the Argyle Academy

WHAT CAN A CRANE PICK UP // NEW BOOK

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:16:00 +0000

I'm excited to announce a new book that I illustrated, What Can a Crane Pick Up? is now available for pre-order! Check it out here.

ATLANTA // a few of my favorite spots

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:12:00 +0000

Here's a little map I drew of a few of my favorite spots in Atlanta for the Oxford American.

SAD MERMAID // new book

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Mon, 21 May 2012 05:25:00 +0000

I recently finished up a book cover for a series from Random House about a little girl named Pea.

Here's a tiny little drawing I put on the back:
And here's the full cover:

SHIP IN A BOTTLE // new drawing

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:18:00 +0000

RANDOM // SKETCHBOOK pages

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:26:00 +0000

DIPLO // portrait

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:09:00 +0000

Here's a little portrait I did of Diplo today.

COMMERCE // still patiently waiting (album art)

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:15:00 +0000

Here's a project I did a few months back for the band Commerce. The back was designed by the amazing Katrin Wiehle (who happens to be my fiancé).

Front:

Back (designed by Katrin):

STICKER BOOKS // galison books

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Sticker books out now. Order them here.

PIRATES // attack

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:50:00 +0000

LITTLE MOUNTAIN HOME // chronicle books

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:21:00 +0000

My new journal from chronicle books is now available to order.

More images here: Mike Lowery's Little Mountain Home Journal for Chronicle Books.

And you can order it right here.

BEST OF THE BEST

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:00 +0000

Just found out that the Gingerbread book was featured as one of the 2011 Best of the Best Books by the Chicago public library. Nice! AND, speaking of the Gingerbread man, here's a nice little interview/article: Got Story

EXPEDITION ALASKA // journal drawing

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:40:00 +0000

NEW PRINTS // land of nod

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:51:00 +0000

New prints from the LAND OF NOD.

OH, HELLO // temporary tattoos from tattly

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Are you in the unique situation of seeming TOO TOUGH and having TOO MUCH street cred? Then, you need a tattoo with a little bird saying "oh, hello" from Tattly.

drawn on the train from füssen to hannover

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:44:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:38:00 +0000

The only problem with doing editorial stuff is that it's really easy to forget to post the final image after the work comes out...since you can't show the image (of course) before publication. Here's an image I did for Family Fun a few months back:

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:54:00 +0000

Today in class, I showed a group of students how to make animated .gifs in photoshop. Here was my demo .gif:

TATTOO ICONS // NEW WORK

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:48:00 +0000

Here are a few tattoo style icons I did recently. Some of these are going to be used as temporary tattoos for a company. I'll post info about that soon.

NEW TO THE SHOP // TATTOO PRINTS

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:27:00 +0000

Look here! A new print in the shop.

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:36:00 +0000

This was forwarded to me last night and I loved it.

FAMILY FUN // summer issue

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:04:00 +0000

Here are a few characters I drew for a spread in FAMILY FUN's Summer issue:

PARTY BIRDS

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:41:00 +0000

Here's a new pattern I just finished up for a client. I'll post more about the project when it goes live.

ILLUSTRATOR'S DAY // decatur, ga

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:43:00 +0000

RANDOM JOURNAL DOODLES // drawing with allister

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:10:00 +0000

Here's today's random page of doodle drawing. Be sure to note the awesome face that Allister (4) drew!

SCREEN PRINTS // tattoo guy

noreply@blogger.com (the argyle academy) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:04:00 +0000

I recently got some posters screen printed of my tattoo guy promo image. I'll post some better pictures soon!