Posted on July 30, 2015 by James
Had a great session of people sketching last night in Barnes & Noble with a couple artist buddies. Here’s the unsuspecting group of friends that I sketched from a distance. I loved the contrast of the shapes & sizes of this group. And it…
Posted on July 17, 2015 by James
Created this poster for a client of God during the 7 days of creation, making the light, dark, water, land, plants, fish, animals, and Adam & Eve. The image above is the digital illustration, the vector render. The client had a rough idea- she had…
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Posted on July 15, 2015 by James
Here’s a couple of Tribal Hamsters playing with fire. One understands the danger, but I think the other doesn’t quite get it yet… I kept it rough and played around with some of the watercolor brushes in my computer program, Manga Studio. Little bit different…
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Posted on July 15, 2015 by James
This is a vector character design I created for a company that creates custom wheel nuts for roller derby skates. They wanted a cool, edgy roller derby chick, as a mascot so to speak, for their product materials and branding. Since their products needed…
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Posted on July 13, 2015 by James
Here’s a cardinals mascot t-shirt design I illustrated for a repeat client. He wanted a cool, Photoshop painted cardinal baseball design, as a fan shirt. He wanted a tough looking cardinal, that was appealing to male and female fans alike.
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Posted on July 13, 2015 by James
I recently had the pleasure of developing a character and cover artwork for a children’s picture book titled, ‘I Sneeze in Three’s.’ I’ll share a little bit of the process for this character and book cover… I always start projects like this with development of…
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Posted on July 9, 2015 by James
Alright people! It’s almost Friday!!! Let’s try and stay a little more positive than Pterry today… (p.s. it’s pronounced “Terry,” but make sure you spell it with a “P” on his office birthday card. We don’t want another repeat of what happened last year…)…
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Posted on July 7, 2015 by James
Did some more people sketching last night… this time at Walmart. :) Didn’t have quite as much time to doodle as last time, but it was still fun. I enjoyed drawing the happy old man the most.
Posted on July 6, 2015 by James
Here’s a t-shirt design I created for a group called the Night Ryders. They wanted a mean angry skull with a bike chain busting through the skull.
Posted on July 6, 2015 by James
Here’s a sketchy style t-shirt design I created for the 60th anniversary of the Turf Paradise horse race track.
Category: Blog Tags: Arizona, artist, horse, illustrator, jockey, race, racing, sketch, t-shirt design, t-shirt designer, track, turf paradise, vector artwork
Posted on July 3, 2015 by James
Went to Target with a couple friends yesterday night to do some people sketching. You have to memorize the overall look of a person quickly as they pass by and then do your best to capture it on paper. It was fun! Hope to…
James Koenig is a global professional illustrator and product designer who specializes in character and creature concept design with more than 20+ years experience. He started his own company, Freelance Fridge, back in 2006 as a freelance illustrator & character designer! He has illustrated for over 85+ books, novels, and comics as well as developed corporate logos, and the look and feel of products, toys, and marketing materials. He loves the exciting adventure of working with clients all across the world! James Koenig’s primary focus is on story driven, character-based projects and has a love for creating creature concepts for children’s book illustrations, animations, video games, children’s products, and corporate mascots.
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