Here is a snippet from a recent sketch of mine for the cover of a magazine.
This particular concept was killed and they went with another illustration of mine.
But I really loved this bird and wanted to share.

No birds were harmed in the death of this concept.

Here is an illo for a magazine regarding bill H.R. 3590
I also included the reference shot I took on the computer.
I am so glad we don't need polaroids anymore.
YEAH computer!

This was created for a story for Highlights
but was stolen from my life with my beautiful wife.
Parabéns Anninha, eu te amo.

I just started a year long stint with a publisher doing an illo for ever month.
When the director said they needed a painting of a "Fat Dude on a Bike"
I thought this would work. I always get stuck on colors, of mainly clothes. I
never thought of what clothes he should be wearing but looking down at my
attire, he sort of dressed himself. Never having a great self image of myself
it was easy to add these.
It was nice, my 2 year old girls even said, "that's a painting, you're my daddy."

Reference is always key!