It's that time of year again! Here's yet another contact sheet of random jack-o-lantern pumpkin designs: (Click to See Full Resolution) Happy Halloween Everyone! As always, I want to see your carvings if you so choose to adapt any of these (or previous year) designs, send me pictures at evan.m.boucher@gmail.com! Previous Designs can be found here: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 ..read more

It's that time of year again! Here's this year's contact sheet of goofy jack-o-lantern pumpkin designs: (click to enlarge) It seems like the last few years have been showcasing some new developments. Three years ago was the 10 year anniversary so I shared my process, and last year was special due to turning some old and new designs into commissioned tote bags. So what was new this year you ask? Well, this year I transferred my pumpkin design template document TO THE CLOUD!  Last year gave me the kick in the butt I needed to upgrade my process. So now I'm working of ..read more

 I was invited by the fine folks in Digital Marketing at DreamWorks Animation to create a drawing of my choice for them to showcase on social media for Christmas last year. They said it could be anything of my choice but had to be something in the spirit of the season, and if I could fit in some DreamWorks characters, that would be great. I had recently acquired an iPad and this was one of my first drawings on it, learning Photoshop for iPad as I went. Here's what I came up with: Click to Enlarge It was a fun drawing to do, and even more fun to see the fury I created in the Twit ..read more

 This summer I started experimenting with using watercolors in the hope to start doing more drawing while out hiking and birdwatching: Great Egret Red-footed Booby Giraffatitan brancai sketch Giraffatitan brancai + watercolors I also used Inktober this year to practice a bit as well, and thought I'd cross post some of those paintings here: Red Knot Raven Thalassodromeus sethi Helmeted Hornbill ..read more

  I thought last year was a great experience to push my artistic skills out of my comfort zone, and so decided to participate in Inktober again this year. I really embraced the limitations of the physical media and focused on being consistent over perfection. I also tried pushing myself further by playing with watercolors and other mixed traditional media this year. I like some more than others for sure, but am happy to have completed it among all the other things I'm working on. For ease of acces, here's my complete Inktober 2021 compiled in one place: Prompt 1: Crystal Prompt 2: Suit ..read more

 Hey Everyone! Don't worry I didn't forget to do my annual pumpkin designs! Yes it may appear that way, seeing as it's now November, but there's something different in store for this year (literally), and when you add the worldwide shipping delays to the equation, we're unfortunately a bit late.  So what's the deal? Well, earlier this spring, I was contacted by Publix Super Markets Inc. with a request to license some of my jack-o-lantern designs for some Halloween-themed reusable tote bags! They were inquiring about the very first two contact sheets, and upon informing them that I ha ..read more

 Hey All! Is anyone still reading this? I thought I'd go ahead and update with some work I did this year. First up, more painting in support of conservation initiatives! In previous years I've done a number of paintings for various conservation related charity auctions. With last year being (hopefully) peak pandemic, all the usual events I do artwork for were either cancelled, or had their format tweaked to a virtual environment. World Giraffe Day 2021 It was nice this year when my first post-vaccinated gathering was the annual 'Laughs for Giraffes' event in celebration/support ..read more

 Here's just a quick sketch I did this morning. My African rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri krameri), Griffin, was falling asleep and I thought it was cute so I decided to sketch him ..read more

 With all the extra time at home I thought it was a good year to try participating in Inktober, where you create and share an ink drawing based on a list of prompts for each day during the month of October. I successfully completed all the prompts, although there were a few days where I got behind and had to do multiple drawing to catch up, especially once we started raising a new dog. This was a great experience to force me to just push stuff out. Any artist goes through the mental games of not wanting to release something to the world unless they're extremely happy with it it, especiall ..read more

 Happy Halloween Everyone! That means it's time for a "Jack-O-Lanterns In Real Life" post! This year COVID didn't stop people from carving Jack-O-Lanterns, and my friend and Giraffe-Keeper Extraordinaire, Mike Bona decided to go with my rhino design from 2018: I think he absolutely nailed it. Fantastic job! Here's the original for your convenience: Thanks for playing, Mike, and Happy Halloween everyone!!! Looking forward to what everyone comes up with next year! For Previous Jack-O-Lanterns IRL, see: 2019 2012 2013 2015 2017 - (I forgot to post them that year but they are at ..read more