Licensed ornaments

I found these at Target today, probably the last batch of stuff I designed while at Hallmark. 

Parris toy catalog cover

 I've spent practically the entire year working on projects covered by non-disclosure agreements, so it's nice to be allowed to post a project online for once.  I've been doing a lot of illustration styles lately that de-emphasize linework, so it was almost a new experience going back to comic-style lines and color.

Dumbo baby shower invitation

Something I made for fun.  Names and dates reflect the creators and animators of the Dumbo book and movie.

Some of the last Hallmark cards

Here's some of the last Hallmark cards I did before leaving the company, that are now or have been on sale.   I'm particularly happy with the NFL card below, one of the few cards I got to illustrate from start to finish.

When you open the card up, the scoreboard pops out, the lights start to flash, and Queen's "We Will Rock You" starts to play.

That's about it for the Hallmark cards.  There might be one or two more yet to come out, I'm not sure.  And I've got some ornament product coming out at Christmas that I'll photograph once it's in stores.

Albert Einswine pics

I can't put online almost any of the work I'm doing nowadays due to NDAs, but I can put up photos I took this weekend of the work I did for the Alburnt Einswine barbecue team.  They ended up taking 18th place out of 184 teams in the famous Great Lenexa BBQ Battle.   I got to eat their food, it was excellent!

Lion King print

 I was out at the mall today and finally saw my Lion King illustration on sale at the Hallmark store.  My phone's camera isn't very good, so the original illustration is below.  I have a Peter Pan one out there too somewhere that I haven't seen yet.

Alburnt Einswine BBQ logo

Another barbecue logo I just finished for a local team.  I thought they had a funny concept and it was fun to do.  They chose two color options.

Spider-man and Batman masks

While I was out today I picked up these card/mask combo cards I created at Hallmark last year.  The arms on the masks wrap around the cards and then you take them apart when you open them.  The masks also have sound buttons.  I illustrated the cover art of the Batman & Spidey heads from scratch.  The interior hero poses are from style guides.

Girl party

Hawaiian t-shirt design

 Improved one of my old designs-created a new girl and updated the typography.

Valentine's Day Hallmark cards

 Picked these up today while I was at Walmart--these are cards I designed last year while still full-time at Hallmark.

Dragon color