Last fall at the CTN Animation Expo in Burbank attendees (myself included) were treated to a screening of Don Hahn’s documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty. It’s a fascinating film that takes viewers behind the scenes at Disney animation from 1984-1994, a period often referred to as the Disney Renaissance. The decade began with the rise of […]

Last year I was hired by one of my regular clients, DecoPac Inc., to help with a Minnie Mouse toy concept for Disney. It takes a long time for a toy to do from original concept to final product so I’m just now able to reveal it. The client showed me some misc. graphics provided […]

There’s a new meme for artists floating around the internet called an “Influence Map”. It was started by Boston artist Matt Laskowski over on DeviantArt.com. Here’s how it works: you download a template that contains a grid of white squares. Then you paste in samples of artwork from other artists who have inspired and influenced […]

At my website you can download free PDF mini-portfolios of my work. The PDFs I had posted were getting a little old—I hadn’t updated them in almost a year and a half—so yesterday I uploaded new PDFs including some of my latest work. Click on over to download my… Character Design Portfolio Illustration Portfolio Toy […]

I’m proud to announce the completion of a new animated short film that I produced and co-animated for the ministry of Living Waters. They are perhaps best known as the producers of The Way of the Master, a Christian reality series hosted by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron: The cartoon is loosely based on a […]

I’m a big fan of Apple products and, like many digital artists, I see a lot of potential in the iPad. It’s sleek, fun, stylish, practical, and best of all you can draw and paint with it. Quite a few digital artists have already posted work online that was created with the iPad and some […]