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New Waves

New graphic I just finished for Luminate. Putting together a new group of designs for a line of eco tee-shirts. I thought it would be fun to do a design inspired by water, wind, earth etc. So this is the first. Hope you [...]

Featured Photo: Sunset at Peggotty

My Cannon died after the Hawaii trip So I’ve been stealing Dan’s camera to get in my fix. Here’s a nice little sunset
shot at Peggotty Beach. I guess there were good longboard waves, but because I’m rated worst surf photographer of all time
I stuck to taking pictures of my dog and the beach. Just [...]

Ditched for Waves

A cute little graphic I made… inspired by my favorite wave-loving [...]

Luminate Update

Here is an update on the Luminate logo. We came to the conclusion that the first angler was a little too cute. This Lumi-fish is tough. I started vectorizing him yesterday but I just didn’t like the feel of it. I am going to paint him by hand tomorrow and also make a sketch-like b&w [...]

Featured Photo: Babe on the Beach

Meet Chelsea. Strawberry blond, 45lbs, likes long walks on the beach and hunting for seaweed. Brant Rock, MA- Photo cred to [...]

I like birds... and Robert Ryan's Art

Those of you who know me know that I love birds. I like to draw them, have them as pets, feed them & watch them make nests in their cute little bird houses. I have a new turkey friend named Hannah, but I had to stop feeding her so much because she started using the door [...]

Dinocuteness

Okay… seriously, these are the cutest dinosaur things I have ever seen. There are a bunch of other super-cute birthday kits on Meri Meri’s website. Unfortunately the girls I live with might think it’s weird if I start putting dino toppers on our cupcakes… but if you have a t-rex loving 5 year old hanging around, [...]

Pencil to Vector: Luminate

I haven’t had much time to blog since I returned home from my trip to Hawaii. I have been busy making promo cards for myself (will post soon) and putting together new graphics for the new Lumintate Surf & Skate website. I sat in on a meeting with the web designer Jake Silva yesterday afternoon. We [...]

Featured Photo: Aloe Macro

On tsunami day in Oahu, we were stuck on the porch all morning… so I took some macro pictures of this flowering aloe plant. [...]

Featured Photo: Lucy

Say hello to Lucy. A little gecko friend Dan and I made on our deck in Hawaii. We got a couple good shots of her that I will be sure to use in some future posters. What [...]