09 Dec Whack-a-Vole Final Design
This is what the design the client settled on. Thanks for the great feedback, everyone!...
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07 Dec The Incredible Bouncing Bagel
I need some feedback from all you animators out there. I'm working with a client on some simple racing games to be animated with Flash. The first game involves breakfast food characters (donut, bagel, strudel, etc.) racing each other. This is a rough test animation of the bagel bouncing along. Because of the budget I have...
05 Dec I’ve been interviewed on the Character Design blog!
Recently I was interviewed by the Character Design blog. I consider it an incredible honor to be included among so many very talented people, and I am very humbled. You can read the interview here. I put a lot of thought into answering the questions, so I hope I was able to give some advice or insight that will...
02 Dec Whack-A-Vole
I've been comissioned to design a vole character for an animated "Whack-a-Mole" type game. Problem is, voles are extremely cute, and who wants to whack a cute character? So I started playing around with abstracted shapes to hopefully give him a little more attitude. Not sure if it worked. This is my progression of sketches. Feel...
30 Nov Opposie Forces issue #3 is in stores!
Earlier this year I had the honor of inking two issues for the re-release of "Opposite Forces", a series created by animator/illustrator Tom Bancroft (Aladdin, Lion King, Mulan, VeggieTales). His work is fantastic and he's about the nicest guy around. Anyway, issue #3 (the first issue I inked) is finally in stores from Alias publishing. If your...
30 Nov It’s a Jungle Out There…
I was recently comissioned by a children's magazine to create a full-page illustration of the Amazon jungle containing eight hidden frogs. The budget was low and the deadline was a little tight, so I did the best I could with the time I had. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out, except I'm concerned I may not...