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Infotoons on YouTube

mikey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:14:23 +0000

Here’s a little YouTube portfolio piece I just put together. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

To air is human

mikey — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:05:25 +0000

Here’s another visual pun. I love listening to people talk, then misinterpreting what they just said. And of course, there’s always a visual. Let me know if there’s a phrase you’d like to see. Enjoy!

Gourd, By a Bull

mikey — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:58:51 +0000

Sorry, could not resist. The world loves a punster…

Life In a First-Aid Kit

mikey — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:40:57 +0000

Your typical first-aid kit. Lots of gags in here, but I think the best one is the box of adhesive strips that’s hitting on the moist towelettes. Enjoy!

Cut & Dried

mikey — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:28:13 +0000

When Kids Discover magazine asked me to illustrate the process by which a wound heals, I pretty much knew how I wanted to approach it. The only thing that plagued me was how to replicate the whorled pattern of fingerprints—until I uncovered some old topographic maps. If you look closely, some of the elevation callouts are still visible. And of course, no illustration is complete without the occasional pun. Click for a larger image… (Text © Kids Discover Skin)

Creativity

mikey — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:36:39 +0000

I’ll be presenting a one-hour class on creativity for Butler Community College’s Free Class Day, April 2nd (I believe). I pulled off the video below in one shot. Can you guess how?

The creative mind: How it works, when it doesn’t, and other rhetorical hoo haa

When does creativity strike? Who knows? Award-winning children’s magazine author/illustrator Michael Kline takes you on a one-hour tour of how the creative mind works, when it doesn’t, and gives you the formula for bringing a creative approach to everything, from grocery shopping to world domination, for CEO’s and Soccer Moms. To wit: If you’ve ever used the phrase “Thinking outside the box,” then you’re already late to the party. There never was a box…

Beeg Reever

sm00gle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:20:30 +0000

I was asked to put together a KIDSBILL for Music Theatre of Wichita, so I decided to try something new. I saw Bryan Ballinger (breadwig.com) doing some cool stuff with Maya, so I tried to replicate it in Adobe Illustrator, eventually winding up in Photoshop for some of the details. I really liked the “onstage” look of it.