Scribbling Monster Diary for Galison/Mudpuppy

Posted by Brian under monsters, products

Last year I made this cover design for Galison/Mudpuppy for a diary. I just received a box of these books and they are just terrific. Nice 6 x 4.24 inch hardcover with a little padlock and two keys. They tell me that the journals are out there and on the Galison website here.

Scribbling Monster Diary cover

Scribbling Monster Diary interior

Scribbling Monster Diary back cover

I also made a puzzle for Mudpuppy a while back, and I have another puzzle coming out this next winter. Stay tuned for that.

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sketchbooks

Posted by Brian under robots, sketchbook

I’ve spent a little time drawing in my sketchbook this week. I don’t paint in it much so this was a little bit funnish.
sketchbook and paint: two little robots
sketchbook and paint: sneakers
sketchbook and paint: walkers

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I’m a T. Rex! sketches

Posted by brian under books, characters, childrens books

Back in February I was in the middle of reading Leonard Marcus’ book Golden Legacy, How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became An American Icon Along the Way when I was asked to actually illustrate a Golden Book. I jumped at the chance. This one is to be called I’m a T. Rex and it’s written by Dennis Shealy. The book is about a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex and everybody knows that I like to draw baby Tyrannosaurus Rexeses. I was giddy when I read in the contract, surrounded by all kinds of goofy legal language, this:

“The Work shall be about a cute baby dinosaur who talks about himself and his Cretaceous life.”

The sketches were completed a couple of weeks ago and I’ll be starting on the final art soon, working on it over the summer. Here is the sketch for the cover and a couple of the interior illustrations. Stay tuned for more.

I'm a T.Rex! cover sketch

sketch for "I'm a T-Rex!"

sketch for "I'm a T-Rex!"

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brian, that hurt

Posted by brian under the odd bits

This lovely Spring day makes me think of bicycles. So I thought I’d post a movie taken last September of me.

Moments later, redemption.

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Space Vacation for Nickelodeon

Posted by brian under editorial, illustration, magazines

Last week I made this illustration for the July 2009 issue of Nickelodeon Magazine. The story is something along the lines of questions people wanted to ask. The question illustrated herein is “when will we take vacations in space?”
The answer, as we all know, is the year 2023. Probably sometime around late April.
And if you haven’t tried it already, you should spend a couple of days drawing rocket ships and planets like I did. It’s way fun.
Nickelodeon rocket illustration

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