One of my favorite events each year is the Holiday Art Show at my local comic shop, Carol & John’s. I’ve been contributing to the show for a few years, and my kids are able to donate their art as well! Since 2013, Carol & John’s has organized their Holiday Art Show to help provide…
Category: Doodles
This space is reserved for Brian’s doodles, gags, and other bits of fun not intended for books and portfolios.
Krampusnacht Doodling
I picked up the new Sharpie creative paint markers last April and thought they had a unique look when doodling on construction paper, and now I’m trying the idea out on a fun project about Krampus, the European folk monster who punishes naughty children at Christmastime. I’m loving the results so far!
#kidlitartpostcard November 2024
On the first Thursday of each month, children’s book illustrators from around the world share illustrations across social media using the hashtag #KidLitArtPostcard. Illustrator Gina Perry is kind enough to organize this event exclusively on Bluesky and Cara. Find out more at Gina Perry’s website. Check out my #kidlitartpostcards Check out all the great art being posted for #kidlitartpostcard day!
#kidlitpostcard October 2024
On the first Thursday of each month, children’s book illustrators from around the world share illustrations across social media using the hashtag #KidLitArtPostcard. Illustrator Gina Perry is kind enough to organize this event exclusively on Bluesky and Cara. Find out more at Gina Perry’s website. Check out my #kidlitartpostcards Check out all the great art being posted for #kidlitartpostcard day!
A Spooky Doodle
Movie Night Campout!
One of the indoor activities my kids loved during the isolating years of the pandemic that we continue to do every so often is a movie night campout. Staying up late building pillow forts and watching monster movies without any mosquitos or hungry bears around is the best. So I made a National Parks-style poster…
Goofball
One of the ways I brainstorm characters for my stories is to draw them over and over until I feel like I know them. My favorite original characters to draw are Noodle and Goofball, who appear in a few of my stories. They are toddler twins with different birthdays and ambitions to avoid bedtime and…
Drawing Another Noodle Doodle
Sharing a Procreate doodle video of my character Noodle. She is a pre-school kid who gets a little overstimulated and diabolical before bedtime, so I was inspired by the manic characters in old sugary cereal commercials when I was designing her. Her hair is a spiky, like spines and horns on a monster dinosaur. Her…
#KidLitArtPostcard
On the first Thursday of each month, children’s book illustrators from around the world share illustrations across social media using the hashtag #KidLitArtPostcard. Illustrator Gina Perry is kind enough to organize this event exclusively on Bluesky and Cara. Find out more at Gina Perry’s website. Here are a few of my postcards: Brian’s Postcards on…
DOODLES & NOODLES
My favorite original character. Noodle (she has a real name, but her dad thinks this nickname suits her best) is a crafty, defiant young lady that appears in several of my stories, including INCREDIBLY BORING STORIES, FOR SHENANIGANS ONLY (where she takes center stage), HEY! THEY HAVE ZIPPERS, THE TICKLE FROM OUTER SPACE and others…