Shiver On The River 2014

Tomorrow on Belle Isle in Detroit is the Shiver On The River event held annually and the aquarium will be open from 10-3. The electric eels have made there return and will make their debut in a temporary tank (I had a hand in sprucing this up) next to the one that will eventually house them when it is completed and looking more like an Amazon River habitat. So, come on down, brave the snow, check out the aquarium, the Casino, the Dossin Museum, the Conservatory and probably the Nature Zoo. They will all be open.

Portraits Of Poe, Part Two

Here is the second illustration that I did for the Portraits Of Poe book put out by Rocket Ink Studios. You can get a copy from me or go to the Rocket Ink site.

Portraits Of Poe, Part One

I did three ink drawings for the Portraits Of Poe book recently released by Rocket Ink Studios. The above drawing was done for the story The Cask Of Amontillado and features the unfortunate Fortunato. You can order your copy of all things Poe on their website.

Super Spy Fish Adventure

This weekend, a small clandestine group of fishy infiltrators will embark from a secret location somewhere in the city of Detroit and descend upon a secret location somewhere in Washington DC. They will be conducting super secret spy fish stuff, so if you see some shifty looking persons look the other way.

 Unless you like waking up to a fish head in your bed.

Seriously though, a group of us volunteers will be heading to our nations capital to graciously dismantle some displays from the now closed National Aquarium. We will bring them back and install them at the Belle Isle Aquarium. It is sad to hear of the National closing, but we are happy to at least carry on their history a bit. We will now have that connection. Here is more info: http://www.freep.com/article/20140110/NEWS01/301100062/belle-isle-aquarium-restoration

Oh, and a tip of the hat to Antonio Probias for inspiration in the episode's cartoon.

The Deep Sketch Cards, Part Two

Here are the rest of the sketch cards for The Deep set recently released by Viceroy Cards. I have a few Artist Proof cards, so be sure to hit me up if interested.

The Deep Sketch Cards, Part One

These are a few of the sketch cards that I did for The Deep set by Viceroy Cards. I'll post the rest later in the week. As with the Insectae set, this one was a lot of fun and I think for my Artist Proof cards I may explore some prehistoric sea life. Unless, of course, someone might want to commission something else…