To offer you a quick look at the greeting card designs that were delivered just yesterday (woohoo!), I’m posting a few pages from my catalog, so you can see the kind of stuff I’ve been up to! I’m currently working on a new design for this site, complete with an online store, so soon you will be able to see all the designs in living color! Click the images below to see them larger. Note: the colors won’t be quite as neon in print. Enjoy!

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I have been trying to create a good image for my business card for almost nine months now – so it looks like it arrived just in time! I’d been toying with a few of these elements for quite some time, and then all of a sudden, just in time for a trade show next week, poof! It appeared! So you will likely be seeing more of these guys in the future!

Announcing my first greeting card, for the New Year! In the spirit of finding as much humor as possible in the current situation, I offer the above visual interpretation, now available in a convenient greeting card form for easy distribution amongst those you might want to hand a laugh to! These are actual physical greeting cards, that you put stamps on and everything – remember those?? I am offering them for $1.20 each.

If you are interested in ordering some cards for your personal use, please contact me at hmw@itsavisual.com.  And a wonderful, happy 2009 to everyone!

I like this drawing even though it looks similar to a few other works I have seen. It’s the first draft of an idea that I need to do a lot more work on, but I still like the way this turned out!

It also occurs to me that people might feel this way during the holidays – too much to do!

Repair please!

Just when you thought it was safe… there are always strings attached when you have pets. This is my first submission to IF for about a year and a half! It’s good to be back, and I hope I can manage to keep it up regularly, if not every week. Has anyone ever been on the receiving end of that “locked-on-prey” look that cats get? It’s pretty freaky!

One of my favorites. Originally published January 1, 2007.

Shameless Plug Warning: This cartoon is also available on T-shirts, mugs, etc. at my CafePress shop! Check link in the blogroll!

This illustration I did for Illustration Friday, for the word “Might.” Below is the original text.

One day a merchant came into a small village and a crowd gathered to look at his wares. He demonstrated on one of the village women a powder that would clean even the most discolored teeth. It worked like a charm, and her teeth were white as snow. The villagers excitedly crowded around to buy the powder, which cost only two coins for a bottle. One man, however, stayed at the back of the crowd. He had very discolored teeth, and he had the two coins to buy the powder. But he hesitated, thinking, “Should I, or shouldn’t I?” while rubbing the coins together in his hand. Then there was only one bottle left. The man ran forward, thrusting the coins toward the merchant to buy the bottle. The merchant took the coins, and said to the man, “I have been watching you, at the back, going back and forth. In your indecision, you have rubbed the faces off these coins, and they are worthless.” And the merchant sold the last bottle to someone who had good coins.

Sitting on the fence is a painful place to be. Not recommended. It’s important to know what you want.

Here’s an illustration originally published on January 8, 2007. I gave it the caption a little later, and it remains one of my most popular pictures. I think most people can relate to this in some way or other!