Posted on May 27, 2025 by James
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Have you ever felt like this red balloon? Having a day where everything feels like it’s going to pop you? I have been drawing more of my feelings this past year or so. This was a doodle in my sketchbook a couple weeks ago,…
Category: Blog Tags: anxious, Arizona artist, artist, balloon, Character Design, character designer, drawing, emotional, emotions, feelings, funny, illustration, illustrator, inked, nails, nervous, pins and needles, red balloon, silly, sketch, sketchbook, spikes
Posted on November 10, 2023 by James
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I started this drawing a while back, as a way to express the feelings I was having at the time. And now, I finally made time to finish the artwork. Not only has life felt a bit up and down lately, but coloring this…
Category: Blog Tags: anthropomorphic animal, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, bag, baggage, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, clouds, colored pencils, drawing, exhausted, exploring, fantasy, fantasy art, fantasy artist, faun, fawn, goat, growing, healing, holding staff, holding walking stick, illustration, illustrator, inked, inked art, journey, learning, mountain, mountainside, orange, path, sketch, sketchbook, sojourn, storm, strength, tired, watercolor, weighed down, weight
Posted on July 14, 2023 by James
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Rocket dog!! Is this a stunt dog for a circus or simply a boy’s best friend who he made this costume for? Either way, I’ve been searching for a name… Maybe Skippy? Or perhaps George? This is another drawing from my sketchbook. Here is…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, children's book illustrator, circus, cute, dog, doggie, dogs, dopey, drawing, flying, funny, golden retriever, illustration, illustrator, mutt, pup, puppy, rocket, silly, sketch, sketchbook, wearing costume
Posted on April 15, 2023 by James
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I recently created a sketchbook tour for the sketchbook I finished late last year. It’s been quite busy for me, so I hadn’t had a chance to sit down and create this video until now… This was my “pandemic” sketchbook, haha! It took me…
Category: Blog Tags: aliens, animals, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, cartoon, characters, concept art, creatures, doodles, drawings, explanation, flip through, illustration, illustrator, monsters, notebook, sketch, sketchbook, tour, video, walk through
Posted on March 10, 2023 by James
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I drew a cute, colorful bird sitting on a barbed wire fence. The prickles of the barbed wire doesn’t diminish her beauty. I hope you find encouragement in this, as you think about yourself and any prickly parts of your own life. You are…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, animal cartoon, Arizona artist, art, artist, artwork, barbed wire, bird, brush pen, cartoon, colorful bird, cute, drawing, illustration, illustrator, ink pen, inked, markers, mint green, peaceful, pink, purple, relaxing, sitting on a wire, sketch, sketchbook, sweet, tropical bird
Posted on February 16, 2023 by James
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Disney is celebrating their 100 year anniversary as a company! Recently, my lovely wife and I got to celebrate at Disneyland!! I actually got a chance to draw Mickey Mouse in Disneyland! I’ve never done that before and it was a wonderful feeling to…
Category: Blog Tags: art, artist, artwork, celebrating, character designer, Disney 100 years anniversary, Disneyland, drawing, fancy, illustrator, Mickey Mouse, sketch, sketchbook, sketching, statue
Posted on December 14, 2022 by James
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Drew a big blue bear and he invited us to join him for a sunset today. ❤️ I hope you slow down for a sunset soon too. You might find that you feel a little less blue. It’s been quite a while since I…
Category: Blog Tags: admiring, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, bear, big, blue, cartoon, colored pencils, drawing, enjoying, enormous, evergreen trees, giant, illustration, illustrator, melancholy, nature, pine trees, sad, sketch, sketchbook, sunrise, sunset, trees, watching
Posted on May 3, 2022 by James
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This parakeet wants to cheer up his friend … The hedgehog is a little apprehensive, because he popped the last balloon he had. It’s okay to try again little guy! I drew this by hand in my sketchbook. Here’s the look at the black…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, animals, apprehensive, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, balloon, bird, children's book, color markers, cute, doodle, drawing, emotional, emotions, friendly, friends, gift, giving, happy, hedgehog, illustration, illustrator, nervous, parakeet, pen and ink, pets, red, sad, sketch, sketchbook
Posted on December 20, 2021 by James
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This frog is ready for Christmas! What do you think his beverage of choice is? I’ve been wanting to draw a character for myself for a while now. This frog cartoon is drawn in my sketchbook with brush pen and colored with markers. I…
Category: Blog Tags: amphibian, Character Design, character designer, Christmas, content, dapper, doodle, drawing, fancy, frog, happy, hat, holiday, hot cocoa, hot coffee, mittens, scarf, season, sketch, sketchbook, snowing, suit, toad, wearing, wind in the willows, winter
Posted on August 4, 2021 by James
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I was asked to be featured in this fun art subscription box called Illuminart! I’m honored to be a part of it! I’m sharing a short video here of my steps while creating this cartoon drawing of a Chinese Crested Dog, using supplies from…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, art, art subscription box, artist, artwork, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, chinese crested dog, Christian artist, copic, cute, drawing, drawing video, fun, funny, happy, illuminart, illustration, illustrator, markers, pen and ink, posca pen, process video, silly, sketch, sketchbook, traditional, weird
Posted on July 5, 2021 by James
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This cute, happy little scarab beetle is heading to a picnic! Who do you think she’s meeting on her picnic? Had fun using my metallic markers on this one. Here’s a look at the actual drawing in my sketchbook: And here’s the lineart before…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, artwork, basket, brush pen, bugs, cartoon, character, character designer, cute, doodle, drawing, flying, happy, illustrator, insects, iridescent, markers, metallic, picnic, scarab beetle, sketch, sketchbook, summer
Posted on March 29, 2021 by James
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Here’s a little Mushroom Fighter I created for fun, for the Character Design Challenge group on Facebook. I did this one purely to relax and just doodle. Sometimes it’s nice not to put so much pressure on each drawing and just enjoy sketching for…
Category: Blog Tags: Arizona artist, artwork, cartoonist, character, Character Design, character design challenge, character designer, color markers, colorful, creature, doodle, drawing, fighter, fungi, holding, illustrator, mace, mushroom, pen and ink, plant, shield, sketch, sketchbook, warrior, wielding
Posted on March 16, 2021 by James
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I randomly sketched this grumpy little monster guy in my sketchbook recently. Not sure where he came from, but I really like his look a lot! I gave him a giant helmet that pretty much protects his whole body. I imagine that maybe he…
Category: Blog Tags: angry, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, biker, Character Design, character designer, creature, creature design, creature designer, critter, doodle, drawing, funny, grouchy, illustration, illustrator, mad, monster, motorcycle rider, orange, silly, sketch, sketchbook, small, striped, wearing helmet
Posted on February 23, 2021 by James
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Had this idea of this cotton candy cop, with the cone as his hat! Raise your hand if you’d get a sweets ticket from this guy ✋ I had a lot of fun with the silliness of this character! Colored in markers (once again)…
Category: Blog Tags: artist, candy, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, color markers, cop, cotton candy, drawing, funny, goofy, grumpy, illustration, illustrator, odd, pink, police, policeman, radar gun, silly, sketch, sketchbook, speed trap, sugar, sweets, weird
Posted on January 14, 2021 by James
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Having fun with this new CMYK pen I got! It’s been an interesting challenge to mix the pen colors to make other colors, like green and red… Here’s how my first use of this pen turned out. This is a galaxy space dog chewing…
Category: Blog Tags: Arizona artist, artist, Character Design, character designer, cmyk, cmyk pen, creature design, creature designer, dog, drawing, fish, illustration, illustrator, science fiction, scifi, shark, shark dog, sketch, sketchbook, space art, Space Dog
