[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FPuqjjWDG8] Dream On Silly Dreamer is a low-budget but nicely done documentary made in 2006 by Disney animators chronicling the massive layoffs handed down by Disney management in 2002. It's a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the Disney studios following the massive success of The Lion King all the way down to the "official" end of 2D animation at Disney. Animators recall...
A quick study done on a Cintiq, based on a live model I photographed during a drawing session at the 2010 CTN Expo. Looking at it again its pretty obvious I made the hands too big and the legs too short, but oh well. What's the point of keeping a sketchbook if you never make mistakes? Happy New Year one and...
I forgot to mention that you can view videos of a few of the seminars from last year's Animation Expo on the official website. There are about twenty clips to watch and they only represent a small portion of what was available to attendees. You can also find a few more videos on Vimeo.com (just serach for "CTN Animation Expo")....
In a little over a week I'll be flying to Burbank for the 2nd annual Animation Expo sponsored by the Creative Talent Network. I Can't wait! I attended last year and had a blast (that's a photo I took of Don Hahn introducing a screening of his documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty). The organizers really did a great job putting together...
My regular blog readers (all three of you) may have noticed a lack of new client work being posted over the last few months. It's not because there is none. Quite to the contrary, I've had a steady run of projects cross my desk. One client in particular has kept me very busy doing packaging illustration as well as toy concepts...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSUKIhjevo] Two months ago an animated piece I did for Living Waters went live on YouTube. As I write this it has had 99,990 views, just ten short of the 100k mark. YouTube does not update their view counts in real time so its very possible that by now the actual number has already passed that landmark. I'll know for sure...
