Hello, my name is Jim Romer,
and I'm a doodle addict.

I've been in the toy industry for decades. Working for companies like Russ Berrie, Commonwealth Toys, and Disney. Around 2001, I started working in the Amusement Industry, helping create many licensed characters; from little crane machine plush to the giant size plush items you see at amusement parks. Then in 2006, I started working directly with China factories, creating products mass-market retailers like Target, Petsmart and Walmart.

I specialize in animation, cartoons, character design, childrens illustration, digital art, pen and ink, whimsical illustration.

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#MerKat: Fighting Like Catfish and Dogfish

Another #MerKat image for #MerMay2020. Created on an iPad Pro using Procreate.

One of my #MerKat images for #MerMay2020.

Anther support character for a children's book I'm trying to develop into a dummy.

UPDATE: Fantasy Reading Scene (for SCBWI)

UPDATE: I was working on this illustration a while back, but I had no spare time and had to put it aside. The composition was too busy, but now I think it looks a little better. I made a few major changes, like: • Made adjustments to light sources • Created bolder outlines • Got rid of the Knight reading over the dragon's shoulder

Back in May, I wanted to do the #mermaychallenge, an online event where artists draw and share their mermaid illustrations during the entire month of May. But I knew I had limited time, with everything happening that month (buying new home/moving/fixing up the old home to sell), and a fulltime job. I created Mer-Kat, a hybrid kitten/mermaid. I felt this was such a fun new character to explore. Life underwater with a feline-based personality.

Character Design for #MerMay2019

Forgot to post this one, the original concept sketch for the 2nd of the 3 set of launched satellite posters.

The final image of the third poster in a set of 3

Curiosity Glow-in-the-Dark Poster - Sketch

This is the 3rd of the 3 glow-in-the-dark space satellite poster series. This concept sketch was done on a digital tablet with pencil setting. Will try to up the finished version tomorrow.

The final image of the second poster in a set of 3

The final image of the first poster in a set of 3

Voyager: Concept Design for a poster series for kids (1 of 3 set)

Pencil sketch of the first design for a set of Glow-In-the-Dark posters featuring famous exploratory man-made space satellites. Will post the final image next . . .

Happy Monkey Cheese Day everyone!

Circa 1447 A.D. - Witch Nazel casts the spell, "The Eternal Zombie Dance", on Count Nazz. Since then, Nazz has won about 134,729 dance contests and many YouTube awards.

A Valentine sketch I did for my wife. The image is inspired by the classic scene, (from the original old campy "Adam West" Batman movie), where Batman is running with a bomb.

My sister-in-law called me on the phone while playing Giant Sandwich VS Princess Ballerina with my (then) 3-year-old niece, (who I assumed was the Princess Ballerina.) From what I could hear over the phone, my niece was using a "flying fist punch" to devastate the evil "Giant Sammich," (which was later described as a ham and swiss on white with flimsy leaves of lettuce.) After that call, I imagined what that fight looked like and put it down on paper.

A concept image for a picture book story.

Taco doesn't stand a chance against the beefy... Burrito.

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