Thank You. Thank You Very Mush!

I did the character sketch in this but David Stevenson totally rocked the painting.

The Carpenters... I mean Gophenters

You loved the Carpenters.
Nah-ah-ah!
Don't bother denying it.

Character design by yours truly, painting by Sandie Chun.



More music later.

Beatles - Abbey Fairway

Another one of the album covers parody set. Sandie Chun did the painting. I did the character design.

Charles Schulz Tribute

We did a tribute to one of my artistic influences. I even added a newspaper texture and halftone.

Happy Dance!

Happy Halloween!

Here's an older piece.

Pretty scary!

Sea Serpents

I did this background as part of a Mythical Creature set. I decided to create an old world map with sea beasts with Burnie as a sea serpent and Sandy and McDivot as a kraken and leviathan thing.

As I worked on it I started adding my name, Marline's maiden name and the names of other artists on the team. I got carried away with it and added the name of every person on the Fairway Solitaire and Fairway Solitaire Blast teams as well as two super-fans of Fairway who often post on Facebook and Twitter.

As it turned out this became one of the most popular backgrounds for the team and the fans.
It pays to have fun with what you're doing!

Wizard of Oz

We recently created a set of backgrounds in tribute to the 75th anniversary of the movie, "The Wizard of Oz".

I was on vacation when this came up. I ALWAYS think about work... a stressful problem sometimes that I can't always shake... so I lurked in my email inbox like Gollum waiting for a fish.

This movie is in my Top-10 favorite films of all time. I wanted to do it justice. I suggested to my creative coworkers that they design a background using the 4 main characters in a scene from the movie. They said they wanted me to do that. While I was away they had already chosen their pieces and all but insisted I do the group shot. While it sounded like a lot of work it also sounded like fun character design work.

It took me longer than I think it should have but it turned out to be one of my favorite Fairway folio of backgrounds. I chose the scene where they meet the Cowardly Lion. Initially I wanted to make the Lion a kitten but that didn't work so I made him a cuddly fellow. Since I didn't include McDivot or Sandy I made Burnie the Tin Man. I love Burnie.

Here it is. My reference image is below.