Cobra Strike

Here are the elements for a new boxer...soon to be in a store near you! (well, maybe next Spring).

Kung Fu Theater!

Some more work related art...I've been able to do some fun stuff the last few weeks, working on a new Walmart Urban line and then the next batch of Family Dollar designs, which gives me a fair share of freedom to do what I want. The only major limitation is in the number of colors we're able to use - we're limited to six. You have to get a bit creative in how to go about using those six. If this design were colored in any sort of realistic manner, and you wanted to add a bit of shading, you'd quickly run out of colors, so my art director suggested I do it in hues of monochromatic color. This is a slight reworking of a graphic meant to invoke the feel of an old Kung Fu movie poster, but with a bit of an updated feel. The larger Chinese characters for the title translate to '3 Warriors', my imaginary title for this movie...the smaller characters above the warriors heads says 'Fighting Action!'..that line was taken directly from an old 70's Hong Kong movie poster.

"People hate, as they love..unreasonably"

A painting from the archives, based on a quote by William Makepeace Thackeray. Mixed media.

Recent work stuff

Some notes...the cracked helmet Little League design was rejected....too violent, plus the wood bats had to be replaced with alluminum bats. Upon looking at this design again, I've gotta wonder...'what the Hell was I thinking???" sheesh! The flaming baseball had the comment that it looked Satanic, but was still allowed to go thru. Trick'd Out (final design was repeat) and the turntable DJ (Mix It Up) are designs done for a Walmart urban line, though I don't believe either were picked up.