Monday, September 19, 2005

Second Attempt at Paiting...Sorta...


Well I finally broke down and bought one of them fancy wacom tablet thing-a-ma-jigs. You know the ones...paperless paper powered by Voodoo and Black Magic, modern cousin to the Ouija Board. It came with a stripped down version of Corel Painter (also some form of Dark Magic) and I started screwin' around with it...Please click to enlarge so as that you can see how the devlish machine was able to suck the soul out of actual paint to create an almost life like reproduction.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Farewell Maggie Crew...

Unfortunately the bigshots at Disney decided not to pick up "The Buzz On Maggie" for another season. It really is too bad because they had one of the best crews I've ever had the opportunity to work with. Here are just some of the great talents that won't be reunited....


Aaron...one of the best flash animators I've ever seen..



Kyle... Amazing Background Artist...


Dave...one of the best Directors I've ever had the opportunity to work for


Gabe...genius cartoonist...


Katrien... Amazing Background Artist...

Farewell Maggie Crew...

More amazing Maggie crew members....




Katie...Great Character Designer/Board artist and one of the best 'Girl artists' in the world



Ricky....Super Funny Board Aritst


Sean...Awesome Flash Animator


Pong...another awesome fash animator...


Jorge... Great character Designer and amazing story teller

Farewell Maggie Crew...

More amazing Maggie crew members....


Luke... amazing board artist and all around great cartoonist


Tim...The absolute best producer I've ever worked for


Roman...genius background artist


Pam...Flash wrangler extrodinaire

There are a lot more super talented people I never got around to drawing or can't find the caricature I did of them so please forgive...

Sunday, September 04, 2005

THE AMAZING JIM SMITH!!!


These are caricatures from the sketchbook "Deadly Are The Naked" by the amazing JIM SMITH. For those who aren't familiar with Jims work, he is one of the most amazing draftsman working in animation today and probably of all time. He's one of the only people I know who can make a drawing so solid it makes you feel like you can reach into the paper and grab hold of it. On top of Jims amazing drawing ability he's a hell of a guitarist and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Jim gave me my first paid animation job, cleaning up his storyboard drawings, a position for which I was highly underqualified but was paid for none the less. If you're interested in seeing more of Jims work you can visit his website at www.jimsmithcartoons.com (also in the links section) I also highly recommend purchasing his sketchbooks "Lonely Are The Naked" and his latest "Deadly Are The Naked" go to his site for more info.