My mind wanders when I'm driving. A lot. One of the worst times to get a bright idea or remember to make a note about something is in the car. Taking my hands off the wheel to scribble a note on the back of a receipt is probably not the smartest thing in the world (although some of you have...
Recently I posted links to several blog articles on character design written by the talented, prolific, and opinionated John K. Here's a few more good ones from his blog. Set aside some time to read these, his posts are always meaty: Bill Tytla - Terrytoons - cute animation, is it such a bad thing to have appeal? Appeal 1-starting with cuteness as...
As I mentioned in Friday’s post, I’ve spent the last few months designing characters and props for the TV series 3-2-1 Penguins! which airs Saturday mornings on NBC. Last weekend the first episode I actually worked on (”Green-Eyed Monster”) was broadcast. My name was in the credits, which means that for two seconds on Saturday I was ignored by millions...
I spent most of the summer and fall doing character design work for 3-2-1 Penguins!, a new animated series on NBC from the creators of VeggieTales. It's a fun adventure comedy with lots of goofball humor. The first episode I worked on, "The Green-Eyed Monster", airs tomorrow morning on the peacock network (10:30am central time, check your local listings). The...
Lately I've been trying to discipline myself to fill a page a day in my sketchbook, usually first thing in the morning as a warm-up. I'm not a morning person so this is a good way for me to clear the morning fog out of my brain. So far I've managed it about once every 2-3 days. This page combines...
Here's something a little different. Ken Levine is an emmy-winning comedy writer whose long list of credits include M*A*S*H, Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Recently he hosted a free online seminar about comedy writing titled "Sitcom Secrets Revealed". It covered such topics as: • The current & future states of sitcoms • How the possible writers' strike affects...
