Kids' Book and Humor
HUMOROUS ART
Fantasy and humor
Summary:
From self promotional pieces to editorial illustrations, humor plays a large role in much of my work.
For details on I Luv NY poster and other illustrations, check out my GALLERY section in my fine art section
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ITTY BITTY BEAR BILINGUAL KIDS’ BOOK
Digital watercolor
Summary:
Wayne Dyer wrote a series of readers for bilingual kids in Spanish and English. The first, “The Itty bitty Bear” introduced a cute green bear cub who struggled to learn how to roar.
The illustrations were done using various watercolor brushes and filters in Adobe Photoshop.
You can buy Itty Bitty Bear from Amazon.
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DAYDREAM CHARLIE KIDS’ BOOK
Digital Illustration and Gouache
Summary:
I wrote this hide and seek story as an exercise in highly detailed digital artwork. It features Charlie, a kid who has trouble keeping both feet on the ground as he is whisked away by his “Wild Imagination” into a series of exotic landscapes, where the reader has to find him and several other characters and objects in an interactive journey of hide-and-seek.
For more details, see my GALLERY section, under Fantasy Art.
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2D DIGITAL ANIMATION
UN Internal Communications Project
UN "It's For Real" Films
Summary:
I created this animated mascot, “Bluey” to represent dissatisfied UN staff, with an olive tree “Olivia” representing management. Each video, which was accompanied by cartoons and comic strips, spoke to a theme of upcoming changes to make systems more user friendly for staff.
I animated using Animate Pro and Fountains of Wayne Keyboardist Steve Gold produced the sound and music.
The campaign was called “Change is Here” and short films and conics were sent out monthly to 50,000 UN staff worldwide.
Staff response to the campaign, and especially the character of Bluey, was overwhelmingly positive.
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Comic Art & Storyboards
Cartoon strips, commercial comics and cartoon mascot character designs
Summary:
I am illustrating a set of cartoons for ridiculous, but still current laws, state by state soon to be published serially in my upcoming “Dumb Laws” Blog.
I have illustrated several editorial caricatures of celebrities and politicians.
I designed an animated cartoon mascot character and created several hand animated short films for the UN as part of an internal communications campaign, sent out to 50,000 UN staff worldwide.
I also created a comic strip for an accounting services online publication.
I illustrated tens of storyboards, while working at Studio Designs, fo agencies such as Y&R, JWT, Amarati & Puris and McCann’s to successfully pitch accounts including M&M’s, Dr Pepper, Ray Bann’s, Delta Airlines and Bell Atlantic.
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FANTASY ILLUSTRATIONS
Watercolor and digital art
Summary:
Fantasy art has ever been high on my list of creative interests, and over the decades I have produced pieces for commission, kids’ books and self promotion. See more in my GALLERY under fantasy art.