Posted on February 14, 2025 by James
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I was thinking of my sweet wife when I felt like drawing something really cute. I ended up doodling an adorable mouse couple sitting on a crescent moon. These mice lassoed the moon, then spent a date night admiring the stars. They enjoyed some…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, Character Design, character designer, cheese, crescent moon, cute, date night, drawing, eating cheese, illustration, illustrator, lasso the moon, mice, moon, moon made out of cheese, mouse, mouse couple, sketch, stars, sweet
Posted on February 6, 2025 by James
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My wife found some Mechanical Colored Pencils that she loves, and she asked me to try and draw something with them. Since it’s getting close to Valentine’s Day, here’s two cute little lovebugs! They met by chance, and the boy bug was just smitten…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, awe, bugs, bugs in love, cartoon, chance encounter, Character Design, character designer, couple, cute, drawing, heart, illustrator, insects, insects in love, love, lovebugs, meet cute, purple, rose, saying hello, sketch, sweet, valentine's day, valentines
Posted on October 17, 2024 by James
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I had the great privilege to work on another fun character design project for a swim school called Australian Swim School. This school has been teaching California kids how to swim since the 1970’s! I really enjoyed helping them in their new branding efforts….
Category: Blog, Corporate Mascots Tags: adorable, advertisting, appealing, artist, Australia, Australian, Australian Swim School, boy, brand, branding, business, California company, cartoon, character, character artist, Character Design, character designer, company, cuddly, cute, fun, illustrator, inviting, koala, marketing, mascot, promotion, sweet, swim school, swim trunks, swimming, vector artwork, warm
Posted on August 30, 2024 by James
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So, I continue my journey of practicing real-life watercolor on paper, with some successes and some flubs. It has proved to be challenging both in practice, and emotionally. I’m a recovering perfectionist, lol, and this medium sure is hard to control at times. I…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, cartoon, cute, daisy, drawing, farm, flower, flower pot, happy, illustration, illustrator, inked, inking artwork, little, painting, pig, piggie, piglet, pot, sketch, sweet, terracotta, watercolor
Posted on February 22, 2024 by James
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This is an alien ladybug habitat maintenance worker… On their planet, they had to create artificial grass landing areas in the sky to help bring back the purple ladybug population from extinction. These little ladybugs are very sensitive though. They won’t land on a…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, alien, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, bizarre, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, cleaning up, cleanup crew, cute, doodle, drawing, endangered species, endearing, eyeball, eyeball for a head, illustration, illustrator, ladybug, ladybugs, maintenance worker, odd, purple, sketch, strange, sweet, weird
Posted on June 5, 2023 by James
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We had the opening reception for “This is Family” at the West Valley Arts Council this past weekend. I had the great privilege of having 2 of my pieces be accepted in the exhibit. I LOVED admiring all the other artists’ work and getting…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, artist, artist looking for gallery space, Arts HQ, artwork, cartoon, cartoonist, contemporary art, cute, family of foxes, fine art, fine artist, fox family, foxes and pups, heart warming, illustrator, loving, modern art, pine tree characters in love, Surprise AZ, sweet, This is Family, West Valley Arts
Posted on May 31, 2023 by James
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Another book completed and out! This one is titled How to Teach Your Grownup to Read. It’s a funny children’s book with tools to help teach your child to read. A light-hearted way for grownups and kids in the stage of their child learning…
Category: Blog, Development Process Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, cartoon, children's book, comic book, cute, drawings, foxes, funny, helpful, hilarious, how to read, how to teach your child to read, humorous, illustration, illustrations, illustrator, instructional, kids book, learning to read, parent resource, picture book, poison dart frog, school resource, sweet, teacher, teaching, young readers
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 December 12, 2022 by James
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This lightbulb is practicing his daily exercises to brighten his light. He’s wearing his favorite seafoam tracksuit, lifting weights like a boss! Every day, glowing a little brighter, feeling a little stronger!! Remember that it can take some time and practice to see your…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, barbells, brightness, cartoon, character designer, cute, drawing, exercise, funny, glowing, gym, happy, illustrator, jogging suit, joyful, lifting weights, light, lightbulb, routine, sweet, tracksuit, watercolor, workout
Posted on October 28, 2022 by James
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I had a wonderful time illustrating this kids book about a cute little dachshund puppy dog who loves his blankie and just wants to play basketball with all the other big animals. It’s available now if you’re interested in picking up a copy for…
Category: Blog, Development Process Tags: adorable, artist, artwork, basketball, blanket, blankie, bravery, children's book, children's book illustrations, children's book illustrator, cute, dachshund, determination, dog, illustration, illustrator, kid's book, kid's book illustration, kid's book illustrator, picture book, puppy, sketch, sports, sweet, try try again, weiner dog, winning
Posted on May 20, 2022 by James
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This is the second book in an adorable children’s book series that we illustrated. We have LOVED working with these little buggie characters! It was an honor to be able to illustrate this next book in the series! With these books, a wonderful owner…
Category: Blog, Development Process Tags: adorable, appealing, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, bugs, cartoon, cartoony, Character Design, character designer, children's book, cute, drawing, endearing, graduating preschool, graduation, grasshopper, illustrations, illustrator, insects, kids book, kindergarten, preschool, sketch, sweet
Posted on March 5, 2021 by James
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I absolutely loved working on this unique branding campaign for Watch Me Grow preschools. It’s a cute children’s book that follows a little firefly’s first day of preschool. This was such an interesting book to be a part of, and actually a bit of…
Category: Corporate Mascots Tags: adorable, art director, author, bugs, bumblebee, butterfly, caterpillar, Character Design, character designer, character poses, children's book, children's book development, cute, darling, dragonfly, drawing, expression sheets, firefly, first day of preschool, grasshopper, illustration, illustrator, insects, kid's book, kids book, moth, picture book, preschool, sketch, sketch overs, snail, sweet, the kindness bugs, writer
Posted on November 7, 2020 by James
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Halloween has come and gone, time to clean up and get ready for Thanksgiving! Which do you love most- Halloween or Thanksgiving? Worked on and off on this illustration on my new tablet-laptop in Clip Studio Paint. I’m getting more comfortable with this new…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, artwork, black cat, candy, cleaning up, cute, decorations, doodle, drawing, front porch, Halloween, illustration, illustrator, jack-o-lantern, pumpkin, scarecrow, sketch, sweeping, sweet, with broom
Posted on September 21, 2020 by James
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We had fun illustrating this children’s book that encourages kids to brush and floss their teeth more regularly. It could have been a stuffy subject, but the author did a great job of making it a whimsical and interesting story! Brooklynn takes on the…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, artwork, Brooklynn crushes the tooth ghouls, brushing teeth, candy, cartoon, children's book, children's book illustrator, cowgirl, cute, dental, dentist, drawing, floss, flossing, Halloween, hygiene, illustration, illustrator, kid's book, kids book illustrator, picture book, picture book illustrator, sketch, sweet, teeth, tooth, toothbrush, toothpaste
Posted on April 23, 2020 by James
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I loved illustrating this unique story! This book is about a kangaroo with extra large feet who travels to Alaska to become a sled dog! This book is titled, Mush-A-Roo: The Adventures of Seven The “Dog Sledding” Kangaroo. The name of the Kangaroo is…
Category: Blog, Development Process Tags: adorable, Alaska, artist, Australia, cartoon, cartoonist, children's book, cold, cute, dog musher, dogs, endearing, falling through, frozen, heartwarming, illustrations, illustrator, independent author, indie author, indie books, kangaroo, kid's book, kindness, lake, mushing, parrot, picture book, race, racing, self publishing, sled dogs, sledding, snow, sweet, teamwork, thin ice, travel, traveling, winning a race
