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2012-02-09T15:59:00.003-05:00

The Lady Vanishes

2012-01-21T18:02:00.006-05:00

I did this sketch from a screenshot of the 1938 Hitchcock film, "The Lady Vanishes". My girlfriend and I are determined to watch all Hitchcock's films. We've watched a bunch so far. I tend to like his lighter films, his comedies, more than the serious stuff most people associate with him. Among my favorites are "North By Northwest", "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", "The Trouble With Harry", and "The Lady Vanishes".

bored

2012-01-14T04:52:00.001-05:00

columbo

2012-01-11T09:23:00.001-05:00

a sketch to start off my morning

LOL

2012-01-03T16:07:00.001-05:00

First post of 2012!

2012-01-02T23:44:00.003-05:00

Happy New Year!

brusha brusha brusha

2011-12-23T08:55:00.001-05:00

What? Never seen a piggy bank brush his teeth?

night

2011-12-07T21:41:00.001-05:00

new and improved

2011-11-22T13:38:00.001-05:00

This new version is far more Boris Karloff looking than the old version.

Then & Now

2011-11-21T16:48:00.000-05:00

Old on the left, new rough on the right.

starting to clean it up

close up

starting to color

I've seen quite a few artists do this; take an old design from many years ago and do a new version. So here's my first "Then & Now" entry. I designed this Frankenstein about 10 years ago. I liked him a lot at the time, but the new one is going to blow the old version away.

derriere

2011-11-14T00:47:00.000-05:00

girl sketch

2011-11-13T22:07:00.000-05:00

quick rough sketch

adults

2011-11-09T00:04:00.000-05:00

dusting

2011-10-12T22:39:00.000-05:00

ice cream pan...

2011-10-11T17:09:00.000-05:00

...with sprinkles on top.

2011-10-08T20:38:00.000-05:00

action scripting

2011-10-05T21:11:00.000-05:00

One new head shape, a couple new bodies, some new new shirt colors and VOILA! Endless variations are possible. I'm putting together a little action script paper doll thing to mix and match all the parts.

hockey hair

2011-10-02T05:40:00.000-05:00

I saw some kids on tv tonight during the Montreal vs. Toronto game. They had your classic hockey hair, very cute. It inspired me to design a couple more hair styles.

mix and match

2011-10-01T19:49:00.000-05:00

Hard to pick a favorite.

sweep

2011-09-30T14:09:00.001-05:00

Some characters I am working on for HIGH SCORE HOUSE.

Rockin'

2011-09-15T01:34:00.000-05:00

doggy

2011-09-13T23:07:00.000-05:00

This is an old piece. It used to be on my old site.

run run run animated

2011-09-08T16:15:00.000-05:00

3 run cycles, not hooked up yet. The legs are the same cycle for all three, the only difference is everything above his waist. And yes, he is running away from his pants.

Piggy Bank

2011-08-28T12:58:00.002-05:00

A bit of animation I did for the great people at High Score House.The site is still in development. Once the full thing is up and running there will be a big announcement.

more Betty Page

2011-08-24T17:25:00.000-05:00

Betty Page yet again

2011-08-22T23:05:00.000-05:00

2nd Page

2011-08-20T18:20:00.001-05:00

I don't know what's with the Betty Page fascination these past couple days.

Betty Page

2011-08-19T14:45:00.000-05:00

lounging on the couch

2011-08-16T19:09:00.000-05:00

chaps

2011-08-15T20:39:00.000-05:00

It just makes sense that if you have a show about a kid with magic pants that transform into just about anything, that the pants would turn into chaps if we ever did a cowboy episode. Whether or not we can get away with it is a different story.

a broad

2011-08-11T17:54:00.001-05:00

countess

2011-08-06T08:58:00.000-05:00

I was watching some cheesy old horror movie about a female Dracula. The movie sucked, but the woman playing Countess Dracula was inspiring enough to do this quick sketch.

pin cushion

2011-08-01T22:25:00.000-05:00

3 views

2011-07-31T10:23:00.000-05:00

These character rotation line-ups always remind me of a police mug shot for some reason.

SPLAT

2011-07-21T19:30:00.000-05:00

I've been trying for a while to digitally paint an abstract, sort of splatter, effect in photoshop. I finally achieved exactly the effect I was going for in the top pic. In the bottom, I added the white outline of a bg with some colored rocks, and the character.

tent

2011-07-21T13:02:00.001-05:00

You'd think having PANTS that turn into a tent would be a good thing. This is a collaboration I did with Errol Burke...turned out pretty darn funny, I must say.

fiber artist

2011-07-19T10:30:00.000-05:00

run run run

2011-07-16T13:06:00.000-05:00

deliverance

2011-07-15T02:29:00.000-05:00

weird

2011-07-11T21:35:00.000-05:00

This is a secondary, recurring character in this series we are developing. The idea for this guy actually started with a totally different idea we were developing. It was for a short based on this guy, but it was definitely not a kids show. It was supposed to be a very raunchy, disturbing, adult animated short. Somehow the character just seemed to fit in our current series in development. Of course we had to change him a bit, but he's still disturbing and creepy. This time he has a strawberry nose...trust me, you don't want to know what part of his anatomy was a strawberry in the original version of him.

guinea pig

2011-07-09T05:27:00.000-05:00

I still want to add the mutant monster to this shot, but now I'm not sure where he'll go. Maybe the assistant with the gnarled hand is enough for this pic. I can always do another poster...with the monster.

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

2011-07-08T05:10:00.001-05:00

I love this movie. I want to draw a couple other characters from this film and add them to this shot.

dragged...

2011-07-08T02:42:00.000-05:00

...by his own pants.

Bette Davis

2011-07-06T00:23:00.000-05:00

Haven't done a girl drawing in a while. So here's a quick one.

Acid Trip

2011-07-05T03:20:00.000-05:00

The imposter.

The real Unicorns.

There's something surreal about the way the Unicorns look. The stuff I watched as a kid, H.R. PufnStuf, the World of Oz, and the 60's SpiderMan are all very trippy when I see them today. That's what these Unicorns remind me of...a 60's acid trip induced cartoon. The only difference is I designed them without drugs.

Stretch Pants

2011-07-05T02:27:00.002-05:00

beast of burden

2011-07-04T23:27:00.001-05:00

A little gag for a project in development. His pants have a mind of their own. When needed the pants can invert their pockets and use them as arms.

NUNCHUCKS

2011-07-04T22:16:00.000-05:00

His pants know Martial Arts.

spooky

2011-07-04T02:34:00.000-05:00

orange prison colors

2011-07-02T20:43:00.001-05:00

The latest incarnation of our 'villain'. I say 'latest' because the look of him has changed a few times.

have a seat

2011-06-29T19:33:00.001-05:00

It sure is fun drawing and posing a pair of pants as a character. It reminds me of an old animation exercise, where you had to draw an inanimate object and give it life. It was usually a sack of flour though.

her again

2011-06-27T01:56:00.000-05:00

I try to throw a character design based on my girlfriend in every production I can. This character looks like her when she was a kid. If you ever see a cartoon character of a black girl with freckles on her cheeks, that's probably her.

Zombie walk

2011-06-18T09:39:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I did not post this old walk cycle from my old website. I moved over some of the stuff I liked from my old site to this blog a long time ago, some life drawing, some character designs...but I forgot all about this zombie walking. I wonder what other stuff I forgot.

Bounce

2011-06-17T02:54:00.001-05:00

A little something in development. I bet you wish your pants could turn into a beach ball. It sure looks fun.

horse whisper

2011-06-16T02:11:00.000-05:00

I'm trying to get as many blog posts as I can out of this project. So here's another one.

Stand By Area

2011-06-13T23:26:00.000-05:00

In an older post HERE, I showed an earlier version of this BG without any characters in it. Here it is full of characters that missed their chance to get on the Ark; a Minotaur, a Chinese Dragon, a Woolly Mammoth, Dodo Birds, a Griffin, and our two Dinosaur characters.

Help me...help meeeee.

2011-06-06T03:44:00.001-05:00

Just finished watching the original 1958 version of "THE FLY". It's such a great movie. I was inspired to draw this while watching the film.

NEW BANNER TIME!

2011-06-04T23:47:00.000-05:00

I figured it was time for a new banner, and since I am just about finished on "The Ark" project, I decided to make a banner dedicated to "The Ark". If you miss my old "Planet Of The Apes" banner, here it is.

sleep walking

2011-06-01T19:52:00.000-05:00

Post Production

2011-05-31T20:02:00.000-05:00

Hurray!!! All the animation is done! Now begins the post production phase, editing the scenes together and adding sound effects. This project "The Ark" and my "Toilet Puck" series are the most rewarding work I've done, simply because of the total and complete freedom to do whatever I wanted to do. Also, both projects have funny scripts and great voice acting. "The Ark" was written by Ken Edwards, I found his job on craigslist, of all places, looking for an animator, and it turned into one of the best thing I've ever done. Stay tuned, the finished short will be out soon.

meat locker scene...UPDATED with AUDIO!!!

2011-05-14T18:01:00.007-05:00

I took the audio out of this clip so it doesn't keep repeating the dialog when anyone is on this blog page, but with the audio this is one of the funniest scenes I've ever animated. I also added a swinging motion to the carcasses and a shadow behind the characters.

UPDATE: Added the dialog and a Play Button (per the suggestion from my super-awesome girlfriend).

scene thumbnails

2011-05-09T21:05:00.000-05:00

These thumbnails are the finished scenes so far.

meat locker

2011-05-08T23:57:00.000-05:00

I've been working on this animated 11 minute short for a couple years now, off and on when I can make the time. Pretty close to the end now. If I can be very productive, I can get it done in about 4 more weeks. This is the last scene with the brown horse character. He's just so happy to be on Noah's Ark he doesn't notice what's in store for him.

trees

2011-03-30T01:19:00.001-05:00

A little something in development.

secretary

2011-03-27T21:24:00.002-05:00

towel

2011-03-26T18:39:00.002-05:00

lace bodysuit

2011-03-25T23:02:00.000-05:00

Tango

2011-03-24T16:18:00.000-05:00

FASTER PUSSCAT KILL! KILL!

2011-03-23T02:47:00.001-05:00

Added TURA SATANA as VARLA.

a closer look

2011-03-23T02:44:00.001-05:00

Haji

2011-03-22T23:00:00.000-05:00

Added Rosie, played by the exotic looking, Haji.

go cat go!

2011-03-21T19:07:00.001-05:00

This is a work in progress. It's a shot from Russ Meyer's Faster Pussy Cat Kill! Kill! I'll be adding the other girls next, Rosie and Varla. This is Lori Williams as Billie. Faster Pussy Cat Kill! Kill! is a true cult classic, a 'must see."

Spice Girls

2011-03-20T01:30:00.002-05:00

Here's all the Spice Girls together. In the mid to late nineties I was crazy about this group. I listened to them non stop, all day and night. It drove my brother nuts! I think now is a good time to give them listen again, it's been over a decade.

Sporty

2011-03-20T01:25:00.001-05:00

The sublime Mel C.

Scary

2011-03-19T03:25:00.000-05:00

The super sexy Mel B.

One more Spice Girl to go!

Baby

2011-03-19T00:12:00.001-05:00

The adorable Emma Bunton.

Posh

2011-03-18T01:04:00.001-05:00

The sultry Victoria Beckham .

Ginger

2011-03-17T14:32:00.002-05:00

The ravishing Geri Halliwell.

pantless

2011-03-16T02:39:00.000-05:00

say cheese!

2011-03-15T00:58:00.000-05:00

Broke away from the 3 tone blue, black and white theme this time.

iconic

2011-03-14T00:20:00.000-05:00

chapeau

2011-03-13T01:46:00.000-05:00

1940's swim suit model

2011-03-12T00:06:00.000-05:00

YogaTrio

2011-03-11T11:32:00.001-05:00

more yoga

2011-03-10T01:07:00.001-05:00

Yoga

2011-03-09T00:03:00.000-05:00

tone play

2011-03-08T04:26:00.000-05:00

Hey, I said I was going to post a new girl pic every day this month...I never said it would be her face.

thong

2011-03-07T17:37:00.001-05:00

black and blue

2011-03-06T00:50:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure why all my girl sketches this month are done in three tone; black and blue and white. I guess because it is a quick and easy way to give a quick sketch some interest.

simple girl

2011-03-05T03:00:00.000-05:00

one piece

2011-03-04T14:15:00.000-05:00

knee high

2011-03-03T00:33:00.000-05:00

2 girls

2011-03-02T00:13:00.001-05:00

I'm going to try something new. In an effort to push myself to draw more girls, I am going to post a new girl sketch every day this month. So here's day two. Lets see if I can keep it going for all of March.

random girl sketches

2011-03-01T04:18:00.001-05:00

Crotchety Old Man

2011-02-27T17:16:00.000-05:00

A grouch.

Best Aliens....EVER!

2011-02-26T21:08:00.003-05:00

I've been watching the old Twilight Zone series and saw the episode called "Mr. Dingle The Strong" from season 2. It stars Burgess Meredith and Don Rickles. It is also has the most craziest aliens ever imagined. This guy with two heads is supposed to be a martian. They are so fascinatingly creepy that I had to draw them. I mean the moment they walk onto their first scene my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe what I was seeing on the screen. The episode is up on You Tube. I provided some screen shots to convince you of how wonderfully crazy this episode is.

more snot

2011-02-24T15:46:00.001-05:00

In an older post, HERE, I had yet to add a few more animals to this shot. So here they are.

Untouchable

2011-02-08T17:16:00.001-05:00

A sketch that I might clean up later.

Buffalo

2011-02-07T21:33:00.000-05:00

They are just background characters, so I kept them simple.

Slythe

2011-02-05T14:43:00.001-05:00

I watched The THUNDERCATS yesterday; the original 80's cartoon. Got inspired to draw SLYTHE. I always loved this character, maybe because I like lizards and reptiles so much...or maybe I like lizards so much because of watching Slythe on this show? Hmmm. I'll have to think about that.