Hula Ula Art

Hair Growth

2012-01-29T01:57:00.002-05:00

I have no real idea why I made this other than I wanted to do a super fast animation for fun. Basically the first thing that popped in my head I would animate and this is what came out. Weird I know. It's a bald guy growing hair if you can't tell...thank you for your time!

A Patriotic Post

2012-01-25T14:10:00.002-05:00

Work, work, work, all I do is work...here's some work. This is a mascot for an elementary school in Alabama. It's one of our Elementary School Program children's books. He's a Patriot, can you tell?

Big Blue

2012-01-10T08:43:00.003-05:00

For work we were working on coming up with an actual mascot for the University of Michigan. Here's one of the designs that got thrown out. I liked him the most though. Oh well, guess I'm weird...

Moore Calendar 2012

2011-12-06T13:01:00.003-05:00

Here's a sample of the 2012 Moore Calendar. We did a vs. theme this year so Allen and I each drew a character for each month and then halfed the backgrounds. These are just two of the months...it's fighting squirrels and a pillow fight.

IV in Hand

2011-11-01T11:55:00.003-04:00

Check it out. IV in a hand. For some freelance...

Mustaches

2011-10-26T17:09:00.003-04:00

I posted this along time ago, but took it down for some reason. I just found it again and thought I would repost. Since I don't really have anything else right now. It was a shirt idea my bro worked up. Pretty funny, heh. Mustaches are funny, heh heh heh...

2011-10-14T00:04:00.002-04:00

Added a new strip to theothersideofnature.com. I was looking at the dates when I uploaded it yesterday, and we haven't added anything to it since January. Pretty sad. Hopefully we can get back to putting more up on a regular basis. It's hard with all the stuff going on this year...thanks to those who still check it out!

Since no new stuff to post here, here are some logos I did a few years back when I worked at the ad agency. It was for an energy drink for motorbikers. I don't think it ever made it off the ground, so I think it's safe to post these. They were fun to work on...they didn't really go for the Torq Juice logo. Oh, well. You can click on the image for a larger view!

Bear in Tie

2011-09-30T12:32:00.003-04:00

A bear in a tie...

...and an octopus in a beanie...

Morgue Scene

2011-09-29T11:37:00.002-04:00

Still pretty busy, so I haven't had much time to do anything just for the blog. Here's a little something for that Sci Fi book I was working on. It's called Night of a Thousand Days by Brad Koehler. Should be out soon so look for it if you're a science fiction fan. This is a morgue scene by the way...

Calendar pics

2011-09-15T10:45:00.004-04:00

I haven't posted here in quite a long time and I don't really have any new drawings or anything, but I thought I might post a few photos from our latest Moore calendar. Danny was really busy so I had to put it together kind of quickly using some of our own photos. These are three of my favorites...

Some Songs

2011-07-28T11:27:00.003-04:00

This is a musical post which I haven't done in a long time. I wish I had time to work on some more music, but that just isn't happening at all soon. So here are two links to some old songs I did. They don't have any vocals in them, my bro wrote lyrics to the rap song and I tried recording them, but I am just not a rapper. I kind of always wanted to post some background music, which I have a lot of, and see if anyone would find it and put their own lyrics to it. Like see what other people can do with it. So if you stumble upon this rap background music, or the other techno-ish background music, feel free to take it and run with it. I would like to hear what comes of it. That would be cool...

Background Rap Music
Funky Background Music

Twins

2011-07-21T09:52:00.002-04:00

Still busy at work. Here's a sketch of some twins for a book series coming up. Still working out the specifics of the style and look of both of them...

Spaceman

2011-07-08T01:17:00.003-04:00

In lieu of the last space shuttle going up, here's a spaceman doing his spaceman thing. I guess that is exploring the vast landscape of foreign worlds...

Alligator

2011-06-07T13:18:00.002-04:00

Really busy at work, but here's a cartoon alligator. Was doing it for one of the Elementary School books, but they with a different one.

Roach Wrangler

2011-06-01T15:15:00.005-04:00

The Roach Wrangler iPhone app is out now on the ITunes App store. Grab it now, and tell all your friends! Please! Here's a link: LINK

Hokie Bird

2011-03-24T11:47:00.004-04:00

Still really busy lately. Here's something I'm working on for work. This version got scrapped, but I still like it anyway. He's got big muscles...

Stick Figure Gym

2011-02-16T16:20:00.003-05:00

Really busy at work and such, so here's something old from one of our Moore's calendars. Enjoy...

2010-12-28T02:55:00.002-05:00

This is one of the illustrations from the latest kids book I am working on for the Tampa Bay Rays. It's the first one I get to write and illustrate, so it's pretty exciting. I am doing the whole thing in illustrator which is fun, but reeally time consuming at the same time. It can really make to start hallucinating after awhile. Hopefully it is all worth it though...

I Scream

2010-12-08T15:32:00.002-05:00

Here's my first run on the picture for January in our yearly Moore's calendar. This one is going to get changed a good bit since we've decided to try a different method on the calendar this year so I thought I'd post it here for viewing. Pa-chow.

Doodles

2010-11-03T03:46:00.004-04:00

It just so happens, I filled up one of my sketch books the other day. It's always kind of a sad moment, but there's also a sort of sense of accomplishment when you've got no more blank pages left. You get to go back and look through it all and find the little things you forgot you even drew stuck in between a lot of the bigger stuff that you might have been working on that got finalized. I went back and scanned some of the little doodles that I remember enjoy doing. These aren't even the half of them, though, I didn't want to be scanning forever. These little doodles are usually the ones that are the most fun to do, for me at least, because there's no pressure what so ever, and you basically just start drawing lines and see what comes out. Even if it comes out lame or the concept ends up way out there, it's just you on the page. I could do that all day...

Sundress

2010-10-23T03:21:00.004-04:00

I have no idea why, but I was sketching in my notebook and started thinking about fashion illustrations and how all the characters seem to be very elongated. Even though fashion is one of the last thing I would ever be interested in, the illustrations can be interesting. I drew a sundress because sundresses are hot. Especially with a nice pair of flip flops. Not those super thick flip flops, those things are annoying. Any shoe that's sole purpose is to make a woman look taller is extremely unattractive in my opinion. Wow, one drawing related to fashion and I've got myself talking about it. I'm so lame.

Cutie Pies

2010-10-02T00:41:00.003-04:00

Still super busy with work and everything, so here's some old work I did for a nice lady who wanted to start selling pies. It was fun to do.

Flamingo

2010-08-23T21:29:00.003-04:00

Super busy at work, so here's a quick one. In the Florida spirit.

The Other Side of Nature

2010-08-10T15:34:00.003-04:00

So we decided to share the nature strips while we do them until waiting to release them all at once in a book. You can check them out here: theothersideofnature.com They are all wordless because they are animals and we didn't want to do the typical talking animals kind of strip. Also, I like to think they are more universal when you don't have to read text. Anyway, they are fun to work on especially with my brother. Take look and hopefully enjoy!

2010-08-04T23:30:00.003-04:00

I get to do a book about the Tampa Bay Rays coming up. Doing a little sketching in the sketchbook. Pretty excited. Matt Garza's no hitter got me pretty pumped...

Cricketeer

2010-07-28T23:53:00.004-04:00

Another one from the sketch book. Cricket player. Or a Cricketer? Cricket guy? Not sure what you call someone that plays cricket, but that's what he does. Cricket...

Old School Mod Slash Rude boy

2010-07-13T18:42:00.006-04:00

Something out of the sketch book. He's a Mod. I've always wanted a Vespa. It's just one more thing to add to the list of unpractical, "will-never-have-but-really-want"'s...

Happy Happy, Joy Joy

2010-06-20T02:43:00.003-04:00

This is a song about a whale-NO! This is a song about being happy! I'll teach your Grandmother to suck eggs...

B-Baller

2010-06-03T00:55:00.003-04:00

I have been working on laying out a 192 page book full of text for work, and I got the urge to animate something. He's a baller. He wishes he was a little bit taller and also wishes he had a girl who looked good so that he could call her...

Soda Fight

2010-05-30T12:49:00.004-04:00

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This was made by Al for our old Kwiki Joe's site. I just want it to be up somewhere because it's awesome. Hee hee.

Shoe Trouble Out Now!

2010-05-28T11:46:00.006-04:00

Shoe Trouble's out now! You can grab a copy online here at Mascot Books or here at Amazon. You gonna love it! Fo Sho!

Deer Farts

2010-05-17T15:00:00.008-04:00

Click on the image for a larger version

The Moore family is beginning work on a collection of wordless strips, paintings and short stories based on nature. This is the first of many to come. We haven't decided if we will post them online as we do them or just wait and release them in a book all at once. We'll see how it goes. We're thinking of calling it "The Other Side of Nature" or "Behind the Scenery" or something. Hope you enjoy.

Checkers

2010-05-11T00:38:00.004-04:00

Foxes playing checkers...

Swamp Foot

2010-04-02T18:37:00.003-04:00

Here's a quicky. It's a bigfoot and he's green so that means he lives in a swamp.

Lizardmin Uniforms

2010-03-05T11:58:00.005-05:00

I posted this over at Lizardmin.com, but I thought I'd post it here, too, since I haven't put anything up here lately. This is just the sketch I did to keep track of the various Lizardmin uniforms. Not incredibly interesting, but I like looking at them all blankly staring in the same direction...

Oh, and I feel bad putting this up right after Danny's awesome artwork so make sure you scroll down and check the previous 4-5 posts for his posts showing his process!!

Shoe Trouble 3

2010-03-04T15:27:00.003-05:00

Here's the final. I had to move stuff down to make room for the text in InDesign...

2010-03-01T00:21:00.006-05:00

This is a follow up from the last post. Thought I'd show the steps, so here it goes. I know I'm not breaking any new grounds or anything, this is just for fun. I just did close ups of the dog for this example.

1. For foreground elements I usually outline them first using a different brush that looks kind of like a paint brush with thicker paint. You can click on the images for a larger view.

2. Then I use the other brush I was talking about and fill in the flat colors.

3. Next, I rough in the shading and highlights using the same brush at 90% opacity.

4. Finally I smooth it out with the brush at 40% opacity and selecting colors back and forth between the middle colors and the highlights or shading. That's about it.

Shoe Trouble 2

2010-02-26T10:39:00.003-05:00

Here's the background. I like to do it sort of like animation and paint a full background so that I can go in and do each character separate and move them around to find the best layout. I even do each individual plant and picture on it's own layer so if I need to move those around later I can as well. This is all done in photoshop using brushes I created that have the canvas texture to them. I start a shape by painting a base color at 100% opacity. Then I lay down 90% shading and highlights and go back with my brush set to 40% and basically smooth everything out. It's a lot of selecting with the eyedropper tool to get the middle tones I need. It takes a little time, but it's fun. I enjoy it.Now that I look at it, I may have made this background too crisp which might distract from the front characters later. We will see...

Uber Mom

2010-02-23T22:19:00.013-05:00

Trying to finish up my Ma's book Shoe Trouble about a boy having problems keeping his shoes tied. This is the sketch for the second to last spread where Mom comes in to save the day. I am obsessed with processes and how things are made and how people create their art, so I decided I would show a little bit of how I am doing this book just for fun. I'll post subsequent steps along the way. All images are copyrighted!

Skater Girl

2010-02-17T11:22:00.004-05:00

Haven't done anything in Illustrator in a while...it's a girl with a skateboard. I like to think she is daydreaming while waiting for the bus...

Surf Logos

2010-02-07T02:08:00.004-05:00

These are kind of old, but I sort of enjoy them. They were parts to a surf logo for a company that didn't really work out. Oh well, it was fun to work on and dream about being a part of while it lasted.

Flying Ferret

2010-02-01T23:31:00.003-05:00

Just getting away from the every day, same old, same old illustrations I've been doing for work.

Ape Suit

2010-01-23T01:54:00.005-05:00

I come to find myself feeling like this rather often...like a chump in an ape suit craving cheeseburgers. Life does that to you I suppose. One day I'll get to step out of the suit and eat that burger, then the world will get to see the real man behind the mask. The man covered in mayo and mustard and greasy cheeseburger goodness. Hmmm, maybe masks are a good thing...

Blue Newt

2009-12-18T01:33:00.005-05:00

A Supbloogarium Vulgaris also called the Blue Newt. I just made that up...really just messin' around in Illustrator. I wonder why drawing someone scratching their stomach makes them seem less intelligent or lazy most of the time...interesting...

Shoe Trouble

2009-11-29T15:41:00.002-05:00

My Ma wrote a script for a book, so I am taking a crack at illustrating it. This is the main character who has problems keeping his shoes tied. If you want to know the ending, you'll have to wait until the book hits the shelves sometimes next year, mowhahahahha!

Step Into A Slim Jim

2009-11-06T21:24:00.005-05:00

Bonesaw is reeeeaaddy! Just messing around in Illustrator again...

Brunette

2009-10-29T19:57:00.003-04:00

A lady with dark hair. Done in Illustrator. I enjoy trying to make drawings done in Illustrator not really look like they were done in Illustrator...

2009-10-16T17:36:00.002-04:00

Some of the latest Freelance on my plate. It's a charity event in Orlando hosted by Ken Griffey Jr. and Dwight Howard. Hopefully they are okay with their depictions. I guess KG doesn't like people drawing him with a big nose, heh.

2009-07-24T01:31:00.004-04:00

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...does this do animated GIFs?...

Flippin' Chicken

2009-07-21T16:14:00.004-04:00

I've been drawing the same thing over and over for work today, and decided I needed to drawing something that I've never drawn before really quick, so here's a chicken doing a backflip...

Rodney

2009-07-17T21:20:00.004-04:00

Due to the resurrection of my skateboard and the many jaw-dropping, Rodney Mullen videos on YouTube, I had to take a shot at capturing some skating action. Don't mean to post on the same day as my brother, sorry Al. I tried to get it up last night, but got distracted. I wish I could Casper slide...

Just some dudes...

2009-07-17T10:05:00.002-04:00

Okay, I drew this one with the mouse, so it's a bit sloppy. I'd really like to draw something with big, heavy, messy brush strokes that had these guys, and a bunch of other guys, beating the crud out of each other. A comic about some sort of fighting league or something. Hrm.

Lady

2009-07-08T01:21:00.002-04:00

Just messin' around.

Just to get something up...

2009-06-30T01:57:00.002-04:00

I haven't posted anything in a loong while (although I still feel like I should just keep letting dan-o post his stuff without diluting it with mine), so I'll just throw this up for now. It's from the calendar we do each year (click for the full size pic). And yes, that is a rhino tooshie...

Bo Barrier Reef

2009-06-18T00:47:00.005-04:00

Workin' hard on the second book about Bo Obama for work. He goes around the world and visits all sorts of places. Here, he's kicking it underwater at the Great Barrier Reef. That's in Australia for those of you who do not know. Did I mention I would like to go there?...

Plata-wuss

2009-06-10T19:59:00.002-04:00

I really want to go to Australia...

Salty Sea Dog

2009-05-20T01:32:00.004-04:00

A buddy of mine, Drew, and I talk about getting a sailboat someday and sailing it all over which would could be pipe dreams, but would be amazingly spectacular. I often hope I end up an old salty sea dog when I get to my later years in life. It's unfortunate I get sea sick by just stepping on a boat if I don't have Dramamine in me. I also really like the sailor illustration by Allen in the second post of this blog with the Kraken attacking the boat in the background. Anyway, these are all inspirations for this character. Thanks for your time.

Beach Bunny

2009-05-05T01:52:00.005-04:00

I finally got some time to take it easy sort of, actually just got back from a trip up to B'ham, AL, and I wanted to do something fun. I had sketched this a long time ago and liked it. Thought it would be fun to color. It was, yo. I'm probably weird, but I think one piece swim suits can be enjoyable to look at. Working on the surfboard really makes me want to get out on the waves soon. It's been awhile with all the work, and the surf hasn't really been on lately. I gost the itch, and it needs some scratchin'...

2009-04-18T01:19:00.004-04:00

I'm finishing up the work on a book about the new White House dog, Bo Obama, for work. It's been a rough few weeks with no sleep trying to get this puppy done (get it, puppy...sorry). Just thought I would share one of the images. If you like it, you can buy the book on our website at www.mascotbooks.com and it's called Bo America's Commander in Leash™. Hope you enjoy!

High-Wired

2009-03-15T14:50:00.005-04:00

This is the first of some illustrations I ask my brother, Allen, to come up with to help me practice drawing things I'm not used to drawing. I enjoy trying to get out of my comfort zone. I used to do this sort of exercise with my parents when I was little where I would get them to draw some random squiggle on a piece of paper, and then I would have to turn that into a full drawing of some sort. Good times...oh and for pretty much all of the images in this blog, you can click on them for a bigger view...

Ke Ho'okani Nei Ke Kane Nui Ka Ukulele

2009-02-09T00:30:00.005-05:00

As everyone knows (and by everyone,I mean my bro, Allen) I love Hawaii and all that relates to it. I have a few ukuleles that I keep next to me while I work that I pick up and play to break up the monotony. So I drew up a little illustration here in that same spirit. I've been learning Hawaiian, too, so I made him singing in Hawaiian to practice...

2009-01-25T22:31:00.003-05:00

I actually sketches this awhile back for a client that dealt with pie when I worked at an ad agency. Felt like coloring it, so I did. Not meant to offend anyone...

2009-01-23T01:22:00.003-05:00

Just a dude smokin' a cigar...done in illustrator...

Latest Book

2009-01-11T12:19:00.005-05:00

©2009 Mascot Books

It's been awhile since I have posted also, mostly do to the large amounts of work I am trying to get through. Here's one illustration from the latest Wally the Big Green Monster (mascot for the Red Sox) book I am illustrating for work. It's about Wally's trip around the world. Here's he's obviously in Brazil scoring the winning goal...

Just trying to get something up here...

2009-01-05T13:18:00.002-05:00

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd put this up. It's just a few quick sketches of some characters my daughters made up. I know it doesn't compare to Danny's awesome artwork, but it's something at least...

Coffee Posters

2008-11-13T15:29:00.005-05:00

So I finally finished up the eight posters for Kaña Coffee. It took a lot of late nights and some without sleep. I always feel like I can fix things and do better, but sometimes deadlines have to stop you whether you like it or not... It was fun though, I hope people enjoy it.

2008-11-10T18:37:00.009-05:00

I love this image of Fish from "Fish Out of Water" by my bro, Al, so I am making it into a shirt. I just wanted to share it with the world. You can read the whole strip here. Then read all the rest of them because they are all hilarious.

Monkey Business

2008-10-18T00:58:00.006-04:00

This is a satire on human desire, how we, at our most primal instincts, want more of what we already possess. One of something is just not enough. We need more, more, more even as we enjoy that which we want more of...or I was just playing around with some painting techniques in Photoshop...

A Pin-Up

2008-10-16T19:44:00.005-04:00

This is my attempt at a Pin-Up Lady...

Tex-Mex

2008-10-16T00:05:00.006-04:00

Rockabilly Rebel

2008-08-11T10:50:00.005-04:00

Here's a Greaser dude inspired by some of the music in my tunes collection. I just acquired a large collection of Rockabilly from a friend, and it made me want to draw this guy. Colored in Illustrator...

Jersey Eater

2008-07-23T00:20:00.008-04:00

An anteater. Anteaters are funky...

Rasta Mon

2008-07-14T22:25:00.005-04:00

It's been a while, so here's a quicky. Inspired by the Soca and Reggae that shuffles in my collection of songs on my iPod...

creature feature

2008-05-29T00:22:00.001-04:00

I really have no idea what this is. I just wanted to get some new art up, and this is what came out. Go figure.

Cowabunga

2008-05-28T07:46:00.004-04:00

Not much to say here. It's an octopus, and he's underwater. I would have liked to of done the lighting better...maybe I can explore that later when I have a little more time. Word.

Chocoholic

2008-05-26T15:27:00.006-04:00

Another lady attempt...no offense ladies, I do this too...

Laugh Attack

2008-05-14T18:31:00.005-04:00

This one is part of my Women of the Kwiki Collection. I noticed I couldn't draw women very well, so these were an attempt to try and get them right...I'll add some more of them later. Illustrator.

Aminals

2008-05-14T10:03:00.004-04:00

These were some test sketches for a comic we were thinking of doing. Danny drew it, and I colored a few of them (I think you have to click the image to see a larger version).

Hankerin'

2008-05-14T09:30:00.005-04:00

Reeeal Kwiki...

Snow Lady in Preparation

2008-05-13T09:25:00.006-04:00

I am trying to just take a bunch of my small sketches in my sketch book at work and color them when I get chances in between jobs as were done with the past two, so here's another in the Kwiki Collection as I am calling them...colored in Illustrator...

Frank

2008-05-08T15:41:00.005-04:00

Another quick one out of the sketch book. This one a colored in Photoshop...

Flying Car

2008-05-08T09:07:00.004-04:00

This is a quicky out of my sketch book that I scanned and colored in Illustrator...

Me, too

2008-02-13T22:59:00.006-05:00

Here's some more content. It's actually character development for a current web project...

Ahoy!

2008-02-12T15:55:00.001-05:00

And just to add more content, here's a picture of some sailor guy...

Yo Yo Yo!

2008-02-12T15:48:00.002-05:00

Alright. So this may become a place for me and my brother, Danny, to post our sketches and such. I'd like it become that, at least. Basically I want to force myself to do more finished-type artwork, and I want him to post more of his stuff up on the ole' web-o-web. So I'll start things off with this old picture I did (I don't remember exactly why I drew it, though...)...