the Sun

During a recent extended hospital stay, I found it uplifting to draw Suns. I brought them home and made these from the sketches. There's a little Alexander Girard influence and definitely some Antonio Frasconi in that last one. I also love the various Suns featured on the CBS Sunday morning show.

Today's Parent

I did this illustration late in 2009 for a fun story about a musically-inclined family.

Peaceable Kingdom Press

Another fun greeting card assignment this time with PK Press. I'm including my original version and the finished design with the their excellent lettering addition, it totally makes the card.

p.s. Big thanks to Rob for that awesome "Andy Warhol blotted-line" demo baby!!!

More AG Father's Day

These are three of my favorite samples from another 2010 Father's day program with AG. The 'planning' called for a Charlie Harper-Jon Klassen hybrid style (specifically citing Charlie Harpers great Ford Times magazine illustrations). I really enjoyed the assignment.

American Greetings Father's Day

I didn't get a chance to see if these actually made it to the racks but I had fun with these and liked the line of cards for their simplicity. The images were to be 'dicut' out so you could see through to the colored background.

Textile Design

Earlier in the year, I had the chance to work with a local home accessories design firm Blonder Inc. Together with friend and Art Director, Jeff Zelmer, we collaborated on pattern designs for a shower and bath accessories program for Target and Lowes Home.

odd couple

This is an oldie from the sketchbook based on a very weird dream. I guess there are some parallels if you think about it.

how to host a...

I've had a lot of fun working with Elizabeth at Penguin Books on this murder mystery series from author Penny Warner. The books follow Presley Parker, a San Francisco based party planner with a knack for crime solving.

American Greetings

These are a few illustrations I did in the last year or so for American Greetings and AG Interactive. I worked at American Greetings for six years before going out on my own in 2008. I still work with AG on occasion and actually enjoy the sensibility of greeting card work. I'll post more stuff soon.

California

For 2010 promotions, Lindgren & Smith artists designed bookmarks for each of the 50 states. To see all the other great bookmarks go here.

George Washington

after Gilbert Stuart

I know it's completely random, but for a while there I found it almost therapeutic to paint Gilbert Stuart - George Washington copies in between jobs. This was my most successful effort, though he seems more angry with things than stoic. I'll hopefully get a chance to try again soon.

p.s. I'm a longtime fan of George so there will definitely be more postings in the future. : )

Huggies: Every Little Bottom

(logo and alternates)

It was a true delight working again with Leah and Ogilvy on this very special charitable program. Parents with little ones, please read about it here.

Family Circle Magazine

I illustrated a series of editors at Family Circle with their favorite 'easy to prepare' recipes. This was my favorite, the March issue, featuring Susan and her homemade vodka sauce.

National Geographic Kids

Baby-Sitters Club

In February, I worked with Fly Communications to develop illustrations and games for the Baby-Sitters Club website that launched in tandem with the book series' re-release. Yep the teenybopper gang of girls your big sister idolized growing up is back!

Twisted Whiskers Show

This was one of those incredible job opportunities that doesn't come around very often. I had so much fun working on these with art director, Ryan Wiesbrock. As a fan of classic MGM and Warner Bros cartoons (as well as the kick ass titlecard designs from Batman the Animated Series), I leapt at the chance to work on Twisted. We actually collaborated on these in 2009, but I hear the show recently premiered on the Hub. Check it out!

You can see more titlecards at Flickr here.

Pingpong Perry

by Sandy Donovan

A fun little kid's book I worked on that came out in February. More pages from the book can be viewed on Flickr here.

cleveland inspired

This series was inspired by the people and places in my westside Cleveland neighborhood and is a sort of ongoing creative experiment. It's completely different in style and subject matter from the rest of my commercial work and has been a refreshing change of pace. Check back later, I hope to develop the series and post more soon.

Communications Arts Illustration Annual 2010

The year began with a bit of good news, four pieces from an ongoing personal project were published in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual. I don't know if you saw this year's magazine out there, but it highlights some really great work. I'm very humbled to be included among so talented a group.

2010 Communications Arts Illustration Annual

Cover: Roman Klonek

Welcome to ACD!

Hey and welcome to the blog! I can't believe I'm actually doing this as I've never been a big 'blog guy' but I wanted to create a more personal place to post work and other things - so here it is! The name is inspired by the alley behind my apartment building. It's a sort of 'super-highway for drifters' traversing Ohio City and the cats, well they're out there fending for themselves and it's not always pretty. All of this is going on just below my studio's window and there's no denying it's had an influence on my work and at least for now, I'm going with it. Please bare with me it's definitely a work in progress. Thanks for dropping by!

Jamey