Boston here we come!
i have the tremendous honor of speaking at the 2008 HOW conference May 18-21 2008.
nothing big just one of several breakout sessions. my session is titled:
Inside Red Nose Studio
The Creative Process of Illustrator Chris Sickels.
i’ll be focusing on the unsung heros of my work, the little things in the backgrounds that never have the limelight, never get the camera’s attention like the puppets do… they are the props, the supporting actors, the things that i sometimes get the biggest kick out of creating because more often than not they are made of random bits of junk that are stored in many of the drawers around the studio…
this little chair is one of the many props i’ll talk about.


it’s seat is an old rubber ‘foot’ from one of those old, heavy, black typewriters that were built like tanks.
the red plastic back is cut out of a discarded red pill bottle.
the rest is aluminum wire.

i remember playing with a cheap touristy sombrero we brought back from mexico while visiting my grandparents out in arizona. i was in third grade. funny how that stuff just comes back…

just finished up another campaign in Norway. cant say too much about it yet, but these two beers mugs from the series seemed to sum up how i felt when it was completed.

what a challenge and thanks to the whole team at SMFB for their confidence in my work.

the mugs were made from discarded spritz bottle lids and the ale and froth came from a Gorilla Glue accident.
cheers!