received upon completing my latest piece, "Peanuts Envy."



Look at the sense of 'want' that I captured on the blue squirrel, which is in stark contrast to the red squirrel's smug demeanor. Notice the all-too-subtle use of the peanuts to suggest something much more ANIMALISTIC!

I hope you got my sarcasm, and I actually really did have a fun time doing this. They can't all be the Mona Lisa, folks! ;)

Take care.

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Chip Game: 'Pumps & Hoses'

Here is a bit of new artwork for one of the chip games that I supply illustrations for.



The client had a specific scenario they wanted drawn for this one. Looking back, I'm sort of glad they did, as I probably would have drawn firemen as the band, Guns N' Roses, and I'm not sure anyone would have understood the joke.

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Brainless Chimp Illustration - Because chimps with no brains are funny!

This little guy is going to be the new mascot for a second blog that I'm working on.



For those of you watching at home, that first sentence translates into, "I'm a massive nerd."

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Small Update

I'll at very least post the avatar I created for myself to use on Twitter.



My forehead is actually much larger in real life.

My Twitter Page

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Spy Game!

I just finished up another chip game and thought I would post it.



The client wanted a "Spy vs Spy" theme with the actual guys from the strip used. However I talked them into letting me simply "pay tribute" to the idea without totally ripping it off.

I also whipped up some actual chips for the game:



Have a great weekend!

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Crash Test Dummy

I finished up another pulltab/chip game for the company I freelance for.



For this one they wanted a very specific scenario drawn up, and so I didn't have quite the artistic freedom that I've had on some of the others. I still had a great time creating it though, and managed to get it done just under the deadline!`

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Santa Loves Chips!

No, not potato chips. From what I've been told he loves chip games and bingo, which is why I was asked to create the following pieces to be used as a Christmas card for the chip company I moonlight for:



The Christmas tree ball will be used as the front of their round card, and the Santa image will be used on the back.

I had a lot of fun working on this one, but please don't tell my wife or I'll be stuck making our family Christmas cards from now on!

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Now for something way less gloomy...

I finished up another chip game...



Just so we're clear, this was their idea and not mine. I actually had the melons she was holding more of a cantaloupe color, but they were worried they looked a little too "melon-like," hence the reason she's now holding round watermelons.

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Queen of the Hill

I'm still doing the chip game gig on the side, and this is my latest for a game called "Queen of the Hill."



It's always fun to work with such vivid colors, since I normally choose a bit more of a muted pallet. However if you want your game to grab someone's attention in a smoke-filled bar, you'd better be using all of the colors of the rainbow!

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Alien Guard

I would have liked a bit more time with this one, but I'm heading out for E3 on Monday, so I had to crank something out.



I have been so busy gearing up for E3 and my shift into the art world at Microsoft Games Studios. I am now officially set to begin my roll as 3D Artist on September 1st. So much to learn...

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The Blob... In Color!

I had a few spare minutes, so I splashed some color onto the blob sketch from a month or so back.



I hope to have a big update later next week, so stay tuned!

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99 Bottles of Beer...

It's been a while since I posted one of these, but I finished another chip game tonight:



It turned out okay, considering I was extremely rushed for time. I usually get two weeks to complete one of these games, and for this one I got two days!

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One More Avatar

Maybe I should start charging for these...



This one was for my good friend, Tracy. He's a guy, in case you can't tell.

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Another Avatar

I made an avatar a few weeks back for a co-worker and when my office mate saw it, he asked for one as well.



If you hadn't guessed, he's a huge Star Trek fan.

We have so much in common. An average conversation goes like this:

"You watch the Seahawks last night?"
"No... there was a Star Trek marathon on."
[silence]

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DIRT... Take 2!

The client I do the chip games for changed their mind right as the artwork for "DIRT" was uploading and asked for a whole new take on it.



As you can see, I still found a way to sneak in two of the construction machines that took me so long to draw!

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Business Card for the Mrs.

My wife was getting jealous of me drawing stuff for other people and asked that I draw her a business card logo.



Here only two (somewhat odd) requests were that I draw her in jeans and that she be holding our Chihuahua, Tyrone.

Done and done!

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Quick Avatar

Tonight I made a quick avatar for my buddy, Sean.



He actually wears the hat to work.

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DIRT

This one took a while, and I'm pretty glad it's done, as it was quite a pain to draw each one of those machines.



I actually used to drive a front end loader like the one in the upper left hand corner, and now I'm drawing them for a living.

OH SWEET IRONY!

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Hoot Loot

Here is a recent game I did for my side gig, called "Hoot Loot."



I've got another one that I have to have done by Wednesday of this week, so I'll post that sucker too.

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Like A (BIG) Kid On Christmas Morning

One more before I turn in.



Off to bed... and the horrific nightmares it brings with it!

YAY!

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Dog Walks Man

Just throwing things at the sketchbook today, and this one stuck.



Kind of hard to tell who is actually walking who here.

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Happy Easter

Just whipped up a quick drawing to wish you all a Happy Easter!



If you don't celebrate Easter, I hope you still have a great Sunday! If you are in a different part of the country where it isn't Sunday today, then I hope you have a great non-Easter-non-Sunday day!

In other words... have a great day!

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Lars Umlaut

I really do have to get help for my newfound addiction to "Guitar Hero II."



I find myself having a blast playing songs that I don't even like. My only real beef with the game is that at times I don't feel like I'm playing a song, but more like I'm using a typewriter or some other mechanical device. Outside of that, I ask that each and every person who reads this gives the game a shot. I have seen it turn people who would never even play games into instant fans, and I think it will probably do the same for most (if not all) of you.

Now... I've got to go try and master "War Pigs" on medium.

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Kitty N' Fishy

Looks like cats and fish really can get along after all...



This happens to be especially true when the fish has tapped into the cat's brain and now has him under total mind control.

I have no idea what the goo in the end of the gun is...

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Bowler Hat Guy

Whipped this up while he was still fresh in my mind...



I may color it, but I actually kind of like it as simple line work.

"WHY AREN'T YOU SEIZING THE BOY?!?!?"

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Bang, Bang, You're Dead!

Just doodling around with a little sheriff.



While I was drawing this, I started to think of an old rhyme that my sister and I would randomly bounce back and forth to each other that went like this:

Bang, Bang, You're Dead!
Fifty bullets in your head!

If this was said to you, the retort was:

Bang, Bang, You're Dead!
Brush your teeth and go to bed!

I have no idea where this rhyme came from, or if we just made it up, but the fact that the person who has just been shot and killed tells the other person to brush their teeth and go to bed, tells you just how horrific brushing teeth and sleeping are to a kid.

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Houses N' Hills

Here is a background for a project I'm working on right now.



It's a pretty wide image, so you'll probably have to click on it to see it better. There isn't much detail towards the bottom, as this will be mostly obscured by foreground objects.

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