Finished Card Deck illos

Well it's April 25th and I just sent the last of the illustrations off to the art director for the card decks. I'll have some updated images on my website asap. Here's some of the illustrations from the "Pirates" deck.

November Calendar Art

Here's another calendar spread off to the publisher.

More Velvet Art

This is part of the new assignment. Klutz asked me to draw the technical illustrations for the "How to" section of the book. I can't wait to see a copy of this one when it's all done. I'll break out my old black light and have a very merry Christmas...

More Christmas Art

Had a quick follow up assignment from Klutz. 

They liked my "Candyland" illo and decided to use it for the cover. That was a nice surprise so I added a bit of color. The pallet is a very minimal because they want to show what's possible with the markers that come with the book. 

Here it is in it's raw form. They will add headlines and other items on the design end. 

Square One Card Decks

Here's some new spot illustrations for another new client. PlayBac is a French publishing company that does educational products. I'm working on a series of card decks that are subject specific. We're starting off with the first 4 (Pirates, Soccer, Horses and Spies). 

I'm working with a talented writer, Jim Buckley of Shoreline Publishing and an very creative Art Director, Tom Carling who has designed the card decks. I'm simply providing the spot illustrations for the project, which is going to keep me busy for a while. Each deck has 40 spots x 4 decks comes out to 160 color spot illustrations. It's time to stop writing and get back to drawing. Our deadline is April 24th.

Lifeway Calendar art

Got a new client this month, Lifeway Christian Resources. They are a very large publisher located in Nashville TN. Here's my first Calendar spread fro one of their children's magazines.

Velvet Christmas Art

Working on some b/w velvet art for Klutz publishing. The book will be released in time for the holidays -2009. Look for it wherever Klutz products are sold... which is just bout everywhere.

I Hear Music

Character for "I Hear Music". I don't have a lot of details on this one. It's a quick project from an old client. They were pretty clear on what they wanted and I just created the character for them.

Breviti Project

I was asked to do some really fun illustrations for an old client. These will be part of their new company's web site that will launch early next year. www.breviti.com

There are 7 different illos with a slightly different style/treatment for each. You can see all of these on my website at jamestoons.com

Greenwala Character

Here's the final character for the Greenwala. Greenwala is a green social networking site. This is a great website, check it out. www.greenwala.com

More from Pearson...

Pearson Learning is becoming a regular client. And I’m having fun doing the work. Here's another illustration for one of their upcoming publications.

Scientist Sketches

Working on some sketches of a Scientist character for new client...

Poster for a Friend

This is a poster I did for some friends who just had their first baby. Congrats Rick and Amber, and welcome to the world Mateo!

Characters for Oxford University Press

Got an assignment to do some character designs for an English language project that is to be released later this year in Spain. Still waiting to hear the details....

Pearson Education illustrations

More work for Pearson Education. I did a few illustrations for some pages on one of their upcoming English-learning programs. This is one of them. 

Do You Really Need It?

Another quick illustration for a new client. This one is pretty self explanatory. Tried to keep the colors muted in this one.  

Cat and Rat

New spot illustration for an Pearson Education

This was a fun little project. Just a simple color spot of a cat on a mat and a rat in a hat. I liked the first sketch better with more interplay between the characters, but the editor wanted the cat laying on the mat. The 2nd version I drew the cat laying on the mat but attempted to keep the tension between the characters with the cat’s playful posture. 

In the final version the editors wanted the cat to have all 4 on the floor.  

Infograph for AMO. I’ve done a few of these for various agencies that work with clients in the medical field. I like doing the illustrations. It’s a different challenge. Medical illustration is not really my specialty, but the style of these are intended to be fairly simple and easily digested. 

Irons in the Fire

Working on a new logo for Beachfire’s 3rd and latest restaurant. This one is at the Historic San Clemente Golf Course. We wanted to maintain the brand identity but identify this restaurant as having it’s own character.

Dave and Alison Donaldson have been our friends for a very long time and their success with their first restaurant "Beachfire" is well deserved. If you're ever in San Clemente or Ladera Ranch CA. You have to stop in and enjoy some of the greatest food anywhere. 

It's always great to work with Dave on any creative project.

Top Dog

Working on some sketches for a character.