Moving Pictures

Nice wide ranging overview and a look ahead- with a nod to my favorites, Fleischer Studios, Popeye, and Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli.

From Magic Lanterns to ToonBoom: The Outstanding History of Animation

Logo-A-Go-Go Part 2

Here's another batch of logos, headers and borders- this set has the "whimsy" toned down compared to my previous post featuring logos (find them here)... 

Logo development showing the rough ideas to the finished, color design created for the nice people at the Charter School of the Dunes in Gary, IN. :

       

Business card for a innovation and creativity consultant company:

This logo set the identity for a display showroom in a major food manufacturer's innovation space:

I designed the labels and created the food illustrations and hand-lettering that freshened up a set of fragrant home candles:

"Power Headers" used for sections of a corporate leadership workshop manual: 

Logo created for a Chicago Art Director:

Wall to Wall Drawing

Check out this new set of samples of my graphic recording work- throwing markers around and drawing on walls for nice clients far and wide. More samples shown on my Behance Portfolio page here:  http://bit.ly/1nSJArd

http://bit.ly/1nSJArd

Meet My Bot

Illustrating the energetic interactive workshop held by Gary Hirsch and Daryl Olson from On Your Feet last week was a fantastic experience. Not only were they fun to watch and chock-full of unique, usable insights and ideas, but I received a bonus additional weapon to push me over the top: my very own Inspiration Bot.  He's pictured here and you bet he's got a featured perch of high status at MikeDraws Headquarters. He's one of many bots out there and you need to discover his story here.

Where do Ideas Go?

Here's a hapless soul who carelessly tosses ideas aside without jotting them down for keeps. And it looks like these crunched up concepts don't plan on leaving a paper trail!