Penelope Pilot is available!

Good news everyone! My first children’s book, “Penelope Pilot and her First Day as Captain” has been published and is now available for sale at GirlsWithWings.com!
Here are some of the illustrations…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas illustration

Illustration Friday: FROZEN

Kid-friendly cartoon logos…

cartoon kid friendly illustrated logos by Rob Christianson

My Creative Kids

Last night my daughter painted this adorable illustration:
And shortly after, my son created this awesome Robot valentine-box for his class party today:

I’m such a proud papa… my family is VERY creative.  (we raided a bunch of electrical bits I dug up in my garage – spark plugs, washers, keys from an old keyboard, and more [...]

Some random stuff…

First off, I think I may have broke one of my toes last night. I was hurrying to put a pair of pants in my closet, and the kids had been packing for Youth Camp. My daughter left our largest piece of pull-along luggage in the middle of my walk-in closet, unbeknownst to me. And [...]

Sketchbook Shenanegans…

I checked out a book from the library about how to draw “new retro cartoon” style. Here’s a drawing of my children in their usual demeanor…And here’s a great lesson God taught me today:
He got me to the train miraculously! Traffic was WAY backed up when I left this morning, and when I was still [...]

“Dad! I got an UPGRADE” he said

My kids came to work with me today. It’s been a busy day for them. My son typed up and designed a PowerPoint Presentation for a book report he has due, while my daughter helped Nathan with some screenplay ideas. (I thought she wrote it down but I guess he asked her to “concept” it [...]

Check ‘em out…

I was going thru my hard drive today and clearing out movie files, when I ran across these pix of the kids from one of their latest school plays: