New Hampshire Creative Club

The New Hampshire Creative Club is an organization of creative professionals such as graphic designers, photographers and illustrators. Every year they sponsor the "Academy Awards" of New Hampshire creative types–the NH Creative Club Annual Exhibition. This year, I was invited to design the call for entrees brochure. I was happy to oblige–an opportunity to get my work in front of colleagues around the state plus the NHCC gave me free reign.

The NHCC logo features a person having a eureka moment. Staring at the logo I thought of the statues on Easter Island. The idea of bringing the logo to life tickled me–and it would fun to illustrate. The fact NH is the granite state–well, that was just gravy.

Once Jim Roland (NHCC member) assured me that no one had done an Easter Island theme I started brainstorming headlines. "Don't just stand there" and "It's time to show the world what you're made of" seemed clever enough. I'm particularly fond of the bunny.

FYI–The final brochure was a tri-fold, 6x9.

Magazine Illustration

These illustrations appeared in Accent Magazine for a story about concierge services.

Stego Final?

This just might be done. My super critic, John (every one needs a super critic), wants to see the background developed more. I don't want the background to detract from the kids and the stegosaurus (my favorite dino by the way). Perhaps a few more details–bricks on the chimney, shingles on the house. Scroll down to see earlier drafts of this illustration.

Work in Progress– The Fuzzy Stage

It's been a long time! Sadly I've been busy with graphic design work and wedding plans and dishes and–you get the point. The illustration has moved from the digital realm into the physical world of paper and acrylic. It's a little fuzzy now–I build a painting with lots of layers and at this stage it looks washed out. As I progress it will become more defined, more rich and hopefully–less fuzzy!

Stego Color Sketches

A rough Photoshop color study of the previously posted sketch.

My First Blog Entry

Hello everyone! This is my first blog entry. I intend to use this space to show my most current work– from scary sketches to final illustrations. Along the way I would love feedback, constructive criticism is welcome–as is friendly praise.

For starters, here's a sketch of two girls washing their Stegosaurus–finish piece coming soon.