A few months ago a charity art auction was held to support animation artist/director Tim Hodge who's teenage son had been hit by a train and is now in a coma. It was a tragic situation but fortunately $79,000 was raised to help with medical bills. Some terrific animation and comic book art was donated. I myself snagged an animation...
Today at 10:00am Pacific time is the start of the "Help The Hodges" art auction (ebay link). It's not only a chance to bid on some *fantastic* cartoon and animation art but you'll also be helping a good cause. The drummer pictured above is Matt Hodge, teenage son of animation writer/producer Tim Hodge (Mulan, VeggieTales). Back in August Matt was in...
(Artwork copyright © Joe Bluhm. All rights reserved.) Joe Bluhm is a terrific illustrator and caricaturist. I recently discovered his work and have been following him with interest. Joe is self-publishing a sketchbook called Sketch Infectus. It's jam-packed with great eye candy. Joe claims that "you probably won't find a sketchbook with more drawings packed per-page between the covers". The book will...
I never know when I might have a few spare moments and be inspired to sketch, so I carry a small hardcover sketchbook in the pocket of my winter coat. For the next few months wherever I go I'll be ready when the sketching bug bites. Here's a few of the newest faces from its pages: ...
This past weekend NBC aired another brand-new episode of 3-2-1 Penguins!, an animated series on which I was a character designer. I'm not sure but I think this was the premiere of season 2. The episode, titled "12 Angry Hens", required me to design (among other things) some robotic hens with holographic heads and a robotic scarecrow. Here's some of...
United States copyright law currently goes a long way towards helping protect artists from those who would steal and publish their artwork for profit. (Unless Congress passes the Orphan Works Act, in which case American artists will be doing a lot of nail biting and hand wringing. But I digress.) Unfortunately once you leave American shores its another matter. Copyright laws...
