A puzzle company paid me to paint my dream home.

Sometimes the idea of being a children’s book illustrator is so attractive… until I remember I have to pay bills and such. This one was just for fun.

This guy looks like he's up to something sneaky...

A cozy cabin surrounded by some wild night-life.

Perhaps a better title for this one would have been "Animal House".

Celebrating Christmas island style.

At least he prefers it cooked!

Careful with that nice clean suit Santa!   Yet another Santa-themed happy winter wonderland digital painting.

A day is coming where dogs and horses will happily share their pumpkins.  This piece is being made into a jigsaw puzzle currently.

The magic of Christmas meets the magic of Photoshop.  Digitally painted scene for greeting cards, puzzles, flags, gift-bags, and other yule-tide-ish products.

Good 'ol Saint Nick and his peppermint stick!

The deeply moving story of a woman searching for her ear-buds.  One of many spots done for Carefirst.

A few conceptual renderings for some print ad possibilities.

Men hanging out doing men stuff.  These two storyboard frames were from a larger tv commercial spot for Medicare. 

Now this is the kind of grandpa I want to be some day.  Storyboard frames for Medicare.

A few storyboard frames for a tv commercial spot called "pretzelbilities".  Now I'm craving pretzels.

This is where those two Snyders guys all began.

Nothing quite says "Happy Birthday" like a candle dance party on a cupcake.  Vector illustration sold for greeting cards.

Arrrggghh Matey!  Here be a Children's maze illustration for a place-mat book.  Publications International, ltd.

The Downtown Louisville Street Faire (in Colorado) needed a poster illustration to announce their unusual and extremely talented guests- March Fourth!

This art for a top secret vinyl toy project is designed to be wrapped around a cylinder, showing both front and backs of these ghoulishly goofy characters.

Sometimes librarians need a box to organize themselves.  This is that box.  Demco.

Ever wonder where some of our favorite childhood games came from?  Cobblestone did.

This is vector:  Clean, bright, bold and able to be blown up and printed on the side of a building if you happen to need a hundred-foot ladybug.

Fun froggy-themed maze for children printed by Publications International, ltd.

Here's wishing a very psychedelic birthday to you.

Saint Patrick's themed children's maze fueled by the consumption of too much Lucky Charms.  Publications International.

This fun project was the first time I stepped out of my illustrator shoes and put on my graphic designer jumpsuit. It involved illustrating and designing EVERYTHING… right down to the placement of the barcodes on the back!

I daydreamed about illustrating from a tropical island while working on these images for a Hawaiian-themed classroom poster series.  Highsmith.

I got to draw a giant book monster rocking out on the guitar.  What more could an illustrator ask for?

Mall-themed educational boardgame design and illustration for Highsmith.

Many a dentist's office visit I spent searching for hidden pictures in a Highlights magazine. Here's a recent cover I got to create for an issue of Highlights Puzzlemania magazine. The illustration also appears on the inside with a nearly identical version next to it with 20 differences to find.  Click over to my blog in case you're stuck in a dentist office with nothing to do.

This is one of eight whimsical images created for a Dewey Decimal poster series.  Highsmith.

 "Vote for Books" poster theme for Highsmith classroom products.  One day, giant talking books will rule this great nation of ours.

Illustration for Highsmith classroom products.

Yeehaa!  Some rootin' tootin' grammar learnin' posters for them rascals over at Highsmith.

Close-up from the series below...

This little series of crazy cats and their concoctions are designed to encircle the inside of a cool cocktail tray!

So nice to be living in the future!

Jeepers!...  With Bubble gum scented cards too!   Fat Brain Toy Company.

These snazzy looking folks have been watching way too much "Madmen" on those things.

Who wouldn't want to buy a milkshake from this dapper-looking guy?

A slightly retro/ vintage style Illustration for the cover of Robb Walsh's lip-smacking smorgasbord of tasty grill recipes.

Holy Diamond Ring Batman!  This vintage-themed piece ran as a full-page magazine advertisement.

A real neato-keen tv-shaped retro Happy Birthday illustration for a Target gift card.  The screen was printed with a 3-D raised clear plastic bubble.

These swell vintage looking images were created for a handy-dandy book of thrifty penny-saving tricks called "No Money?, No Problem!"   Weldon Owen.

Retro/ vintage illustration of an ambitious suburbanite and his well-stocked arsenal of warm-weather accessories.  

Use the old noodle to solve math problems in this educational game from Highsmith.

Fat Brain Toys concocted this sweet game with chocolate-scented cards!

Kid detectives navigate their way to closing the case by answering grammar questions in this educational board game from the nice people over at Highsmith/ Demco.

Illustration and design of this fun game that gives an entertaining taste of running a restaurant.     http://www.ducksoupgame.com

Where's Tarzan when you need him?!!!   This maze was done for a Highlights book.

"Food Fight" The Fractions, Percents, & Decimals Game is one from about 16 of these boxed sets I worked on for Edupress.  Eight amusing characters illustrated for each box.  

Illustrated 24 famous characters for a series of "fortune-telling" games called "The Decider", produced by the fun folks over at Mental Floss.

Hansel!.. Gretel!.. HELP!!!  This poor witch's powers don't seem to include navigating a children's maze!

Design and illustration of game-board for A "Dewey whodunnit game".  Highsmith.

Game design and illustration for Fat Brain Toy Company.  Cola-scented cards!

Three game boards were also designed and illustrated along with this playful title.

This is a detail from a series of three science-themed educational board games designed and illustrated for Highsmith.

Is it just me, or does anyone else have trouble following the math?

Internet  connection Illustration for Entrepreneur Press.

This lovely illustration is of a confident mom, who has on the right protective underwear in case of an unexpected emergency!   Really.  I'm not joking.

What could be more exciting than a collection of heating appliance illustrations done in a very generic and straightforward style?!!   

Well, when a mommy company and the daddy company love each other very, very much...

These four images, seemingly influenced by the 1960s' Ultraman opening credits, were created for stock illustration and have been printed in various articles.

It's a small world after all.

Love can be tricky business.  This poor young lady has the attention of many suiters... who apparently all have the same taste in suits.

The digital natives are restless.

Full-page illustration for Wolters Kluwer article.

Here are a few silly characters from one of many fun games I had the pleasure of illustrating for Edupress.

This fabulous Fiona Flamingo character was created for The Hospice of Wake County.

I usually avoid logo work but if asked to design a big-grinned shark with an ice-shaker count me in!

Take two parts Fred Flintstone, one part vermouth, shake and serve.

These eight rambunctious menu items were illustrated for "Food Fighters, The Fractions, Percents, and Decimals Game".   Edupress.

Here's a few more of those top secret vinyl character designs for that project of which we don't speak of yet.

Illustrations for a booklet explaining to children the process of how cancer cells attack healthy cells.

Eight underwater critter illustrations for "Subtraction Seashore- The Subtraction Facts Game".  Edupress.

illustration and design for a device that calls you when your sump-pump isn't doing it's sump-pumpy thing.

This robot seems like he's having way too much enthusiasm over a lego competition.

This illustration was for a protective undergarment ad.  Things happen after women have babies.  

This funky taxi was designed for an educational poster series.  

Ask Freud (or a number of other famous characters) for their opinion on your deepest life challenges...

To boldly go, or not boldly go?... that is the question.

This was one of eight images illustrated for a Dewey Decimal-themed poster series.  Highsmith.

My "School-house Rock" upbringing is showing again.

Confucious say, "Wise person contact Larry for all art needs."

...and a few more.

One from a series of illustrated math-themed posters for Gilson Graphics.

Four more spots for that same Cobblestone Magazine spread mentioned in the "vector" section.

From a poster series of kid superheroes for Gilson Graphics.

Some well-known history-makers illustrated for "The Deciders" game-  a "fortune-telling" toy produced for the clever folks over at Mental Floss.

This one's in the works...

One character from "The Incredible Coin Caper" game.  Highsmith.