I have been conducting a slew of lectures, classes and talks over the past couple months at many amazing schools, Institutes, universities, companies, and organizations. Its been so great getting to ...
Well, life got busy this week and I didnt have time to finish my Easter image. But here is a teaser of what I had started. When I get a second to finish it I will post the whole piece. I am only post...
Ive always liked images of George Washington that depicted his time as Commander durring the Revolutionary war, just before he became the first President of the U.S..
Happy Valentines Day, and thank you to the Over 200 of you that attended my lecture at the Art Institute Inland Empire on Saturday!(see post below). Artists, students, professionals and friends came ...
I very rarely have time to teach, but I love doing it. So this year I have made it my resolution to go out and teach again. First up is an in depth lecture on design,development,and visual storytelli...
One afternoon a couple years ago I got an itch and sculpted this little guy. A little stress reliever. You may see more elaborate sculpting attempts here in the future.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here is one of the "Al Hirschfeld" style Vampires I created as part of the Cal Arts Halloween inspired Character design workshop that Shannon Tindle and myself conducted last...
Last year around this time,Shannon Tindle and myself taught a character design workshop at Cal Arts. It being the Halloween season, the assignment we gave the students was to design a vampire in seve...
....In which everything changes. I love this story. Read and enjoy. Catch up on more of the SPHDZ action HERE!
Here are some photos from the SPHDZ LA tour with Jon Scieszka, Casey Scieska, Steven Weinberg and myself(Im in the plaid shirt). SO COOL! Very exciting. Some kids even dressed up like the characters....
I am very excited to announce that I will be joining Jon Scieszka, Casey Scieszka, and Steven Weinberg on the Los Angeles SPACEHEADZ tour. We will be talking, signing, (and I will be drawing) Spacehe...
Dreamworks announced Peabody and Sherman in this weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly, and they happened to include one of my development pieces of Mr. Peabody himself. Right next to Robert Downey Jr....
Spaceheadz book #2 is now here and available in bookstores and on line EVERYWHERE. The 2nd 5th grade novel in the series written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by...myself, follows the continuing ad...
A quick (but late) update. The film I have been working on for the past year was recently announced by Dreamworks. It is entitled "ME and MY SHADOW". It is a computer animation/traditional an...
Two Dreamworks Art books were released this month, and I happen to have artwork in both of them. MOONSHINE is a compilation of personal artwork from the Dreamworks Visual development artists. Pretty ...
FRESH SCENTED! LONG LASTING! CLICK HERE!Well, I can officially add "Childrens Book Illustrator" to my resume. A short while back I received a call out of the blue from Simon and Schuster aski...
In the 3 years I've been at Dreamworks I have been lucky to witness and be part of some pretty incredible things. This film and its crew happen to be a couple of those. I am so proud of Dreamworks fo...
An Annie Award for best character design in an animated feature film for Coraline! Wow! I can not believe all of the kind words and messages since the awards. Thank you so much.It means more than you...
I Just found out I have been nominated for an ANNIE AWARD in the category of "Character Design in a Feature Production" for my work on Coraline.....Wow!...... I am honored to be nominated alongside m...
Recently I was asked to take part in the Iron Giant 10th anniversary reunion on Oct. 23rd, 2009. It was amazing seeing everyone again. The Iron Giant was my first real job in feature animation. I was...
Coraline was just released on DVD and Blue-Ray, So here is another (and last for a very long time , I promise) tiny sample of some of my work from the film. The Coraline and Other Mother pencil drawi...
Yes, I won a golden ticket! I was there....It was crazy.....It felt historical. It was a genuinely reverent and heartfelt event. I will definitely never forget it. I got to be a part of pop culture h...
Anyone who has known me longer than a day knows I am a Michael Jackson nerd. Specificaly about his work from 1968 to 1987. I am a product of the 80's and remember Motown 25 and the premiere of Thrill...
After having been a Principal Character Designer on Coraline(see previous post), Henry Selick, knowing I was also an animator, asked me if I might Design , Develop and Test all of the Facial Animatio...
GO SEE IT. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT! I am so proud to have been a part of this film and a part of the incredible crew! Below is a tiny sample of just a few of my contributions to Coraline. Thank you ...
I will post art soon , but first things first...FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6th- CORALINE OPENS IN THEATERS EVERYWHERE! Back in 2006 Henry Selick invited a group of us to join the team that would Create LAIKA St...
I was recently invited to take part in a very cool project created by Margaret Wuller and Rachel Tiep-Daniels (Two very talented artists here at Dreamworks). It is called the Picture Book Project , a...
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