Day 3 – It's time

Here is a sketch I started a few months ago. I always have a stack of drawings just laying around, whether it’s at home where they are scattered all over my desk or at work where I have a stack of about 30 or 40 sheets. Well, this morning when I was trying to think of something to draw to get myself warmed up for the day I saw my old doodles, just reached over and pulled from the bottom and here is the image that came out. I quickly inked it, adding a lot of the heavy dark shadows, scanned it and finally added a little color in PhotoShop.


Wow! I’m glad that stack finally came in handy.

Growing up on the shores of Maui, Hawaii, Norm has always loved drawing. Since leaving the islands’ beautiful beaches and landing in Oregon, he went to college and received a degree in graphic design as well as an additional degree in digital prepress technology. After graduating, he worked for an interactive media firm in Corvallis, Oregon. While there, he was the company’s lead illustrator/designer and was responsible for creating illustrations, animations, and interactive products like video games. Now living in Beaverton, Oregon, Norm worked as an in-house illustrator for 10 years at a large education company in downtown Portland, Oregon. While at this position, he was the creative mind behind nationally marketed campaigns, numerous brand identities, toy and product designs, children’s books, as well as Web and interactive designs for the company’s design team. After leaving this position to raise his son, he now spends countless hours perfecting his craft as a freelance illustrator. He has worked with companies like Highlights Magazine, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reading A to Z, Kaiser Permanente, KinderCare, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). He has created projects such as marketing illustrations, children’s books, coloring and activity books, video games, and educational products for these companies and others. Norm’s ability to draw has given him the chance to do the thing he truly loves: Create.

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