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Art Direction
Illustration
Animation

ABOUT BONEHAUS

BoneHaus is the creative studio of Kirk Wallace. Building and assisting brands through the lens of strategic, hopeful, detailed art. Projects small and large are welcome.

A grid of logos of clients that Kirk has worked with. Hand drawn in a smudgy black ink style.

SKILLSHARE COURSES

  ★ Top Teacher  

Playful Shapes: Crafting Fun Everyday Objects in Adobe Illustrator

Character Design: Making a selfie in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop

A frame by frame animation of a sparky sun character with big bright eyes.

FEATURED PROJECTS

Readerly Illustrated Brand

Ripple Treatment Murals

Image of kirk and two friends Jill and Josh in jumpsuits with their art around them celebrating earth day.

Earth Day 2022 Event

a 2d illustration of two cars facing off ready to hit a soccer ball in the center like rocket league

Intel Rocket League Animation

An illustration of two young workers standing at a desk. One is on a workout ball with bright orange tall hair, another with an outdoor jacket leaning on the table. Some expressive shapes are floating above them to indicate creativity.

Wagepoint Illustrated Brand

A photo of Kirk Wallace in his studio with plants all around.

ABOUT KIRK

I stumbled into illustration after graduating with a degree in engineering. Raised by the internet, the first graphics I created were avatars and signatures for online forums.

It was right around the time of graduation I realized visual art was something I actually felt passionate for.

Now, between skateboarding, chasing the dogs, and some table hockey, I spend my time making meaningful and thoughtful illustration and animation for brands and myself every day.

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Photo by Josh LaFayette
an animated gif of a funny character standing with various instruments and costumes rotating out.

Songaday Generative Avatars

short depth of field focus of a grid of illustrated icons simple in color palette and soft.

Ravelry Iconography

2d animation of a flat little grape character in a cowboy costume
A purple rocket league car floating by dribbling a ball on its nose while spinning.
A flat 2d animation of a skeleton with a jacket running in the snow
A flat illustration of a bald funny character doing baseball signals.
A deck of cards with illustrated koalas on them.

Koala Playing Cards

A subtle animation of a older man in a yoga pose surrounded by plants.

MassMutual Animations

A super wide landscape illustration of a warm palette boston. with a few characters running and celebrating.

JP Morgan & Chase Mural

A wodden simple toy based on simple blocks that form a little robot with big eyes

Wooden Toys for Wagepoint

MORE WORK
More sparky flat shapes with a lot of energy but simple

WHAT I MAKE

I work on special projects that are emotionally driven and need attention to detail.
Here’s a few applications where that approach of working has manifested.

✱ ILLUSTRATION

✱ ART DIRECTION

✱ PACKAGING

✱ GIF/ANIMATION

✱ ICONOGRAPHY

✱ BRAND STRATEGY

✱ MURALS/ENVIRONMENT

✱ PATTERNS & TEXTILES

✱ MASCOTS/CHARACTERS

✱ SOCIAL CONTENT

✱ LETTERING

✱ STYLE DEVELOPMENT

✱ ADVERTISING

✱ SPEAKING/EDUCATION

✱ SCALABLE DESIGN SYSTEMS

✱ SCREEN PRINTING/APPAREL

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A flat graphic of a lemon, banana, and apple

HOW I MAKE IT

✱ Everything is Special

I bring value by overthinking and simplifying the results. Every detail should be considered, from the clothing of characters to the touch and feel of the paper for packaging.

✱ Emotional Connections

I create pieces that tie into real-world emotions. Sometimes they are whimsical, other times more grounded. Regardless the result feels relatable and human, even if we’re drawing balls of yarn with eyeballs.

✱ Growing Together

I work with startups and have helped them grow from ten employees to hundreds. I still work on special projects with almost 100% of my clients today.

✱ Input Output

Getting out of the studio is as important as drawing. Every project begins with a lot of meditation and time offline. A concoction of influences from wide and far make for the best product.

✱ Trust the Process

Having conversations up front help me fully understand the project. From there, I value trust from clients as things start rolling forward.

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 @BONEHAUS

🔥 Barnburner 🐔 Day two of posting a barn every day until I lose ever follower I have. 🗓️ Today I have this burning barn with some wheat in front It’s sort of based on the “Monitor barn” style which I guess has a second stor
🐓 I mostly am a barn artist now 🐔 I just like to draw barns. BarnHaüs. Throughout New England there’s all these different giant and small, tilted and straight red and green BARNS everywhere of all different shapes. I spent some ti
Wolverine from yesterday’s reel, bub. I included a few zoomies as well. This was all made in illustrator and photoshop. #xmen97 #vectorart #adobeillustrator #wolverine #flatillustration #characterdesign #xmen

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CONTACT, YES!

I like talking, speaking, chatting, and screaming, so let me know what you’ve got in mind for collaboration. A hello, or hate mail is fine too, thanks so much :smooch:

Kirk@Bone.Haus

A photo of kirk smiling with a violet shirt on and arms crossed.