Self Portrait

My wife and kids love me, thank goodness. They put up with my gooberness - like drawing myself as a steampunker :-)

Actually my kids take after dad. LOL

So You Want to Make Childrens Books

Merry Christmas

Book Contribution

Susan Ruddick Bloom asked me to do a digital demo for her book "Digital Collage and Painting". Here is my contribution to the book that has just been released.

Interviewed by Pop Dose

Have you ever wondered what inspired the images on your favorite album covers? With Uncovered, we discuss the stories behind the artwork with the people who made them. This week, we talk with Cliff Cramp, the artist responsible for the cover of the new Plain White T’s album, The Wonders of the Younger.

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Work In Progress

Article in Inside CSUF

Creating Musical Art
Artist Creates Cover to Represent Band's Latest Album

If a picture is worth a thousand words, an illustration used for the cover of an album surely must say that and more.

And musicians, as artists themselves, know that the artwork must represent the band as well as the music.

So when Plain White T’s was creating their latest album, they spent time thinking of what they wanted to say and how they wanted it recreated on the CD cover. They even drafted a rough sketch while on a plane flight that their record label, Hollywood Records, used when contacting Cliff Cramp, professor of art, about bringing the band’s vision to life.

The result will be seen when the Grammy Award-nominated band releases its latest album, “Wonders of the Younger,” Dec. 8. Not only is Cramp’s work on the cover, it is used for the album booklet boxed with the CD.

“The communication was excellent between all those involved,” said Cramp, a Cal State Fullerton alumnus with a BFA and MFA in illustration. “That, and the theme, made this a really fun project to work on.”

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Ipad Test Paint 3

Ipad Test Paint Movie 2

Ipad sketch movie

iPad Movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmVRS-NtT4w

Another Ipad Sketch

I'm enjoying the Ipad as a sketching tool now

Plain White T's - Wonders of the Younger

Hollywood Records has a new release date for the Plain White T's latest CD WondersOf The Younger. December 7th. It was fun to work on the cover and the interior illustrations. Sorry, the the interiors can't be shown until it's released.

Quick Character Sketches

Ice Sentinel

Quick Sketch Demo 11-10-10

Above the Clouds

Steampunk Axe Cop

Two more Ipad Quick Sketches

Axe Cop Tribute

This is a tribute illustration for a friends web-comic. Axe Cop was created by Ethan and Malachi Nicolle and has become an internet sensation. Accumulating millions of hits within days of it's launch.

Harvesting Steam