Scott DuBar Illustration

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Power Kids Electronic Library

Recently I had the privilege of doing some more children’s illustration for Pennsylvania’s Power Kids Electronic Library. This time around I got to illustrate a few state symbols, the white-tailed deer, model K4s 1361 locomotive, and a mountain laurel.

I also got to do a fun pair of illustrations of Ben Franklin conducting some children singing Pennsylvania’s State Song.

Special thanks to The Ivy Group, who handled the site design, for bringing me on board once again! You can visit the Power Kids website here.

September 9, 2015
Power Kids: Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library

I got contacted last Fall by local design studio The Ivy Group to work on a really great project for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. They were updating the look of their online library, Power Kids, and needed a couple of illustrations of Ben Franklin, and one of a friendly librarian.

I had a great time working on this. Not only was it a fun project, but everyone involved was really great to work with as well. You can check out the site here: http://kids.powerlibrary.org/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=eCard

March 23, 2015
Happy Anti-Tofurky Thanksgiving!

Happy tofu turkey Thanksgiving! The idea for this gag came to me in a dream, and even though it’s a little weird, I thought it would be fun to go ahead and just make it into a Thanksgiving greeting card and post it for sale on zazzle. I tried a tofurky (turkey made of tufu) once and, even though I love tofu and vegetarian food, it was awful. Somehow, I expect turfu would be equally awful.

You can buy the card from my zazzle store here: http://www.zazzle.com/anti_tofurkey_thanksgiving-137398208032657101

November 12, 2014
Kid Hercules Comes Alive!

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Here it is! I’ve been waiting for this moment for quite awhile- the moment when I could bring Kid Hercules to life! During the course of my 365 challenge, a friend of mine suggested I do a walk cycle, and then animate it later. The second gif shows the untouched scans from my sketchbook. As you can see, I wasn’t able to properly align my “frames” since I drew them in a Moleskine. Even after cleaning things up a bit in Photoshop, Kid Hercules is still a little jittery, but it was super fun to do and I’m oddly proud to see my character come to life after working on him for such a long time.

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Feel free to drop by the official Kid Hercules website for more!

October 7, 2014
Da Agony of Da Outdoorsy Feet

Recent illustration for Utah Adventure Journal for an article on uncomfortable outdoor footwear. I had no idea rock climbing was so hard on the feet!

July 9, 2014
Road Trippin’ Maps for Blue Ridge Outdoors

Here’s a couple of cartoon maps I did for the July issue of Blue Ridge Outdoors for an article highlighting various outdoorsy road trips along the Blue Ridge Mountains. The top map even includes my first-ever celebrity likeness, Paula Deen (y’all!), for her Savannah restaurant Lady and Sons.

July 1, 2014
Kid Hercules 365 Challenge Update

Here’s just a few samples of my ongoing 365 challenge for a character I’m developing called Kid Hercules. I actually completed the challenge back in April, but have a pretty big backlog of images to upload. This has been such a great project and something that has helped improve my work in ways I never expected!

You can follow my progress over at kidhercules365.blogspot.com and check out everything I’ve been able to post so far.

June 16, 2014
Pace Of Play | FORE Magazine

Here’s a piece I did for an article in FORE Magazine, put out by the Southern California Golf Association. The story is about efforts being made to encourage golfers to speed up their game a bit. Below are some of the sketches I did that didn’t make it.

As much as I like each of these ideas, I think FORE made the right choice for their magazine. And here’s a digital tear-sheet:

November 20, 2013
Ski Dreams: Utah Adventure Journal

My latest illustration for Utah Adventure Journal, for an article about a guy dreaming of the upcoming ski season.

November 19, 2013
Comic Ground: Cartoons for Common Ground Magazine

Healing Circle Closed | Client: Common Ground Magazine

The Power of No | Client: Common Ground Magazine

San Francisco’s Common Ground magazine is leading up to its 40th anniversary with an issue devoted to the importance of humor. Editor Rob Sidon, who knew me from my days doing comics and short animations for a meditation center in India, called me up to ask if I had anything on hand. Alas, I had none. But that didn’t stop me from putting pencil to paper.

The first one, like most good humor, is actually based on a true event. The second one I did is a variation on an idea I had for a Grumpy Cat meme playing off Ekhart Tolle’s The Power of Now.

You can check them both out, along with the whole issue, here: http://www.sopdigitaledition.com/commonground/#/20/

November 11, 2013