Felix the Dinosaur

He likes books and bow ties.

Happy Tee Bot Is Go!

I just opened up a new Etsy Shop.  I call it "Happy Tee Bot."  I sell shirts for kids.

I have my first two designs printed already with another two on the way soon (one of which involves glow-in-the-dark ink!)

You can SEE THE SHOP HERE.

Fractured Fairy Tales

I recently did some short comics for Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (chuckling encouraged.)  They put out some pretty fun books for kids (grown -ups too.)  This story is for a collection of fractured fairy tales called "The Enchanted Toilet."  Fun times.

My friend Michelle did some good stories for the book too.

all images in this post copyright Portable Press 2012

Picture Book Marathon 2012

This year's Picture Book Marathon is coming up in February.  I'm a bit sad that I can't participate this year (due to a time sucking secret project that I'm working on.)

But I got to do the logo for this year's PBM.  So that was fun.

The "leap!" bit comes from this year being a leap year.  One extra day.  Woot.

My Talented Friends

I know some amazingly talented people.  See for yourself.

Jed Henry just made this great book trailer:



Jed authored and illustrated Cheer Up Mouse.  It will be available in print Fall 2012.


Julie Olson just released her first ebook:

More info on that can be found HERE.

She even made free coloring pages of the book available HERE.


Mike Phipps makes the coolest Tees and Ties around:

You can buy them HERE and HERE.


See?  Aren't my friends the coolest?

Merry Christmas

Earlier this year I had the wonderful opportunity to be on a set-building crew locally here in Utah.  We we building a set to resemble ancient Jerusalem.  Here is one of the videos shot on that set.

It was a great project to be a part of.  Merry Christmas.

PS: Pretty much all of the "stone" you see in the video is styrofoam blocks carved to look like stone.  It was mounted on plywood walls and sprayed with cement from a high-pressure hose.  Then the cement (thousands of square feet) was textured by hand with brushes and such.  That was what our crew did on the show.  It was grand.  I loved this job.

PPS: The porch where Mary meets to talk with Martha was my favorite place to eat lunch every day.  I ate many a turkey sandwhich there.

PPPS: You can see more of the videos shot on this set HERE.  Or just download the FREE APP.

Octorok

Just messing around with gouache and Photoshop.

Cardboard Cyborg

This year for Halloween I wanted to see if I could make a costume for exactly $0.  Turns out, I can.  Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you cardboard cyborg.  Truly a marvel of modern science.

I'll see if I can get some better photos posted soon to show off the details.

I love Halloween.  Does it show?