Rivers,Roads & Rails

Hey! 

Over the weekend I spotted  in Barnes and Noble the latest game illustrations I did for Rivers,Roads & Rails from Ravensburger.

The original RR&R illustration was based on Europe with old styled trains,cars and buildings.

I was asked to modernize it and make it for the US market.

Rivers,Roads & Rails is a card game linking one card to a center card and creating your own network.

It was a bit of a challenge.  I had to work on a grid and make sure each and every river,road & rail matched perfectly to be cut into cards.

Well, I pick up a copy and now I need to find a little time to try it out....

Happy Mother's Day!

To all our  Mom's , job well done!

MAY 4TH!

In honor of May 4th being Star Wars day I figured it was a good time to post this doodle I did a few years ago.

Happy May 4th and go out and checkout Hal Mayforth's work!

http://www.mayforth.com/

Pollen Gone Wild!

It's that time of year when everything thing outside is covered in yellow pollen.

Our house goes through lots of Claritin and tissues!

So in honor of everyone sneezing with watery eyes here is an illustration I did for a parents magazine on hey fever.

"The Lonely One"

Last night I took a little time to work on personal work.

OPENING DAY!

Opening day!

I love baseball. 

In my next life I would like to play first base for the New York Mets.

One of my biggest thrills in my illustration career was when I received a call from Major League Baseball.

I had the honor of doing illustrations for the 2008 World Series and and Playoff programs.

Each program is in the Baseball Hall of Fame! So in a round about way I made it in!

I still pinch myself thinking about that day.

Different ways players open up champagne bottles

instant replay

Shea Stadium vs Yankee Stadium

Defense stats

Baseball moves to the West Coast

K Rod vs Bobby Thigpen save record



Back in 2008 I had the plan of creating my own baseball card series of a fictional team called the Hoboken Hackers.
The idea was to send these oversized promotional postcards (8.5x5.5)  as a mailer.
The one and only card I made was  the Hackers aging slugger Crash McGee.
I sent one to an art director at MLB. Mailers do work!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I don't have a leprechaun illustration on hand , will a green troll do?