I’m an illustrator from Saint Paul (Minnesota), now living in Northeast Minneapolis (also Minnesota). My degree is in Comic Art, and I currently sell art supplies.
In my art, I pursue a balance between old-world craftsmanship and digital refinement in the spectrum of character design, pictorial narratives, and print illustration. With any project I am working on, I approach it with creativity, curiosity, commitment, and communication.
(even though I'm a day late, and about 2 months from my last post- so much for keeping on track with blogging...)
The little snowman above me here is a part of a card game I've been making. There's so much more involved, but I thought he'd make a cute little mark and establish a little bit of what I've been keeping in darkness...
Nothing big to report. I did this diagram to explain how to set up a stick-your-head-in-here photo-op stand for the Harriet Alexander Nature Center, which used it for their annual Wild Rice Festival. Here's what it looks like:
Not my best work (I cringe when I see how poorly I did, and still do somewhat, with arms and hands), but it's a cute little thing to do while learning about wild rice harvesting, shopping craft tables, and taking in some Ojibwa dances.
I've been toying with writing a Ghostbusters RPG scenario ever since Gen Con this year. The movie had such an impact on how I look at pop culture, and I shudder to think it might be sequel-ized [poorly], or remade [also poorly]. But the possibilities are endless!
Halloween is coming up, so I thought I'd celebrate a little early with this little animatic from a (gosh) four years ago (?). I think it's pretty fun.
OH! How could I forget this?! I was asked to contribute to the MCAD: The Gathering card game, which was given out at the MCAD reunion party earlier this year. When I get a physical copy, I'll be posting it on my website.
I've been talking about this IRL for a while now, and now I've done it: I'm attacking my hoard of books! It's good for the soul, and good in the long run. How often am I actually reading these, for crying out loud?! Not often enough.
Hello! Jeez, it's been about a year, hasn't it since I last posted ANYthing. Much has happened, and most of it is on my new website. I guess that's the big thing- a new website! As opposed to this old one.
The shift from Comic Artist Steve to Steve Robbins Art was more practical, as for the last few years, I've moved more toward illustration and design. Right now, I've got a lot of little projects that I've been tinkering with when I'm not at Wet Paint or doing somerelatedfreelance. The list includes (in no particular order):
Fake pan-United States gridiron football league history
Non-collectable card game that involves advertising mascots
Pitch to revamp an educational computer game from my childhood (see above illustration!)
Another card game that doubles as an educational tool for college students
The CYOA that I've written about in previous entries
Alcohol label for a band I like and am personally invested in emotionally
Book spot illustrations for a sci-fi book I revere
So: I've got some work to do! Hopefully, I can keep things abreast with this blog once again now. There had been some issues with logging on, since I started using Blogger before Google bought it. But now I've transferred admin rights to my current email address, so that shouldn't be a problem now. Probably.
