Daily Crapbook: Illest Birthday Evar!

This year I had the illest birthday evar!  Really.  (Thank you Dagny, for the inspirational words.)  Hopefully by next weekend I'll be sipping on martinis instead of NyQuil.

Daily Crapbook: Birthday Presents

My attitude towards certain birthday presents has changed since I was a kid. 

Daily Crapbook: The Sound of one Flapper Flapping

Just thinking about what I want to do for my birthday- if its jazz-era inspired, I'll probably have fun.

Spanko Color Ideas

I've been dragging my feet, but I can't put off color any longer.  I suppose its the idea of the color being final, no turning back, all or nothing, a line in the sand, the whiff of infinity, the porcupine salad...where was I?  Oh yes.  Here are some tests.

Dungeon Rampage

Here a little project I worked on at Primal Screen a few months back- trailer for an online game called Dungeon Rampage.  It wasn't really supposed to be animated, just moving stills basically with little bits animated here and there, but it was fun to work on so here you go! 

Daily Crapbook: Horsie

Horsie sketches for a recent job.  They changed their mind before I finished the page.  Still kinda like these sketches though.

Daily Crapbook: Owl in a Hat

Meant to do some real work tonight, but meeeeh...the night got away from me.

Daily Crapbook: Rainbow Dash Brony

There were quite a few My Little Pony costumes at DragonCon, but this dude was my favorite.  So chill, so proud, and so hairy. 

Rob Paulsen Approves of This Drawing

Yesterday at Dragon*Con, I finally got to meet my childhood hero Rob Paulsen, voice of my favorite character of all time, Yakko Warner.  I went to see him on the Voice Acting Panel, and even won his autographed program in a contest for doing an awful Bugs Bunny imitation.  That should have satisfied me, but still my feet took me to the Walk of Fame where I puttered around in a holding pattern trying to overcome my anxiety.  Then I got proactive: sketched out Yakko and Pinky and got in line.  I didn't have enough cash for an autograph, but he signed it anyway and gave me a hug!  I told him how Animaniacs inspired me to become an animator, how Yakko was my favorite, how he pronounced my name correctly during that KidsWB marathon in 1996, and he was so warm and receptive!  I feel like a ten-year-old again, and I am convinced that my devotion to his characters as a child was entirely justified.  Childhood complete.

Daily Crapbook: Mitzi Color Ideas

Trying to narrow down Mitzi's colors.

Daily Crapbook: Boys

Trying to draw more interesting males lately. 

Daily Crapbook: Deep Thought

I was distracted from my work the other day by a very deep thought.

Tiki FAFATL Show

The piece I'm working on for the #FAFATL tiki show.  Very slapdash, but I'm learning.

FAFATL Tiki Show

I didn't submit anything to the last show for Free Art Friday Atlanta, and I couldn't bear to pass it up again.  Especially it being tiki themed this time!  So now I find myself scrambling to slap something together at the last minute like I knew I would.  Ain't it always the way...

Lesson from ParaNorman

Saw ParaNorman last night, and I loved it!  Definitely a big win for Laika, and I hope it makes barrels of money.  It also taught me an important lesson- you'll just have to see the film to appreciate it's impact.