SVS Christmas Card - 2010

Last year I did the SVS Christmas card. I think it really captures the spirit of the season.

 

The Story of the Order Up!(!) Box Art... Story 

When this game originally shipped on the Wii it was with some of the ugliest drawings I've ever done, right there on the front of the box. Oopsie! Luckily for people who dislike looking at hideous art this game was practically impossible to find in stores. So a few years later SVS was able to team up with some brand new publishers for a hopefully much wider release of the game. The upside for me was a chance to redeem myself with a new and improved box cover. 

Here we have the original cover. Not too pretty.

Here are the revised characters. Much less awful.

This is a lineup of the chefs with a bunch of their assistants.

This is the "Conan" cover. It wound up on the back of the instruction manual for the original Wii release.

For the new release we were thinking about going with a brand new cover, but this one wound up being too busy. The delicious steak in the foreground was painted by Kelli Davis. I did the rest.

Here's the cover I did that the UK publisher approved. I was much happier with this one.

The North American publisher wanted a few more changes and this is what I wound up with. Not any better or worse than the previous one in my opinion. Still works, just a little different.

Here's a close-up of the background detail. This guy reminds me of Fred Mertz.Beneath that jacket his pants are probably pulled up to his armpits.

 

Fine Automobiles

This here's the small collection of car drawings I've done for other people. Coincidentally, these are also the cars  that I own.

A 2000 Jeep Cherokee. Currently my wife and I are driving His and Hers Cherokees, both the same color even. Pretty nerdy...

'75 AMC Pacer! Drawn for Anna and Harell Lamkin for answering all my questions during my 4.5L engine install. See the real thing at Mopacer.com. Mine's a white '78 but it got wrecked while it was parked on the street by some idiot who couldn't manage to drive in a straight line. I can't wait to get it back on the road!

The mighty 4x4 Eagle! My very first car, a 1982 4-door sedan, got it when I was 15 1/2. I did this shirt design for the nice people at AMCEagleNest.com's annual car show. Best of all, I got a free shirt out of the deal. It is a fine looking torso cover.

Ok, I don't actually own one of these but the Mustang club and my chiropractor were doing a fundraiser so I did this art for the flyer. It's my chiropractor in a Mustang, you see.

 

Some Comic Strips

One day at work we all decided to make a comic strip. I decided to name mine after a misunderstood lyric from a song Chris Glenn always used to play in our office. Can't remember the song now. Pretty good story, huh? Anyway, the strip was about some monster being a real grump.

The second one I did as a teaser to let people know Order Up! was coming to the PlayStation 3, and was compatible with the Move controller. Looking at it now the drawings of the Chef seem pretty wonky. Oh well, or as Chef would say "Brnnt!".