Yesterday the FedEx man showed up at my door with my proof copy of the Pose Drawing Sparkbook! That's right, the book is finished and at the printer. Since my successful Kickstarter campaign ended back in August I've been burning gallons of midnight oil trying to make this book as great as I possibly can. Now it's finally a reality...
I'm proud to announce that Emmy-winning character designer Dan Haskett has written the Foreword to the Pose Drawing Sparkbook. Dan is an amazing character designer, animator, and all-around great guy. He's worked on everything from Sesame Street to Beauty and the Beast to Toy Story to The Simpsons, where he won an Emmy for his work converting Matt Groening's rough designs into an animation-friendly format. I consider Dan a...
(Click to enlarge.) I'll be officially launching the Pose Drawing Sparkbook at the CTN Animation Expo in November (although you can pre-order now). I just submitted this ad for inclusion in the conference book that will be given to all attendees. It was a lot of fun to work up these sketches. If you work in (or want to work in) the...
A new VeggieTales episode recently landed on store shelves, MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle (Amazon link). The story is built around a battle of escalating practical jokes between two rival tribes, sort of Braveheart meets Gladiator but with cream pies. I was hired by Big Idea to do some character and costume design for the episode, including designing two...
This is it! The home stretch! As I write this there are only 30 hours left to back the Pose Drawing Sparkbook on Kickstarter. I'm excited to say the project has been a success - 100% funded with over 450 backers and counting - and we've been pushing forward through some fun stretch goals. I really the Sparkbook will be a...
(This excerpt is from a rough draft of the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, a super-charged sketchbook designed to help you put more life and personality into your drawings. Think of it as acting exercises for your sketchbook.Read other snippets here and here.) As human beings we all experience the same basic emotions, but everyone has their own unique personality through which those emotions are filtered. This can...
