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Farmers Insurance Commercial

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:21:45 -0800

Once upon two years ago at my friend, Debra’s, yearly holiday cookie party, sitting on her couch in the next room was none other than JK Simmons. Weird, right?
I calmly walked into the kitchen where Debra and her wife were mixing dough for about 800 cookies. I said “Debra... there’s a movie star in your living room.” She laughed and explained that JK lives in her neighborhood and their kids attend the same school.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d run into Mr. Simmons again, unless it was at another one of Debra’s cookie parties! But I did run into him, because I had the pleasure of designing a HUGE jack in the box for one of the many Farmers Insurance commercials for which JK Simmons stars in as Professor Nathanial Burke.
He’s a very pleasant fellow, and enjoys holiday cookies, it turns out, with the same amount of verve that I do.
The whole shoot is documented in great detail on my Behanced Page, but the main stills are hanging out on this site in my portfolio.

Pervy Paper Dolls for The Pleasure Chest

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:44:11 -0700

Inarguably the MOST FUN PROJECT of 2011 was designing and illustrating a 12 page activity book for The Pleasure Chest! We also came together and held a special CraftNight at the store, where patrons colored and assembled the dream date of their choice! The book is highly provocative, and since this is a PG-Raged blog, I can’t really include the racy illustrations!

But I can say that it included such hits as:
• Vagina Match-Up
• Kinky Crossword
• Doodle Your Daddy
• The Not-So-Difficult-Dot-to-Dot

Examples can be found in my portfolio, as well as the above included link to the Kinky CraftNight we held in the store.

A Paper Doll of Mikey the Bartender

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:47:48 -0700

Mikey works at Akbar on the corner of Sunset and Fountain, and every Wednesday, so do I, running CraftNight!
It was Mikey’s birthday last week, and he hinted to me at one point that he really wanted a paper doll of himself... so I sat right down and illustrated it! If you couldn’t make it to CraftNight last week, or if you just live really far away and feel like coloring a bartender, never fear, Mike’s here!
Download, print and have fun!
DOWNLOAD MIKEY

Commercial Work

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:42:54 -0700

Upon viewing my portfolio, you may have gathered that I can do A LOT of stuff. The phrase is usually “Jack of all trades, master of none.”
But I think that’s just a lot of bunkus.
I’ve devoted myself to learning many different types of work over a span of 20 years, from animation, to sculpture, to puppet making, doing stuff with actual pen and paper, and doing stuff on computers. It doesn’t make sense to do JUST ONE THING, and I don’t market myself that way on this site.
But I do realize that a plethora of options can be overwhelming, especially to people who need to make fast decisions based on what they see in the short amount of time they have to pick an artist for a project.
This is why I’ve launched a little side-site with ONLY commercial work. The reason I am a freelancer is that I enjoy the variety of work that comes to me. Movies and Television are especially fun because it’s fast, challenging and always interesting. I found lots of my work on YouTube, the Behance Network interface is great for streaming URLs, and it’s fun to make friends with other artists. Check it out!

The Problem with Non-Disclosure Agreements

Sun, 29 May 2011 20:48:27 -0700

Is that I can’t reveal A LOT of what I’m working on right now, which is so frustrating, because it’s SO COOL!
But “Seriously Funny Kids”, hosted by Heidi Klume, has recently broadcast episodes involving the “Mind Reading Goat” as well as “America’s Next Top Farm Animal” both of which I had a hand in making graphics for, respectively. You can check out the entire series of “Mind-Reading Goat Graphics” RIGHT HERE.

Here’s a little list of work I can hint at, but not tell:

1.) A certain character that wears a grey suit, red bow tie, and who, in the 80s, had a “Big Adventure.”
2.) Something on wheels for Foo Fighters
3.) Sleestaks, Bugaloos, Krofft Superstars, oh my!
4.) Amazing Underwater Technology
5.) Boulders, Rocks and Brambles
6.) Stuff for your Dog
7.) Things for your Automobile
8.) Holiday-themed household items