PACE (PACIFIC ADVANCED CIVIL ENGINEERING) • DESIGN DRAFTING • TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION
This decade experienced huge transitions away from hand-drawn drafting and over to CAD and early computer graphics. 3D Modeling and animation had yet to be developed but AutoDesk AutoCAD emerged as an early powerhouse in Computer Aided Design. I made my own custom made menus and programmed my own font to simulate my actual hand-lettering. In later years, I did the same within Adobe True Type Fonts which is prevalent throughout this website (font-family: 'coreyjames';). This illustration is part my design for the boat lock at Kelowna Waterfront Park.
AutoCad, PC Paintbrush, Animator, Paint

PLAN

SECTION
(2) Hand drawn design drafting illustrations. The one on the left was scanned and colored with PC Paintbrush (Limited to only 16 colors back then).

It became blaringly apparent that CAD was the future of engineering design.
AutoCad, PC Paintbrush, Animator, Paint

I created thousands of illustrations and hundreds of designs but things fast-tracked into high tech so I did not archive much of my design drafting work back then. Plus, blueprints yellow with age in such a short amount of time.
MEANWHILE...
Some of my garage-band friends wanted some marketing art. In exchange, I attended quite a few club concerts for free.
Pen and Ink

I did a lots of freelance work on the side, often character-based.
Mixed Media

OH, AND THE CARTOONS!
Obviously, I was not done with them yet.
Pen and Ink

Hip Harry was popular in college so why not flush him out and get him syndicated?
And now, volumes of hilarious Hip Harry cartoons are available in my compilation book:
HIP HARRY OUTSIDE THE BOX
Pen and Ink

During this time, I got pretty good at caricatures as well. One has to be careful with these though... You're bound to hurt someone's feelings along the way.
Make a funny caricature without insulting the subject... Can it be done?
Pen and Ink

One of my early paying freelance gigs: a Christian Comic Book.
Here the devil emerges from out of a manhole and attempts to convert a construction worker.

My friends and I enjoyed a little Dungeons and Dragons from time to time.
When I was Dungeon Master, I came up with a bunch of character illustrations to enrich the quest. Here a few of them.
Pen and ink on mylar - pencil shading