Posted on February 6, 2020 by James
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I helped develop a logo and character for a new company in Australia called ScottyRooms. I really enjoy helping build a look & feel for an entire brand or new company. These are the initial concept sketches for my client to choose from. For…
Category: Blog, Corporate Mascots Tags: artist, Australia, branding, Character Design, concepts, Geek, glasses, graphic design, growth, illustration, illustrator, kangaroo, logo design, logo designer, mascot design, mascot designer, Nerdy, Scotty Rooms, Sketches, social media, sweater vest, vector, vector art, vector illustration, wearing
Posted on July 11, 2016 by James
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A while back, I created a bunch of wacky fish concepts for a Denmark-based mobile game app company. They were looking for several concepts of unique and imaginative fish for a new fishing video game. They wanted to see a progression/growth in the fish, along…
Category: Blog Tags: alien, aquarium, Arizona artist, artist, awesome, bait, catching, concept art, concept artist, concept sketches, concepts, cool, crazy, creative, creature, creature design, creature designer, eel, electric, electricity, epic, extra terrestrial, eyeballs, fish, fish tank, fishing, funny, fuzzy, game, growing, growth, hairy, illustrations, illustrator, imaginative, many eyed, mobile app, mustached, ocean, ocean life, plant, sea, shark, silly, Sketches, tusked, tusks, ugly, unique, venus fly trap, video game, visual developer, visual development, wacky, warts, warty, water, whale, zany
Posted on April 29, 2016 by James
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A great client of mine was starting a new branch of their business, with a kid’s Champion Reader program. In order to promote and launch the program, they wanted me to develop a great character and a couple science fiction space vehicles for it….
Category: Blog, Development Process Tags: animal, animation, artwork, book, champion reader, character, character artist, Character Design, character designer, children, children's, company branding, competition, concept artist, concept artwork, concepts, contest, digital artwork, dog, drawings, galaxy, illustrations, intellectual property, IP development, kids, learning, librarian, library, outer space, product branding, program, puppy, reading, science fiction, scifi, Sketches, space, space ship, space station, spaceship, students, teaching, universe, vector, vector artist, vector artwork, vehicle, vehicle design, vehicle designer, video games, visual development, young reader
Posted on April 15, 2016 by James
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I created these concept sketches for a client’s potential children’s book 1 year ago. Finally got permission to share the concepts. The client wanted this mentor character of the story to look like a sea elf goblin creature of sorts, with turtle features. Unfortunately…
Category: Blog Tags: Arizona artist, artwork, character, character artist, Character Design, character designer, concept artist, concepts, creature, creature artist, creature design, creature designer, critter, cute, drawings, elf, fun, goblin, ideas, illustrations, illustrator, images, magical, mentor, monster, ocean, old, sea, Sketches, teacher, turtle, visual development, whimsical, wise
Posted on December 21, 2015 by James
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A little over a year ago, I developed a new toy line for a client in the vending machine industry. This is the illustrated characters from that first toy line. A pharaoh mummy, mushroom creature, elf, king octopus, and robot. The concept, name, characters, logo/branding, and…
Category: Blog, Development Process Tags: 1-inch, 3D building, 3D models, 3D printing, 3D prints, animal, artwork, capsuled, cartoon, character art, character artist, character designer, concept art, concepts, creature, critter, cute, elf, fantasy, figurine designer, figurine series, figurines, fun, funny, goblin, illustrations, Imagiminis, king tut, little, machine, man eating plant, mini, monster, mummy, mushroom, octopus, octopus king, orc, painted, pharaoh, plant, plastic, prototypes, prototyping, quarter machine, robot, round capsules, samurai, science fiction, scifi, Second Series, shop of horrors plant, small, snail, soldier, tiny, toy designer, toy development, toy line, toy series, toys, unicorn, vector designs, vending machine, venus fly trap, warrior
Posted on October 26, 2015 by James
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Created my personal art piece yesterday, using my vegetable root dino concepts from earlier. I’ll be showing this at a small art gallery at my church for the next several weeks. The theme for us artists was “Seeds of Growth.” The message behind it…
Category: Blog Tags: Arizona artist, art piece, artwork, book, cartoonist, Character Design, character designer, characters, children's book illustration, children's book illustrator, concepts, creature developer, creature development, creatures, digital, dinos, dinosaurs, drawing, illustration, IP development, roots, sketch, vegetables, veggies, watercolor
Posted on October 2, 2015 by James
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I was inspired by an old vintage photo of a girl walking her pet alligator down the stairs… So I wanted to create my own illustration with a girl and a gator, but make it different somehow. My first sketch was a simple reversal…
Category: Blog Tags: alligator, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, cartoon, cartooning, cartoonist, character concept art, Character Design, children's illustration, concept sketches, concepts, cute little girl, dog walker, dog walking, dogs, funny, Gator, girl, happy, humorous, illustration, illustrator, kid's illustration, on leashes, scared, silly, sketch
