On a personal note...

Sunday, September 17 2006, our new baby girl was born. The labor and delivery went really well. Mommy is recovering nicely.
We named her Olivia Joy Elston. For those keeping track, this is baby #4 for us. Now it's 2 boys and 2 girls. She's a cute little bugaboo.




Here's a picture of our second born son holding Olivia.

Illustration Friday - Farm

A farmer... 50s style.

j.

Day job

here's a piece from the project that has been taking up all my time. I am illustrating a 10 book series for Scholastic. This one is an interior illustration from book 4.

j.

Illustration Friday - Safe

Oh robot maids are the best...
j.

Illustration Friday - Run

A runner...
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skate shop logo

Here are 2 graffiti-inspired logos for the local skateboard shop here in Johnstown PA. I don't know yet whether he'll use them, but I had fun doing them nonetheless. I still skateboard, at age 35 (mostly at the local skate park), although I have salt and pepper colored hair, a wife, 3 kids and a minivan, and I know all the words to most of the Wiggles' music. Kids less than half my age are ripping it up, while I throw down the slow motion old school... well, my skateboarding heyday was in the early 90s, so I guess I skate more "middle school".
One thing is for sure, I'm not 18 any more.

I don't bounce back as quickly as these little guys do.

Illustration Friday - Match

I thought I'd try something a little different.

Bubbley

I've been busy busy busy. Deadlines and revisions and crap... Here's a new illustration that I cranked out for the heck of it.

redhead

doodle of a redhead.
Just looking for an excuse to use my markers.
j.

trumpet guy

a drawing from my sketchbook colored in photoshop

Illustration Friday - Sticky

heh.

Illustration Friday - Rain

Here's my Illustration friday entry for the topic, "Rain".

I had fun with Bubble last time, that I thought I'd follow the same thread.
I've been super mega busy with my freelance career lately, that I haven't been able to post very much.

j.

Bubble Girl

Here's my homage to bubble tea. I did another illustration a few years ago, after I went to the Chinese section of Philadelphia and had some very tasty Bubble tea. At the time, I was barely acquainted with Illustrator, so it took me forever to do it. I liked the character, and I thought it would be fun to go back and do another illo with the Bubble girl.

here's the original:

Illustration Friday - Cake

Spaceman cake!

Illustration Friday - Sorry

Here's this week's Illustration Friday.
experimenting with textures and Illustrator.
j.

Orangeboy sk8

Here's an orange skater kid.

Illustration Friday - Fat

waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing...
dinner bell dinner bell DING DING DING!!


here's the sketch.

illustration Friday - Under the Sea

Mermaid...

Illustration Friday - Robot

Robots on the move!

I've been so so so so busy lately, took me a while to get to this.

j.

illustration Friday - Spotted

I wasn't exactly gushing forth with ideas this week...
here it is anyway, the spotted frogs.