This artist here is a family friend. He currently is the Art Director for Mickey Mouse Franchise at Disney Consumer Products. He also (could he possibly have any free time with a job title like that!), is a freelance illustrator. Mr. Shelly truly is “raw” talent…incredible talent–he was hired on at Disney as an animator right out of high school! I have always admired his work and quarky style…he makes it look so effortless.
About his website…the layout could stand to be worked on a little. The main image is bumping into the thumbnails at on the left, and I’m not crazy about the navigation being at the bottom of the page. I’m not sure either, that I would have chosen the black & white image to be the main/ largest image. Although, I think it is a very cool piece, I just don’t think it works against the background color and next to the color thumbnails.
The site does do a nice job categorizing the work so the viewer, as he/she runs the mouse over the top of the thumbnails, knows what the category of work is. The site is fairly easy to navigate through, and you clearly know what you a looking at on each page. I also like that he has his blog linked and visible on several of the pages. He does update his blog frequently, so you should check it out sometime.
