Archived Art - circa 1995 - GMC Vehicles

As part of my on-going effort to archive all my previous illustrations I stumbled upon this one. It was illustrated in pen &ink using the stipple (tiny dot technique).

GMC wasn't a client. Rather I illustrated the vehicles to show prospective ad agencies my rendering style.

Character Logos - Mad Man Billet

Here a couple character logo variations for a motocross bike part. Fun project since I havn't drawn flaming skulls since high school.

Black & White Photography

Black and white photography from this summer.

Distorted Features

Just breaking in a new sketchbook...

Grand Hotel Illustration

Detailed close-up


Here's a vector illustration of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. It was created for a web site. Placing the windows and pillars took forever to get "just right". Creating the angular shadows was a lot of fun to do because it gave the illustration some depth.

Archived Art - circa 1995 Editorial Illos

More art from portfolios past.

Archived Art - crica 2001 Factory Rat 71

This is a logo I did for my cousin back in 2001. At the time he used factory rat 71 as the prefix to his email address.

Flash Game Background Screen

Here's a background screen for a potential Flash game. It's a different illustration style than I'm accustomed to. I think it turned out pretty decent.

Avant Garde Clown Troupe

A couple years ago I went to the River Fest in Mendon, MI. They had canoe races, games, concession stands and this excellent Avant Garde clown troupe. I asked one of them to make me a balloon animal... instead he crafted me a balloon noose. Funny clown.

My Painting Area

This is a photo of my painting studio. I slop a lot of paint so I had to cover the walls with some plastic.

On the easel is a completed abstract cardboard painting before I placed it in a public place for someone to find.

Ironically there's a canvas behind the easel where I clean my brushes. There are days when that canvas looks better than anything I've actually painted.

Video Blog - Car Burning

These are a few quick clips I shot of a firefighting training session.

Unfinished Art - Youths

Here's some more unfinished illustrations. I believe these are about 3 years old. I thought I'd post them here since I'll probably never revisit them.

Unfinished Biker Art

I have more than a few illustrations waiting to be completed. This one is probably 4 years old. Someday I may revisit it....

Video Blog - Ft. Custer Mountain Biking

Here's a portion of a video segment I shot/edited depicting Ft. Custer's (Battle Creek, MI) mountain bike course. We transported 60-70lbs of video equipment up and down bike trails using one of those child bike trailers. The bike trailer barely fit the majority of Ft. Custer's trails.

(I believe this was shot during the Spring of 2003.)