1.19.2007
1.10.2007
1.09.2007
Sailing in Santa Barbara
I went sailing this last weekend with my wonderful fiance, my friend Lyon and his girlfriend, Bridgette and my friend Shaun who hooked us up with the boat.
Have a looksy!
Have a looksy!
1.08.2007
Another world
This is a planet thousands of light years away from Earth.
Or at least my interpretation.
People Look Funny
Some random caricature doodles from the past couple weeks. Some of these are from the airport and the bottom few from a sketch jam last Saturday.
1.05.2007
Amanda Visell
Kristen and I went to Amanda Visell's solo show "Switcheroo" art opening last night at Gallery 1988 and it was sooo cool! She had a 3-piece (trumpet, tuba and banjo) dixieland band playing and gave out cool little bags to the first 100 people which I'll be posting some pics soon! Not to mention every piece of art in there is strong eye candy!
Her work is a lot like Tim Biskup's style but she works more with animals and human characters that the general public can relate to a little better than Biskup's more abstract/experimental shapes and characters. When looking at Visell's work, the viewer writes a story in their mind for each and every piece which I love. When looking at Biskup's, I personally don't get that but moreso look at his work for its artistic value. I don't prefer one over the other, just comparing the two.
I highly recommend if you're in the LA area to go check out Switcheroo.
Great show, Amanda!
Her work is a lot like Tim Biskup's style but she works more with animals and human characters that the general public can relate to a little better than Biskup's more abstract/experimental shapes and characters. When looking at Visell's work, the viewer writes a story in their mind for each and every piece which I love. When looking at Biskup's, I personally don't get that but moreso look at his work for its artistic value. I don't prefer one over the other, just comparing the two.
I highly recommend if you're in the LA area to go check out Switcheroo.
Great show, Amanda!
12.26.2006
Natural Disaster
This last couple were done on/in the airport/plane on the way back home for Christmas vacation. More soon!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
12.20.2006
W.I.P. - freelance book
This is a cover page for a freelance project I'm working on for a book. I'm also doing seven black and white illustrations for inside the book. These will be published for teachers of around kindergarden to 3rd grade students. I'll post more progress as this is worked on a little more.
Merry almost Christmas!
Merry almost Christmas!
12.14.2006
Ratatouille Art!!!!!!
I just got the Art of Cars and currently reading it now. I can't wait for this one to come out! This is the official cover just released.
12.13.2006
12.12.2006
Starbucks Schmucks
This is my part of Tremendoustan's second episode, Starbucks Schmucks, that I animated. See the whole episode here:
Tremendoustan 1
This is the first part of the first episode in which I rigged, set shots, and animated. Go see the whole first episode.
8-bit
These pieces are for a game by Liquid Generation called Escape from Scientology Land. The style of the game was to look like the 8-bit old school Zelda/Ninja Gaiden type, but the main idea for this game is you are a guy named Gene in Scientology Land ruled by Xenu, and you need to escape from Tom Cruise, John Travolta and other scientologists. Sounds a lot like Hollywood to me!
We actually made 3 levels to this. You can play the first part here , the second part here, and the third level here. Go play, it's actually a lot of fun!
We actually made 3 levels to this. You can play the first part here , the second part here, and the third level here. Go play, it's actually a lot of fun!
12.07.2006
True-Life Adventures
Tonight I went to see John Canemaker host the celebration of the release of the True-Life Adventures at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood with Roy Disney (and a couple other guys but who cares next to John and Roy!). What a treat!
Roy told us some stories about his Uncle Walt telling him the story of Pinocchio when he was sick in bed around the age of nine. He said that's around the time Pinocchio was still in the story department. When he went to see the movie over a year later in the theater, he was very disappointed compared to the story Walt told him. That's kind of expected but still great to hear.
There was also one of the cameramen, Paul Kenworthy, that shot some of the True-Life Adventures (including The Living Desert and The Vanishing Prairie) who spoke briefly about his experience. When I used to watch these as a little kid with my grandpa (he had a collection on VHS), I used to think the True-Life Adventures were completely natural and wondered how they got so much great footage of animals fighting, but in actuality Kenworthy revealed to us that they would place the animals in the habitat just to "see what would happen". There's a clip of a bobcat and boars I believe in The Living Desert where the bobcat is scared off by the boars and climbs a tall cactus to escape but to find himself stuck at the top. But Kenworthy said he had a friend who raised the bobcat and let them use the animal to see how it would react to the boars. They got a good take of the action and never got the bobcat back.
At the end of the night, I had to congratulate Mr. Canemaker on his oscar in person and get a quick snapshot.
Roy told us some stories about his Uncle Walt telling him the story of Pinocchio when he was sick in bed around the age of nine. He said that's around the time Pinocchio was still in the story department. When he went to see the movie over a year later in the theater, he was very disappointed compared to the story Walt told him. That's kind of expected but still great to hear.
There was also one of the cameramen, Paul Kenworthy, that shot some of the True-Life Adventures (including The Living Desert and The Vanishing Prairie) who spoke briefly about his experience. When I used to watch these as a little kid with my grandpa (he had a collection on VHS), I used to think the True-Life Adventures were completely natural and wondered how they got so much great footage of animals fighting, but in actuality Kenworthy revealed to us that they would place the animals in the habitat just to "see what would happen". There's a clip of a bobcat and boars I believe in The Living Desert where the bobcat is scared off by the boars and climbs a tall cactus to escape but to find himself stuck at the top. But Kenworthy said he had a friend who raised the bobcat and let them use the animal to see how it would react to the boars. They got a good take of the action and never got the bobcat back.
At the end of the night, I had to congratulate Mr. Canemaker on his oscar in person and get a quick snapshot.
12.06.2006
12.01.2006
11.30.2006
11.27.2006
Boy Concepts
Some concepts for a short story I thought of yesterday. Usually I'll draw up concepts of an idea I have so that the idea is at least recorded and then forget about the idea for a few years until I randomly go back into old sketch books for ideas. Most of the time these ideas usually get lost because I'm moving forward or look back and say "what the heck was I thinking? This idea stinks!"
Anyway, today I was really excited about the little story I came up with and maybe will stick with it for an upcoming Flash diddy, or at least an illustration. Maybe I'll even share the idea with you someday, but for now here's some concepts of a little boy.
Anyway, today I was really excited about the little story I came up with and maybe will stick with it for an upcoming Flash diddy, or at least an illustration. Maybe I'll even share the idea with you someday, but for now here's some concepts of a little boy.
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