New Spot Germs

Here's some of the final art for the Weekly Reader assignment. Hmmm, maybe this should go with my medical illustrations? 

February 2010 Calendar

Green, Green, Green. Another calendar spread for Lifeway. I have a couple of other projects in the works right now. Should be posting some new stuff in a couple of weeks. 

Oh yea, and the vacation was great! 10 days in the new and improved Toy-Camper was really fun. We drove up to the Eel River in Humbolt County to camp in the redwoods and then down the coast camping at Fort Bragg, Salt Point, Point Reyes and finally Monterey. I'm finding it a little hard to get back to work. 

A quick one sheet

Just made a quick one-sheet for a simple promotion. Might need to do a little more work on this one. Most of this stuff is fairly old.

Weekly Reader Publishing

Been working on a couple of projects for a new client, Weekly Reader Custom Publishing. These are for an educational poster and rebus. I'll finish these up once I get back from my camping trip. It's the maiden voyage of the "new and improved 1989 funky little Toyota camper". It's taken more time than expected... but what worth doing doesn't?

A couple of interior spots for the new series

I created a couple of new spot illustrations for the next series of cards. I'm still waiting to hear if this project will get the green light. Hopefully I'll hear next week. This will keep me busy for the summer.

Why a blog?

Here's more of my latest work.

Aside from the fact that I really have no reason to build or update a blog. And that nobody actually spends any time reading this. It's just more stuff to worry about keeping updated. 

If my blog is current, then you'll know I don't have enough work to do. Maybe next week I'll go do some Twits or Tweets or whatever the latest fad is. 

This post is only a test...

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....