This weeks Illustration Friday word was easy. There is only one thing I think of now a days when I hear the word moon. That’s my 21 month old daughter chanting moon! moon!; requesting a read of Goodnight Moon before she goes to bed each night.   

Here’s my initial sketches for some custom icon designs I’m doing for the BC School of Social Work. It’s for a repository site that professors will use. The final sets will show the different professors in a variety of poses and expressions with each representing a different week in the semester. They will start out cheery and end up passed out on the podium by the final week.

Here’s a great book filled with amazing textures and art created with them. It also has a cd loaded with all the textures for you to play with. Pure genius.Got my copy in the mail this week. Just the type of thing I was looking for at just the right time. Was planning to really start shooting my own collection of textures just like this. Now I’ve got a great start. Can’t wait to incorporate this stuff into my work. Been itching to break away from the clean digitally looking stuff I’ve been doing and go back to my root spending more time drawing with a pencil first.You can order your own copy here.

I’m joined the Sugar Frosted Goodness family. I am now contributing to this great blog that’s a collaborative of many talented illustrators. Definitely a site to bookmark or add to your blogroll.

Another classic from the people at Super News.

Ahhh. Nothing like a fresh pair of Aquaman Underoos.Although this illustration was inspired by the word geeky, I wouldn’t say you’re necessarily a geek for wearing them. I know I felt pretty cool sporting my pair as a kid back in the 80s. 

Here’s a sample of some illustration work I recently completed for the Boston College First-Year Writing Program website.

This is a great animation by Mike Adair. I always enjoy seeing animators involve their kids on project and this is a great one.

Here’s the image  I whipped up for this weeks Illustration Friday theme, Twist.
I don’t think I made it very clear here but the bear is having a hard time twisting off the honey jar lid. Hence the flames of frustration (although it does look more like a forest fire). Animating it would help illustrate things here.