self portrait

I recently did a self portrait for a few of the publishers I'm working for who wanted a photo. Below is the finished drawing, as well as the original. See if you can find the tiny change I made that made me look a bit friendlier.

SNEEK PEAK - MOVE YOUR BODY

And here are a few pages from the book "Move Your Body" that will be in the Body Parts set (from Bilingual Readers - a publishing company based out of Madrid).

SNEEK PEAK - PARTS OF THE BODY

Here are a few pages from the upcoming book from Bilingual Readers (which will be in English/Spanish) called "Parts of the Body".

ILLUSTRATION WEEKEND

This weekend at SCAD (where I teach illustration), we are hosting Jon Foster and fellow Lilla Rogers Studio artist Helen Dardik (who happens to be a pattern making genius!). It's mostly open to students, but if you're in the Atlanta area and would like to come, send me a quick note.

Doctor Proctor's FART POWDER on shelves now!

Here's a quick snap shot of a book that I did the illustrations for called Doctor Proctor's FART POWDER:

buy it now here.

I'll be posting more images and a bit about the process in the next few days.

New Pirates! Bank from Galison/Mudpuppy

I just saw that the bank that I did for Galison/Mudpuppy is now available for purchase. Take a peek here:Mike Lowery Pirates! Bank from Galison/Mudpuppy

new pattern - bunnies and carrots

Here's a new pattern called Bunnies and Carrots:

a little rabbit - silkscreen print

more stuff I drank in Japan

keyboards and vines and coffee and speakers and foot pedals...and...

I've been doing some tiny drawings of keyboards and vines (etc) in pencil and coffee. Oh, look at that...here they are:

STUFF I DRANK OUT OF VENDING MACHINES IN TOKYO

Here's a new pattern from a series that I'm working on based on my trip to Japan. This one highlights all of the wacky stuff we drank out of the vending machines. More to come!

the complexity of the human anatomy

Houses in Love