Posted on November 5, 2021 by James
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We had a wonderful time illustrating this cute picture book, “Grayson’s Magic Dragon.” A story about a boy’s magical dream about riding his toy dragon come-to-life! A very fun story that myself and another artist colleague illustrated together. I typically illustrate all my books…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, artwork, boy, candy, candy castle, candy dream, cartoon, children's book, children's book illustrator, cute, dragon, drawing, dream, illustration, illustrator, imaginary, kids book, magic, magical, orange dragon, picture book, sweets, whimsical, young kids
Posted on April 23, 2021 by James
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I’ve created a new series of character drawings that I’m calling “Ooze and Awes.” It’s a bunch of ooze monsters in awe of cute things! This purple-ish slime guy loves puppies! Especially ones in cute sweaters! And this green slime monster absolutely loves his…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, aww, blue, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, characters, colorful, concept art, concept artist, creatures, cute, fantasy art, flowers, gak, gelatinous cube, goo, green, illustrator, kitty cat, monsters, ooze, ooze and awes, orange, puppy dog, purple, red, slime, slimer, slimy, sticky, teddy bear, tulips, whimsical, yellow
Posted on April 8, 2020 by James
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If you are looking for something fun to watch today, take a look at my latest sketchbook flip-through! You’ll see bugs, aliens, robots, monsters, animals, whimsical creatures, and all sorts of cartoons. These are all the drawings that I create for fun, when I’m…
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Posted on July 15, 2019 by James
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Happy Monday! Here’s an elf wearing lederhosen to brighten your day! I think this character has a bit of that fun, retro cartoon feel, which I love. And I really enjoy drawing on colored papers like this! To start, I sketched this guy with…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, alps, Arizona artist, Arizona illustrator, artist, blue, brush pen, cartoon, cartoonist, cute, doodle, drawing, elf, fantasy, fantasy art, illustration, illustrator, inked, inked drawing, inking, lederhosen, magical, markers, sharpie, sketch, sweet, swiss alps, teal, whimsical
Posted on April 5, 2019 by James
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A quick sketchbook doodle of a mole crab mixed with a mouse. They are known for burying cheese in the sandy beaches of northern California. I love drawing creature mashups using different animals! And here’s the little guy in color! I call it, the…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, brush pen, bug, concept art, concept artist, crab, creature design, creature designer, cute, doodle, drawing, fantasy art, illustration, illustrator, insect, mice, mole crab, mouse, pen and ink, rat, sketch, whimsical
Posted on March 26, 2019 by James
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Quick dragon I sketched & inked for my niece, in her sketchbook. She requested a bad dragon. I always love drawing things for my nieces and nephews! As you can see, I sketched this out with green col-erase Prismacolor pencil and then inked it…
Category: Blog Tags: angry, artist, artwork, brush pen, col-erase, cool drawing, copic, dragon, drawing, evil, fantasy, fantasy art, gasenfude, how to train your dragon, httyd, illustrator, mean, pencil, prismacolor, sketch, tough, whimsical
Posted on July 30, 2018 by James
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Here’s a new character from my Travel Sketchbook… an Elephant Dwarf! I had this idea written down in my ideas list for a while and finally took some time to draw him. What do you think this guy’s story is? And here’s my Elephant…
Category: Blog Tags: artist, artists online, artwork, cartoonist, Character Design, character designer, concept art, copic gasenfude brush pen, D and D, drawing, Dungeons and Dragons, dwarf, elephant, fantasy art, fantasy artist, illustration, inked, markers, mining, pickaxe, whimsical
Posted on May 2, 2018 by James
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Here’s a quick doodle of a bizarre little lizard creature. I had sketched and inked it by hand in my Travel Sketchbook. I’m really starting to love the Copic brush pen I’ve been using. It was a little tricky to get used to at…
Category: Blog Tags: alien, art, artist, bizarre, cartoon, concept art, copic, creature design, creature designer, cute, desert, drawing, fantasy, fantasy art, iguana, illustration, illustrator, inked, lizard, markers, monster, Murloc, sketch, sketchbook, ugly, ugly cute, weird, whimsical
Posted on April 10, 2018 by James
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I’ve finished working on another children’s book titled, The Stellar Way! It’s now available on Amazon! Here’s the cover illustrator for the book. It is a story about a young girl who is a bit of a poor sport. She had a bad attitude…
Category: Blog Tags: artist, artwork, beautiful, book covers, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, child therapy, children's book, children's books, cute girl, dance competition, dance recital, dancer, dancing girl, good sport, illustrations, illustrator, kid lit, kid lit art, literature, parent resources, positive books, psychology, publishing, redhead, star, star character, stars, The Stellar Way, therapy, whimsical
Posted on March 14, 2018 by James
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I had an idea for another water creature who ventures out onto land… this time it’s an axolotl! This little guy always had a heart for adventure. After years of waiting, he finally left his home to see the world. I drew this character…
Category: Blog Tags: adventure, aquarium, artist, axolotl, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, children's book illustrator, children's books, copic, creative, creature design, creature designer, cute, dive suit, diving, drawing, explore, fantasy, illustration, illustrator, imagination, inked, kid lit, kid lit art, markers, pets, salamander, scuba, sketch, travel sketchbook, whimsical
Posted on February 26, 2018 by James
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I rediscovered an old idea I had written down in some idea notes, stuck in an old sketchbook. I decided it was time to draw out this cute little creature! It’s a cross between a Bumblebee and a Boar… a BumbleBoar! These critters are…
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Posted on February 9, 2018 by James
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I sketched this little artichoke-pangolin fantasy grunt for fun. I wanted to keep him nice and round. I had this idea in my head and on my drawing idea list for several months, but just didn’t find the time to sketch him out until…
Category: Blog Tags: artichoke, artist, black and white, blue, books, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, children's, col-erase, copic, creative, creatuanary, creature design, creature designer, cute, D & D, D and D, designs, doodle, drawing, Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy, fantasy art, funny cartoon, gasenfude, goblin, grunt, illustration, illustrator, imagination, inked, kids, monster, pangolin, prismacolor drawing, products, sketch, soldier, toys, whimsical
Posted on October 10, 2017 by James
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If I’m honest, I’ve had this KidRobot Foomi blank vinyl for a few years, I finally found time to draw something on it… I created this guy! He’s a Dapper Steampunk Cthulhu! I had a lot of fun creating this character. I penciled it,…
Category: Blog Tags: artist, blank vinyl, creature design, creature designer, cthulhu, custom toy, custom vinyl, dapper, fantasy, Foomi, goggles, green, illustrator, Munny, steampunk, tentacles, toy, vinyl, vinyl toy, whimsical
Posted on October 9, 2017 by James
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Here’s an inked drawing of a deer with cactus antlers in my Travel Sketchbook. Thought it would be neat to give the deer a coloring reminiscent of a roadrunner. This fantasy cactus deer is the protector of the desert, and feeder of the hummingbirds.
Category: Blog Tags: antlers, Arizona artist, artist, buck, cactus, colored pencils, creature design, creature designer, deer, drawing, fantasy, flowers, hummingbirds, illustration, ink, inktober, inktober 2017, pen drawing, sketchbook, travel sketchbook, whimsical
Posted on May 17, 2017 by James
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Here’s a tribal bird creature I drew for fun. My concept is based a bit on a Bateleur Eagle. I saw this type of eagle for the first time and found it really inspiring! They are so cool looking and unique with their red faces….
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