And now IN COLOR

I had fun designing this guy. I've always enjoyed characters that aren't obviously good or bad, but takes some thought to make your own conclusions.

New Character

Hey internet! It's been a little while. Here are some poses of a character I'm working on.

Hotrod Stewart?

Merman?

Side Project...

I've been working on a side project,  here and there, when I get time... and motivation.  Here's a little glimpse at some of the characters I'm developing.

Random Characters

Greetings from Blue Sky

...some doodles waiting for notes from the supervisors...

NephropApocalypse

A good friend of mine has a rare kidney disease. He helps to raise money every year for the Cincinnati Kidney Walk.  This year I got to design his team banner and T-shirt.  If you're going to be in the Cincinnati Ohio area June 2nd, sign-up for the walk or donate and support a good cause. More info about the walk here.

Dragons

(updated in COLOR!)

Dog Jokes

Since I've been drawing so many cats, I might as well draw some dogs.

Gett'n Squatchy

While up in Vancouver, I felt that it was my duty to draw Sasquatch and keep the legend alive. 

Hotel Transylvania

I just finished up animating on one of the coolest projects I've had the pleasure to work on.  'Hotel Transylvania' has some fantastic animation and should look great in theaters.  Here is a doodle while waiting for notes from Genndy. Things should be slowing down a bit for me so I'll try to post a little more regularly on here.

Frederick de la von Fire

Frederick de la von Fire:
It's been quiet around the blog lately, but Fred's here to play you a tune.

Earl

The blog has gone quiet, but the quest is still going strong.  I've been busy moving to Vancouver, starting a new job at Sony Imageworks and blaa blaa.  I made this in Illustrator over the weekend, based on my favorite coconut monkey carving that I got from an old neighbor that passed away.

Landfill

Barthalomew the brilliant

Seabiscuits

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I can't use the excuse that I've been super busy with work. More like, moderately busy with work and visiting family and friends. I'm excited to be starting a couple new projects soon. One project will be a 'traditionally animated' short film for Duncan Studio.  A pencil, giant stacks of paper, and some very talented animators and artists...... I can't wait.  Here is a random drawing I did on my recent flight to Indiana.  I have no idea why I drew these 3, but there's got to be a story there.

Busy

Thank you for the great comments everyone has been leaving lately.  There have been some questions about my materials I use to draw or software to animate.  So, I'd like to answer some of them.  I animate in Flash for 2D and Maya for 3D, with the exception of the occasional animation in After Effects or Nuke.  I almost always draw quick, people, observational sketches with a pen. I have a nice Faber Castell 'S' PITT pen.  If I'm drawing from my imagination, then I almost always use a medium-hard pencil  H's or F's.  If I like the drawing, I will sometimes refine it with a soft 4-6B pencil.  If I add color, I usually scan in my drawing, set the drawing layer (in Photoshop or Illustrator) to 'multiply' blend mode and add color on layers below that.

This is an illustration I made for an insurance company a few years ago.  I was going through some old files and stumbled on it. It seems to give the sense of busy, which is what I am right now.  It's an animated gif that I created in photoshop.  Basically you feed 5 or 6 versions of a drawing into photoshop and it loops them.

History Channel!

The History Channel has some new programs we've been enjoying at home.  Here are a couple of characters from 'Pawn Stars' and 'Pickers'

Ludwig and his elephant