Baby, it's cold outside!

When I was finally able to bend my frozen fingers around my pencil, this is the most recent newspaper editorial cartoon that I drew for the Daily Journal of Johnson County,...it pretty much depicts what winter has been like in Indiana this year. If this keeps up, the poor guy might see the Titanic floating in his cup tomorrow...

Logos!

I thought I would post a small sampling of some work that I do other than cartoon or illustration, but it can be as equally creative and challenging! LOGOS! Here are four samples of logo designs that Lightspeed Studios has produced in the last year...

Mr. Spock I presume...

As any Trek fan knows, that if Kirk is there, Mr. Spock can't be far behind...Here's a preliminary sketch of Spock...

Star Trek work continues

Here is the final for the Captain Kirk character model. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It was fun adding the other elements to flesh out the layout—especially the "beaming effect" on the other figures behind Kirk. While I was working on it--I felt like I was bringing the characters back to life...who knows, maybe new adventures are waiting...

Happy 45th Anniversary-Star Trek!

For those of us sci-fi geeks that like Star Trek, it's hard to believe that it's been 45 years since the series debuted on television for the first time. Being an artist, there are times when you just want to draw something because you like it. Lately, for me, I have been into drawing my favorite Trek characters. I don't know if it's just me, but Captain Kirk is one of the hardest guys for me to draw. Can I get a witness out there? I have seen many artist depictions of the Star Trek crew over the years, and some get the likness right, but more often than not, they don't. I have been playing around with the idea of a new Trek animated series. Since the original cast members have gotten so far on in age, and we no longer have DeForest Kelley, (McCoy), and James Doohan (Scotty), the only way to bring the series alive again is through animation. Filmation did a pretty good job back in the 70's, with Star Trek-The Animated Series, the art and design of the characters and environments were faithful, but they were plagued with the time restraints of churning out a new episode every week, and some of the animation suffered.  Below, I have posted some of my sketches and drafts I have been working on. Hope you like them!

I like the angle of this one, but Kirk's likness is a bit off.

This is an earlier one that I inked--the likness is there, but I wanted a different angle.

This is my favorite--it has enough likeness, and a good style for animation.

Froggie and Friends Comic Book on Sale Now!

Sorry for the lack of postings since November--but I have been busy with work projects, and finalizing the Froggie and Friends comic book at the printer. The book is done and I received the final copies Wednesday. There's still time to buy a copy for those last minute Christmas stocking stuffers...head over to indyplanet.com to order! Paste this link in your browser: 

http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=44&products_id=4575

Below are some behind the scenes character concepts...

Book Sketch

I thought I would post this little sketch I did for a possible book. I thought he was an interesting character...what would he be thinking?