Since I'm doing a book sale to thin out my studio shelves and make room for new stuff, I thought it would also be a good time to part with my "Emperor's New Groove" maquette-and-drawing combo. I originally purchased this pair of Disney goodies at a fundraising auction. The first item is a limited edition animation maquette of Kuzko from "The...
That's right. I'm having another book sale. I've got a pretty large collection of art books in my studio library. Too many in fact. I bought a stack of books last summer at Comic-Con and they've been piled neatly on my studio floor all these months because there's just no room for them on the shelves. So it's time to prune...
Australian designer Jenica Smith publishes designmontage.com, a website which brings together an eclectic mix of creative goodies from all corners of the internet - design, illustration, photography, animation, and the like. She's just posted a short interview with me about my illustration work and career. I encourage all my blog readers to take a poke around the site. There's some...
A picture really is worth a thousand words. Tonight I saw "The Artist", a feature film getting a lot of buzz. It just won three Golden Globe including best film (musical or comedy) and some say it deserves an Oscar for Best Picture. I wouldn't quite go that far but it is a very good film. What's makes "The Artist" especially remarkable...
Since tomorrow is the last day of 2011, I thought I'd take a moment to review some of the many highlights and accomplishments of my illustration studio over the past year: Toy Design I worked on a variety of toy design, packaging illustration, and presentation sketches for a major toy company to help relaunch one of their well-known brands. Unfortunately the confidentiality...
I want to take a moment to extend warm Christmas wishes to all my blog readers. I didn't have time to put together a fancy Christmas promotional card or email this year (the image above is from last year) so this blog post will have to suffice. Here's hoping your Christmas is filled with happiness and peace! Speaking of Christmas, one...
