3 New Selfies for my Art Rep...

Here are the rough sketches and the final color versions of my three illustrated selfies.

I got an article in Illustrator's Journal this winter!

With winter about over, I realized that I forgot to post a feature I got in the winter edition of "The Illustrator's Journal"...

http://illustratorsjournal.wordpress.com/digi-mag-winter/

New painting: "OctoPete"

A brand new painting that I finished this week... let me know what you think. OctoPete.

-MC

SILA Silver Award Winner for this year!!

WHOA!!! Look what I got in my email today!!!

Congratulations! You have been accepted into our 50th Illustration West Competition. And you're the Silver Award winner in the Children's Book category.

Silver Award

Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles http://si-la.org/

This is the one that won the silver award.

MC

New year...2012

I did this sketch for my 15 minute sketch challenge on New Year's eve.... Have a great year everyone!

-MC

Santa's post Christmas rest...

I imagine this is the scene after Santa's big night a few days ago... come to think of it... that's what I've felt like since Christmas.

15 minute sketch challenge... Christmas Eve...

I had an inkling that Santa might take a break or two at a few houses to imbibe in some of his favorite snacks...

Merry Christmas...

Rat: The mutant!

I've got a brand new painting and it's a bit left over from Halloween but there ya' go... I'm working on an Xmas painting right now that I hope to have finished for Thanksgiving... stay tuned and hope you dig the Rat!

http://www.imagekind.com/Rat-as-Mutant_art?IMID=38f731cf-adca-4e6b-b0b1-a7d33605a867

-MC

New painting..."Two for the road"

Finally got around to doing a new painting... more coming soon.

MC

Volume 9 of my graphic novel

Well here's the opening nightmare sequence to Vol. 9 of my graphic novel... hoping to finish it this coming year...
-MC

Super Alphabet launched! :D

Hi everyone! I've started a new project on Kickstarter. It's my new kids picture book "Super Alphabet". Please stop by and take a look. I would greatly appreciate in advance if you contribute but I totally understand if money is tight. If you could take a few minutes to post the link to other sites and possibly send it to friends who might be interested, that would help greatly and you would have my undying appreciation. Keeping my fingers crossed and working on the text for the interior of the book.
Here's the link:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/180530905/the-super-alphabet-picture-book
Thanks,
Mike

Here's a drawing from a 15 minute sketch challenge two weeks ago! Summer in the Pacific Northwest this year has been coming in fits and starts but not staying. We have more clouds than sun. This is my attempt to visual who is causing this problem... at least from a metaphoric pov...
Hope you dig it!

The Letter "Ni"

The 14th letter in the NEW Super Alphabet series I'm working on... yeah, I'm that far along. I actually just finished the letter Omikron and starting on the "P" letter next. After that there's only ten more to go.
-MC

Introducing the Letter "Kappa"

The next letter in my Super Alphabet series to be published later this year!
-MC

Doggie Stylin'

I finished this just before getting the "FLU" a week ago... getting better but still under the weather. It must have been fever inspired.

-MC

Stan the Bird!

I've been working on some character paintings lately... bigger ones coming soon too.
Hope you dig it.

-MC

Introducing the Letter "Epsilon"

In keeping with this week's challenge, I'm showcasing the letter "E"!
I started doing designs for the alphabet at the start of this year and I've got 5 so far... only 21 more to go. Look for #6 coming soon.

New painting for November

You are sleepy... I didn't need a hypnotist to put me to sleep after that Thanksgiving meal!
Another new painting and I'm working on a new one this weekend. I hope to post soon.
In the meantime you can see more at this link:
http://www.imagekind.com/GalleryProfile.aspx?gid=1ddd8f11-69a7-408b-acef-dad00ee2b374

New summer painting...

I usually don't paint much in the summer... I'd rather be outside bicycling or kayaking or wading in the pool or visiting beautiful landscaping, but I am still drawing a lot. I've finished off the 6th volume of art for my graphic novel and started the 7th, which I hope will be the last volume of art for it. We'll see how it goes.
I'll post some of those drawings soon.
Enjoy what's left of summer... go outside and play!!!

-MC