Halloween 2010 - Cowardly Lion

This year's costume. Purchased the wig here LINK.

I haven't been updating the blog as much as I should. If you want to be updated on my artwork more often, you should follow my Facebook illustration page: LINK

Healthy Fast Food?

Latest work for ESPN the Magazine. August 9 issue. New feature illustration and rerun of my portraits along the bottom of the page.

Howard Barben

My grandpa, Howard Barben (1912-2008). 2010 BYU President's Award recipient.

Advice Squad - ESPN

Portraits and spot illustration for ESPN the magazine.

Jock High

Some small illustrations for ESPN the magazine for an article titled "Jock High." I'll upload a scan of the page when I get it.

Facebook Fan Sketches #1

Some of my semi-daily Facebook Fan/Friend sketches. Around 20 minutes each.

4 year old Blake

Me at age 4.

Mike & Mike

Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, the hosts of "Mike & Mike in the Morning" for ESPN the Magazine. Also used on their website .

Appears in the April 5th issue, out now.

Christoph Waltz sketch

A sketch of the actor Christoph Waltz. I thought I get this up here before the awards were handed out. The character he played is one of the most interesting I've ever seen, and his performance was one of the best I've seen. I was originally going to have him holding "the shoe", if you've seen Inglorious Basterds then you know what I'm talking about. I may still do a version with the shoe.
I guess if he doesn't win the best supporting actor award, this may look silly. But, it's pretty much guaranteed that he'll come away with it.

Dennis Prager

Radio talk show host Dennis Prager. He's been my biggest post-college intellectual influence. He covers a lot of different subjects on his show. I don't agree with everything, but he's always intellectually stimulating. Here are some of his youtube videos :Prager University .

Peyton Manning

A post for the upcoming game. The best quarterback I've seen play. I'm guessing when he's done he'll go down as the best ever, since he's likely to break most of the records. Maybe I'll try to get a Drew Brees image done before the game...we'll see.

Karch Kiraly

Volleyball great Karch Kiraly. For those who don't know volleyball, he's basically the Michael Jordan of the sport. He was an All-American all four years of college. Won 3 national championships. 2 Gold medals for indoor volleyball and 1 gold in beach volleyball.

Luce Brothers album

I illustrated the cover for the newly released Luce Brothers album. Have a look: lucebros.com