Hey buddy, you looking for a south metro illustration artist? A mug that knows graphic illustration, logo illustration, technical illustration and all of the other types of Photoshop illustration under the sun? Well, look south of the river in Shakopee. I'm Franklin Haws of www.franklinsartwork.com . Glad to meet ya'.

After earning a BFA from The College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, I entered the advertising field as a designer illustrator.

My clients include West Group, Minnesota News Council and The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. Attracted by my quick turn-around, the famous science fiction children's books writer and lady pilot Erma 'Red' Jones hired me to design a map showing a direct route to Asia. Because of a printing error, she ended up in Tampa at Sammy's Asian and American Takeout, a place I visited while on holiday in Florida. What are the odds of that happening?

That brings me to another client... 'Slick' Ole Fleatsboume (Who thought my prices were reasonable), I think he had something to do with the gaming industry. He 'asked' me to do the whole graphic illustration project blindfolded, for my own safety he said. Because of some legal problems, he left Shakopee and is staying with "family' in Tampa.

Huxley Obmnboao was the Mayor of Tampa (go ahead, look it up) and he was concerned about the increase in crime in the Tampa area and hired me to design and contemporary illustration renderings of WANTED signs for the local law enforcement. Everyone respected my talent and enjoyed my easy-going demeanor.