Conceptual Illustration

I used to freelance full time for national clients. Below is a small sampling of images I did during that period. If you'd like to see more of this style you can view a larger collection of my images at 

http://www.illustrationsource.com/stock/artist/lael-henderson

Experience working in this conceptual style has proven valuable at times in my career when doing  work such as conceptual icons and logos.

Digital Paintings

I enjoy painting digitally. Of course there are elements I miss about traditional painting, but for illustration, you just can't beat the speed of painting digitally. Here are a few of the digital pieces I've done over the years. If you'd like to see more, just ask.

Disney Concept Artist

While I worked for Disney Fall Line Studio in Salt Lake, my job title was concept artist…which meant I got to draw and paint all day!

Sometimes pieces were taken to full color, but often they were just concept sketches of characters or objects that might be used within a level. Here are some examples. It was always fun to change styles depending on what was needed.

Children's Book and Educational Illustration

At K12 as a visual designer, I did a lot of different work in all sorts of styles.  Some of the work I enjoyed most was illustrating for younger learners.  I worked mostly in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. Some pieces were done for print, while others were used in interactive online assets.  Here are some examples.

I always enjoy the illustration work, but my job at K12 also called for some design work and flash built assets that required animation and other skills that I was able to learn while there. I think I may have made every kind of graph imaginable. Here are some examples of simple B&W illustrations used for white board animation, and other examples of different styles of work I did there. 

If you made it this far, thank you for looking through a small selection of images I have produced over the years. I do have many more examples. If you would like a more focused body of work, or more of a certain style that you didn't see here, please let me know. I will be happy to put together a custom portfolio of pieces that may help show other skills. Thanks again for taking the time to browse through these few samples.