This morning's appearance on KCTV5

A local author talks about his new kids book that celebrates the Jayhawks

Licensed ornaments

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Decoupage ornaments

Well, my time at Hallmark is over but the projects I worked on should still be showing up on the shelves throughout the the coming year.  This afternoon I saw these decoupage ornaments on sale at Target, which I had done the turnaround drawings for.  

Posey activity book

A book I drew for Hallmark came out the recently, which retails for $7.95 at Hallmark stores and works with the plush Posey Interactive Story Buddy (sold separately).

Iron Man papercraft

This is a Hallmark card I designed, and I also illustrated the Iron Man papercraft artwork too.  It retails for $3.97.

Star Wars Clip-Its

Here's another project I did at Hallmark that went on sale nationally this past week.  They retail for $4.95 and are on sale at the Hallmark sections of stores like Walmart and I assume places like Walgreens and wherever.  This project was a bit of childhood wish fulfillment for me--the little Greg of 1983 who saw Return of the Jedi on opening day would have freaked to know he was gonna get to do this!

Wizard of Oz book

Finally something I can show from my job at Hallmark!  This is a recordable storybook that arrived in Hallmark stores this past week and retails for $29.95.  Basically what you do is press a button and record yourself reading the book, and your voice will be preserved for posterity.  As for the character design, I had to follow what Warner Bros had established in their style guide.  However, it was great to finally color a book myself--I'm so used to somebody else coloring my books because I usually have to go off and draw something else for somebody else.





I snapped a couple of photos of the book on display at a Hallmark store.