This is a project that was done fairly recently for Blue Cross Blue Shield. After multiple sketches, slight tweaking and a dynamic monkey sex change a couple of pieces got developed that I'm pretty pleased with. Kudos to great art direction and partner efforts! The main message is for kids to do a multitude of things. Get out run around and be active and limit your screen time. There are two other active animals in the series but I'll post those at a later date. Overall great project to work on.
This was a fantastic lunchbox project I recently worked on for my small friend Ella. It was her first day of kindergarten and her mom wanted to surprise her with her very own personalized, super duper, extra pink & girly, almost makes you sick it's so cute lunchbox. I think I nailed the "it almost makes you sick" part,..but I still have some work to do on the rest.
After much deliberation and discussion on what to draw,.. the bottom scratchy sketch was chosen as the direction to go in. (Other options included, a teacher owl, a sea creature from the deep eating small children, and monsters heads.) I was hoping the mother would choose a monster theme since Ella is a big fan of Friday the 13th and horror movies.But due to the Child Protective Services and sensitive teachers we went with the flying pony version.
WOW. I'm embarressed to look at how long it's been since I've posted anything. I am humbled and ashamed. So to start out the new stretch of posts here's a couple of pages of random scribbles in my notepad. Some would call them sketches,.I call them scribbles.
Whew well I'm getting around to posting again. I've been busy working on a variety of projects and have not had the time to post anything on here. These are some recent shirt designs I did. The boat version was a design that was created for State Farm Insurance much like the previous option in a later post. All of my shirts will be available for purchase in a bit. Thank you for all of your comments & e-mails. This blog has been fun thus far!!
In 1986 Mitch Mortimer submitted a collection of cartoons instead of his assigned work for his Science Fair project. After a shocking 2nd place win amongst stiff competition of assorted paper volcanoes and potato clocks he knew he was onto something big. Tossing his goal of becoming a NASA physicist aside he jumped out into the world illustration. He has done an assortment of whimsical, fun, quirky illustrations for a variety of national clients and publishers and agencies. All Artwork Copyright Mitch Mortimer 2008