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Hello! Thanks for taking a look at this site. Take a look around, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

The art here includes my work from:
Book illustration
T-shirt art
Character concept art
Caricature art
Comic strips
Storyboarding

The mediums represented here include:
Pen and ink
Watercolor
Drafting Marker
Sumi-e brush art
Pencil line-work
Digital photo manipulation

If you have a project you want to start on, a collaboration you have in mind, or you just want to hook up with another storyteller, send me a wire! I promise I'll get back to you soon.

This is not only a hobby for me. This is what I think I'm supposed to do. I'd like to be useful.

-C. Casey Gardiner
thecraziestartist@yahoo.com

Storytelling is very important to me, I enjoy working in any medium with with you can tell a decent story. This includes children's literature, comics and anything that lends itself to a magic-realist view of the world.

Tell me, what are we without our stories?

Professional freelance illustrator and college graduate. I currently spend my days working on projects and looking for commissions.


Here's some of my past projects and related jobs:

Studied under Robert Bauer and was an official caricature artist for the Detroit Zoo. What a great place to work!

Sumi-e illustrator for Tamarack Song's book of Zen poetry, "Song of Trusting the Heart."

Author and illustrator of "A Wox in the Wildwood," a children's chapter book. (Currently being submitted to publishers. No takers yet.)

Originating artist for Paul Peterson's daily newspaper strip, "Walking Across America."

Employed artist at Art For a Cause.

Production artist for Fine Lines Graphics.


You can visit my other portfolios at these links:

http://thedb.com/thecraziestartist



http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=38450
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/c-casey-gardiner.html

I'll have more up soon.

Too, too many to count.

I'm always open for all kinds of commissions.

Always, always.

My current personal projects of relevant interest include:

"Josephine and the Fairy Tree," a children's book. (Written and being submitted to publishers. No takers yet.)

"A Wox in the Wildwood," a children's chapter book. (Fully written, fully illustrated, being submitted to publishers. No takers yet.)

"The Junkman and the Sixpence," a children's book. (First draft finished, awaiting editing.)

A young adult novel, tentatively titled "Imaginary." (First draft in production, this one's a real "magnum opus." Thus far I'm at the 60,000 word mark, so it's probably over halfway finished. But, is it any good? That remains to be seen!)

A young adult graphic novel about robots. No, it's NOT what you think! (Script being written, some b/w and color concept art.)

On the back burner: Short stories, comics and graphic novels.