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20 Nov

Posted at 02:11h in Uncategorized
appleworm.jpg I'm a huge Apple fan. I love their products. I drink the Kool-Aid. I sometimes wander in to the Apple store just so I can drool. But lately the effects of the Kool-Aid are starting to wear off. My biggest beef is with Leopard, Apple's new operating system. Leopard's new features promised to bring a new level of productivity and flexibility to my computer experience. I'm a sucker for anything that saves time or makes me more productive, so I upgraded to Leopard almost immediately. I should have known better. Apple has a nasty habit of releasing operating systems before they are truly ready. I knew the upgrade would be klunky at first and I was prepared to encounter a few annoying bugs. I never expected this much disappointment.

14 Nov

Posted at 09:44h in Uncategorized

To warm up each morning I've been trying to fill a page a day in my sketchbook. However, I've been so swamped with freelance work that I've only been averaging about a page a week. Better than nothing, I guess. Here's a few heads I drew the other day from some old photos....

13 Nov

Posted at 13:54h in Uncategorized

Looks like I've made my mistake for the month. Feels good to have that out of the way. A couple of weeks ago I started writing a blog post comparing the costs and benefits of various online advertising methods available to freelance artists. The article is still a rough draft, very much in progress. Unfortunately, due to my clumsy thumbs the...

07 Nov

Posted at 00:00h in Uncategorized

Another busy week of freelancing. I've fallen a bit behind on my character design work for 3-2-1 Penguins, and since we are wrapping up pre-production it's crunch time, the worst time to fall behind. Besides Penguins I'm also working on an advertising mascot, an illustration for a software company, an illustration for a Spanish curriculum textbook, and a series of...

06 Nov

Posted at 00:00h in Uncategorized

Today several new animated DVDs are hitting the store shelves. Time to add to your collections: Pixar Short Films Collection - Volume 1. This looks super cool! 13 short films with audio commentary plus at least one behind-the-scenes featurette. Ratatouille. Not nearly a good as The Incedibles, but a reasonably entertaining movie with stunning visuals. Unfortunately the DVD is light on special...

05 Nov

Posted at 11:26h in Uncategorized

Last night I returned from a whirlwind weekend in Kansas City for the annual meeting of the North Central Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. It was a long drive back to Minneapolis (our chapter covers a very large geographical area), but it was well worth the trip. About thirty-five professional cartoonists, illustrators, and Flash animators took part in the...