Things are about to get pretty busy here deadline-wise over the next few days. I'm probably going to be working through the weekend. Bummer. In lieu of a regular blog post, here's a few quick links that I thought were fun: Non-Digital Photoshop - Something for all you Photoshop users who prefer to do things old-school. Tons of free cartoons - According...
Most of my work on the 3-2-1 Penguins! TV series was character designs and a few props here and there. However, for one episode I was asked to help out on some last-minute effects work. That episode aired this past weekend on NBC so I am finally able to show the art publicly. In this episode the penguins and Michelle answer...
A few short weeks ago issue #2 of Stay Tooned! magazine was released. It's a terrific magazine chock full of articles and interviews by cartoonists for cartoonists. It covers all sorts of cartooning from comics to animation to panel cartoons to character design to editorial cartoons to...
Tod Carter is an uber-talented artist. He's worn a lot of hats over the years from animator to story artist to director to illustrator. He's worked on projects for companies such as Disney, DreamWorks, and Big Idea (VeggieTales) as well as several TV commercials. I had the privilege of working under him on 3-2-1 Penguins! (he directed several of the...
Last week I attended the Motion 08 conference in New Mexico. The 4-day event was geared towards two industries: animation (2D and 3D), and motion graphics/editing. It was one of the best conferences I've attended in a while. The seminars were loaded with helpful and inspiring information, and I met a ton of great people. As an animation character designer, I...
One of my all-time favorite artists, Rik Maki, now has a blog: http://americancartoonist.wordpress.com/ Check it out!...
