A little mash-up action, with Anger from Inside Out and X-Men’s Wolverine

A trending challenge on Instagram this past year was the Disember challenge which called all artists to try their creative skills at drawing a Disney themed prompt word for each day of December. I was only able to participate in two of the thirty-one challenges. Mouse and Glen Keane

Zorbie is a Habitat Ranger on planet Garp and gets around in T.H.I.N.G, the Terrain Hovering Industrial Navigation Guardian!

I’m working on a new adventure story but I only have a few character designs, notes and sketches at this point. I’m pretty stoked to get creating though.

This graphic style is one of my favorites to work with. The flat colors and bold lines are a lot of fun to create while playing with shapes and expressive character. 恶

Once I design a character I like, start piecing together a story in my mind. Here’s The Jade Blade! The right hand woman to the Evil Bun

In 2024 we’ll see the release of three new books in the Afro Unicorn collection by April Showers and illustrated by Anthony Conley. You Are A Unicorn and Divine Makes A Splash both arrive in stores and online on March 26th and A Magical Parade follows on May 7th! Mark your calendars and be sure to pick them up!

Character poses of the Afro Unicorns, Magical, Unique and Divine

January 2nd 2024 was the release date for Captain America Sam Wilson! Here are a few illustrations from the book written by Frank Berrios and illustrated by yours truly. Shop your copies at this link

Here’s an illustration I made as a throwback to a Neopets game that was very popular called Hannah and the Ice Caves!

Here are a few turn around drawings that Neopets commissioned me to create about a year or two before Jumpstart gave up ownership. I think most of the plush designs were produced with the acception of Alien Aisha and Bori if I’m not mistaken.

Alien Aisha

Angelpuss

Faerie Draik

Baby Xweetok

White Bori

Island Kadoatie

Royal Meepit

This one won’t be out until July 2, 2024 but the cover art is now live so I figured I’d share it with you guys.

This Little Golden Book is based on the Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes animated preschool series on Disney Junior and Disney+!

Coming March 26, 2024 by April Showers & illustrated by Anthony Conley, this empowering board book You Are A Unicorn is the latest installment from the Afro Unicorn line of books, which features stories about Black and Brown unicorns embracing their outer beauty and inner abilities.

Book Illustrations by Anthony Conley for Afro Unicorn

My latest book project, ‘The Most Magical Time Of The Year’ is available October 10, just in time for the holidays. Find it everyplace books are sold!

December is finally here, and all the unicorns in the kingdom of Afronia are excited to meet Santa. But when Santa gets lost on the way, the unicorns fear that Christmas will be ruined. It’s up to Magical, Unique, and Divine to use their superpowers of love and kindness to save Christmas.

Let the Christmas countdown begin in this tale of love and hope for the holidays!

Kull’s gauntlet was ensorcelled with dark energies that could cause destruction on a massive scale. He planned to unleash its power on the unsuspecting citizens of Meridell, and he wouldn’t stop until every inch of the land was consumed by chaos.

Carrier VanBron’s mission to save the last remaining vandagyre egg from extinction at all costs was no easy feat. He relied on his Maractite lined backpack to keep the egg safe and secure in a dystopian war zone.

Fyra was a fire faerie who loved to cause trouble. She had a mischievous streak and enjoyed setting fires throughout Faerieland. Even though the other faeries warned her about the danger of her actions, Fyra continued to do as she pleased.

One day, Fyra went too far. She almost set fire to Queen Fyora’s castle, the most important and beloved building in all of Faerieland. The queen was furious and demanded that someone capture Fyra before she could cause any more trouble.

It was then that the brave lupe knight-in-training, Tormund, stepped forward. He had heard about Fyra’s dangerous games and knew that he had to stop her before she caused any more harm.

Tormund followed Fyra’s trail, which led him to a hidden cave deep in the forest. As he entered the cave, he saw Fyra sitting beside a small fire, mesmerized by the flickering flames.

Tormund knew that he had to be careful, as Fyra was a powerful faerie and could easily escape or cause harm. He approached her slowly and cautiously, wearing his enchanted fireproof glove given to him by Queen Fyora.

With the flick of his hand, Tormund captured Fyra in his glove. She struggled and fought to escape, but the glove was too strong. Tormund had managed to capture the troublesome fire faerie.

Fyra’s capture put an end to the fires that had been causing so much destruction throughout Faerieland. The citizens of Faerieland rejoiced and thanked Tormund for his bravery. And though Fyra was imprisoned in a faerie bottle, never to cause trouble again, the stories of her mischievous ways was a warning to all who sought to disturb the peace in Faerieland.

Creating technical drawings for the production of sculptures or walk-around character costumes is a trade that involves a keen eye and an understanding of form and space. These are turn poses that I did for Nickelodeon as they were planing attractions at several locations and needed sculpts produced.

For the past two years I’ve been working with Afro Unicorn and Random House on six books. The first two books just released on September 5th, with the third set to release in October and the next three in 2024. Here are a few illustrations from the Little Golden Book title We Are Afro Unicorns.

Marinia, a lush forest world, has been invaded by scientists who want to capture the animal inhabitants and turn them into mutated soldiers. At first, the animals resist, but then they began to see the bright side of their transformation: they become stronger, faster, and smarter. Their new abilities help them defend their home against the scientists and their machines. As the conflict rages on, a group of animals band together, calling themselves the Origin Cycle, to protect their world and fight for their freedom. With their newfound powers and unity, the animals just might be able to save Marinia from being taken over.

Have you had a chance to check out the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mutant Mayhem movie yet? It’s a great new direction for the Turtles brand and the “Spiderverse” inspired animated style really works.

I took an old drawing I made of Leonardo and added the rest of the turtles to this series of rough cut out, stylized characters with layered textures on top.

For years my wife and I talked about creating a family crest but never got around to it. Finally, we put some thought and fun into it and came up with the Hall Conley Family Crest. We even had a few embroidered patches made too ⚜️🔰⚜️

The Color Wheel Challenge challenges artists to draw characters that match each of the eight hues in the color wheel. Here’s three entries of Neopets characters that I’m quite happy with.

I was contracted to create tight line character poses for Nickelodeon‘s latest spin on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The tight poses are then handed off to another artist to be digitally painted and used for merchandise and promotion of the Mutant Mayhem movie.

Afro Unicorn and Random House Children’s Books are excited to present to you the first 3 in a series of five Afro Unicorn Books that I had the honor of illustrating.

“We Are Afro Unicorns,” on September 5, 2023

“A Magical Day” on September 5, 2023

It’s Magical’s birthday! She and her unicorn friends can’t wait to celebrate at her magnificent party. But when Magical’s enchanted crown suddenly goes missing, it’s up to everyone in the enchanted kingdom of Afronia to come together and find it before her big party is ruined.Join these three extraordinary unicorns in a story full of friendship, love, and fun.

“The Most Magical Time of the Year!” on October 10, 2023.

December is finally here, and all the unicorns in the kingdom of Afronia are excited to meet Santa. But when Santa gets lost on the way, the unicorns fear that Christmas will be ruined. It’s up to Magical, Unique, and Divine to use their superpowers of love and kindness to save Christmas.
Let the Christmas countdown begin in this tale of love and hope for the holidays!

In the Chinese Zodiac my birth year, 1975 is the year of the Rabbit – 2023, is also the year of the rabbit and more specifically, the water rabbit! Happy Chinese New year 🧧 🐇 The character in the image is Cybunny. I designed the character when I worked for Neopets.com in 2000. I thought it would be a fitting tie in for this illustration! 🐰

Young Batman™ fans can leap into the Caped Crusader’s latest adventures as Batman upgrades the Batmobile with big tires for some big action when a group of motocross bike riding jewel thieves hit Gotham City. Unfortunately, these bad guys are teamed up with a Super-Villain that may prove to be too much even for an All-terrain Batmobile to handle. Written by David Croatto and illustrations by Anthony Conley

Here are some characters and illustrations for the Alexis Snipperdoom book series created by the amazing JD Broyhill. This book series will introduce you to a magical world of adventures and characters that you really should check out!

JD Broyhill, Amazon Books

Inspired by the question her young son asked during a fun moment of play, Sundra Oakley’s debut picture book, Why Do I Get All the Kisses? is a love letter response to her sweet boy and a multilingual message of love from mommies around the world.

Check out some art from my recent board book project with Penguin Random House, I LOVE MY HAIR (SESAME STREET)

One of Sesame Street’s newest neighbors, Gabrielle lets everyone know how much she loves her beautiful black hair in this joyful board book illustrated by Anthony Conley. Young Black girls and boys will not only identify with Gabrielle but learn to love their natural beauty!

Two heroes are better than one when Marvel’s Black Panther and his sister, Shuri, team up in this action-packed Little Golden Book! By Frank Berrios illustrated by Anthony Conley.
Available on Amazon, Target.com, Penguin Random House and other places books are sold