Ernest Seller

My books have kept me too busy for much commercial illustration work in the last couple of years (and the market has been pretty dry anyway, unfortunately for people who depend on illustration for a living) but I still like to take the odd assignment if it's fun and interesting.

Like this one.

Spirited Leaders, a local company that specializes in business education for entrepreneurs, hired me to create a design looks for the cast of characters ("Ernest Seller" and his co-workers) that populates their communication materials, everything from print brochures to Twitter accounts. I did a few different poses for each, two dozen in all.

Here are some of the ones I like best: