Rob's Blog Log

Ace of Cake . . . Boxes

Rob — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:12:06 +0000

Marks and Spencer is a UK retailer known for their creative cakes. Earlier in the year I was commissioned to create a cake box for their hedgehog cake. The assignment: create a fun cakebox with lots of bugs, leaves and hedgehogs . . . They had me at bugs.

Cake Box Mock-Up

Illustration Friday - Breakfast

Rob — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:24:56 +0000

I've been a fan of Illustration Friday for quite some time. This is the first opportunity I've had to participate.

Hope you enjoy your breakfast!

Globey the Globe

Rob — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:17:08 +0000

Globey was a boy that lived in town.

They called him Globey cause he was totally round.

He had freckles in the right place.

It looked like Continents all over his face.

Now Globey's got the best job in town.

He sits in the classroom and spins round and round.

Alien Birthday card

Rob — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:39:47 +0000

Here's a recent birthday card art I created using photoshop and illustrator.

Football Coach Joke

Rob — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:23:16 +0000

Q: Why did the Coach go to the bank?

A: To get his Quarterback

Travel through the town Game Art

Rob — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:41:03 +0000

Don't you just love spring? Driving through town with your windows rolled down and radio blasting as you head to the pharmacy to pick up allergy meds. Which brings me to my point . . . game boards.

I was asked to create this fun game board as an activity piece for Sunday School Curriculum. Drawing little towns, houses and villages are so fun. Like drawing characters each building has it's own personality and story to tell.

Pixar Characters and tiki gods

Rob — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:12:48 +0000

Who doesn't love Pixar? I can't name anyone. So when Mattel asked me to illustrate several of the Pixar characters as tiki gods I jumped at the chance. I think I said "Yes!" before I realized the deadline was less than 24 hours away. Not that, that mattered. I was gonna do this job if it meant propping my eyes open with tooth picks and an i.v. drip of caffeine. The Mission - Mattel was making a special action figure/doll of John Lasseter to present to him at Toy Fair. The Theme - was centered around Mr. Lasseter's love of Hawaiian shirts. My Job - create the super hip tiki art for the packaging. Sketches, revisions and approval were all met on time. I even managed to get in a few minutes of sleep. Mattel was excited about the art and I had visions of the John Lasseter action figure nestled among Woody and Buzz in Mr. Lasseter's office. Unfortunately, I am not able to show the action figure. I can tell you that it looks great and comes decked out in a Hawaiian shirt. This action figure doesn't have kun-fu grip but if you get real close he will give you a hug.

Kids Jokes and Art

Rob — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:43:24 +0000

Q: What do you call a fly with no wings?

A: A walk

Q: Why didn't the skeleton go to church?

A: They had no organs

Joke Page Art

Rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:15 +0000

I created this art for a magazines joke page.

Why did the boy think the moon was poor? He was down to his last quarter.

(insert laugh track)

Metro City News

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:13:26 +0000

Metro City Airport
Loses Suitcase Nuke
staff reporter Jasper Quirk

Noted super villain, Doctor Barium, attempted to menace a 10 city-block area this morning with a suitcase bomb. Barium was thwarted when he discovered that the airport accidentally lost his weapons-grade luggage system.

Metro Airport baggage handler, Floyd Greeson, unwittingly redirected the bag to somewhere unimportant in France. Greeson was hailed a hero for his slow thinking and complete inattention to detail. As the mayor handed Greeson the key to the city, Greeson said, "I'm not in trouble or anything, right?"

Though foiled, Barium's spectacular atomo-powered backpack carried him up and over a quarter mile before suffering mechanical failure, dropping him into a very tall tree. The reasons for the failure are unclear, although Barium suggested it was "too fine an operation for your puny minds to comprehend."

Barium was arrested and charged with intent to menace and would-be hooliganism. With no evidence, police released him several hours later.

"It's just. look, it's just been one of those days, all right?" Barium said later in an interview at the Metro City bus station. "I'm going to have to go back to Skull Castle and work on this." Barium swore that from that day forward, he would fly only with villainous carry-ons. In addition, he vowed revenge on Metro City and resident super hero, Bottle Rocket.

When asked for comment, Bottle Rocket was attempting to open his garage door. He said, "Wait now, what happened?"