Stipple Studio Self Promo Illustration

Found gem. This found it's way to me by way of an old print my father kept. It was a printed promo piece for Pencil Pushers. Our first mailers/handouts were black and white since that was all we could do cheaply. We tried to showcase a variety of techniques with stipple being one. This was a concept for the Reach toothbrush and I used my self for the model. The stipple alone brought back so many memories of working with rapidograph pens and constantly cleaning the clogged tips. Fingers tips covered in india ink. We did get some stipple work from this and other pieces, so at least it worked. Not the strongest stipple piece but it was definitely an representation of my work at that time.

The Squird and Birrel

These were a couple of goofy sketches I did year ago after hearing a friend, Gayle, talk about a skeleton they found in her back yard. They couldn't tell if it was a squirrel or a bird. So they referred to it as a Squird. They said I should draw up a picture of it, so these were the result. I still have them at my desk today. I had started compiling a bunch of animals to do in the future, but other projects took precedence. Years later I saw a similar theme being done with some super photoshop artwork on 1000 Words.