Read about my latest illustration and design projects, along with random geeky things that interest me!
Artwork from the 2019 Bettie Page Trading Card Set (5/8/2021) - Back in 2019 I contributed artwork to the Bettie Page trading card set. This set was produced by Dynamite Entertainment, which is best known as a comic book publisher. Some of their comics you may have read are Vampirella and Red Sonja, both of which had trading card sets I also worked on! Bettie Page … Continue reading "Artwork from the 2019 Bettie Page Trading Card Set"
Two Unusual Star Wars Commissions (5/2/2021) - I was recently asked if I could draw a portrait of a guy’s friend, but not just any portrait. Instead, he wanted me to draw his friend in a Star Wars scene. One of the portraits had his friend’s face replacing Luke Skywalker’s, with the Rebel pilot helmet and jumpsuit on. The second drawing was … Continue reading "Two Unusual Star Wars Commissions"
Firefly Illustration in the New Printed in Blood Artbook (4/18/2021) - For the third time I’ve had one of my illustrations included in a Printed in Blood artbook. The first two were the Stranger Things artbook and the Ghostbusters artbook, plus I have two more artbooks coming up that will have my artwork in them. The next book, coming out early this fall, will be an … Continue reading "Firefly Illustration in the New Printed in Blood Artbook"
Topps 2020 MLB Update Trading Card Artwork (4/14/2021) - In 2020 I contributed artwork to the Topps MLB Museum Collection, Flagship series 1 and series 2, and Gallery. I’ve previously posted about all of those projects except for 2020 Update, which I’m doing so now! This was also the third year of me working on Topps MLB products and sometime soon I’ll be posting … Continue reading "Topps 2020 MLB Update Trading Card Artwork"
Topps 2020 MLB Museum Collection Trading Card Artwork (4/6/2021) - Topps MLB Museum Collection is easily my favourite of all baseball trading card sets to work on. I’ve previously worked on the 2018 to 2020 sets and the 2021 set but that won’t be released until June. What makes this set great to work on every year is that the paper quality is the best … Continue reading "Topps 2020 MLB Museum Collection Trading Card Artwork"
Ultraman Trading Cards from RRParks! (3/25/2021) - RRParks cards has produced a multitude of different trading card sets, from the niche and strange to the far more mainstream that the average collector is familiar with. That range of subject material is one of the reasons why as an artist it’s so much fun to work on their projects! Previously, I’ve worked on … Continue reading "Ultraman Trading Cards from RRParks!"
Getting to Know a Fellow Trading Card Artist, Jim Dickson (3/21/2021) - Last month I posted a conversation I had with trading card collector Chris Mixer and today I am posting one with fellow trading card artist, Jim Dickson. Both Jim and myself hail from Canada and met on social media channels through our mutual line of work. We’ve both actively shared one another’s work on Twitter and … Continue reading "Getting to Know a Fellow Trading Card Artist, Jim Dickson"
Getting to Know… Me? (3/20/2021) - On a Facebook Star Wars fan page, I was recently asked to contribute to their ongoing “getting to know Star Wars sketch card artists” posts. These go up roughly once a week, and it is spearheaded by Ashley Marsh who is a fabulous artist herself. As the questions she posed me and the responses I gave … Continue reading "Getting to Know… Me?"
My Topps Gallery Paintings as Collectibles (3/9/2021) - A little while ago I was contacted by a baseball card collector who had picked up some of the original paintings I created for Topps MLB Gallery. These paintings were reproduced for the base and insert sets, and then randomly inserted into the boxes of cards. The collector sought two of my paintings out online … Continue reading "My Topps Gallery Paintings as Collectibles"
2020 Upper Deck Goodwin Aesop Fables Artwork (3/6/2021) - 2020 Upper Deck Goodwin is a highly popular all sports and entertainment trading card set produced by Upper-Deck cards. The set is a callback to the historic Goodwin Champions cards that first appeared in 1888. This is similar to the Topps Allen & Ginter trading cards that are made today and are a revival of … Continue reading "2020 Upper Deck Goodwin Aesop Fables Artwork"