This past weekend I drove all the way to Omaha for the semi-annual meeting of the North Central Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. In terms of square miles our chapter is by far the largest covering almost a third of the U.S. Our meeting locations rotate throughout the Midwest and almost always involve a long drive....
[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...
