Archive for the 'Art' Category


A Creative and Rude Christmas

I got two books for Christmas: The first I have been wanting for the last year, Creative Illustration, by Andrew Loomis. It’s sadly out of print, so my wife had to find a copy on Ebay. The copy I have was printed in 1950. Andrew Loomis has written what is considered […]

Guns & Animals

Here are a couple of unit designs we worked on this week. As always, it’s a team effort. The phoenix with the M249 SAWs was drawn and inked by me with Kyle Tobin providing the color and text. The heavy equipment design was also drawn and inked by me with Kris Estep […]

VMFA (AW)-242

Here is another design from this week. I did the pencil and ink work, and Kris Estep did the rest.

OO-RAH T-shirt

This design was initially a rejected concept for OCS. We liked it so much we thought it would make a great shirt for us with a few modifications. Kyle Tobin did the colors and Kris Estep came up with the saying “THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN.” Just another cool day at work.

On the Shoulders of Giants

The influence of previous generations has become so pervasive that we take for granted that many of the doors we walk through, were opened by them. It is difficult to imagine, for instance, that our collective version of traditional American values would be the same without Walt Disney. There are no antiheroes in […]

OCC 196

Here are some of the latest designs from Officer Candidates School.

Unit Art Themes

I’ve always joked that if I did a book about the art we do here at OO-RAH.com, I would have to title the book, “Skulls and Bulldogs,” since those two subjects dominate the themes. Lately, I think the book would have to be called, “Skulls, Bulldogs, and Spartans.”