Blog

HOP: Chicks vs Bunnies available now!

By on March 5, 2011 in animation, character design, children's book, environment design, personal projects with 4 Comments

I am very excited to announce the release of my first children’s book! I was contact last year by Little Brown Books, who was working in association with Universal Pictures to develop a few different kids books for their upcoming movie HOP. I was happy to hear that they were interested in having me illustrate a 24 page,  full color, 8×8″ paperback for them. The story was a lot of fun to work with, and it was also a delight to illustrate characters designed by one of my favorites, Peter de Seve.

I’m not exactly sure where the book is available…I’ve heard it’s at Target and I know you can get it on Amazon here: Hop: Chicks Versus Bunnies

It even comes with punch-out easter egg stands! Fun for the whole family this Easter! Haha. I’m really not sure how much I can post of the inside of the book at this point, so for now here is an early sketch of the cover I did:

And the HOP trailer, for anyone interested:

Sketches 40

By on March 4, 2011 in illustration, sketchcrawl with No Comments

A few things here from the latest Sketchcrawl in Pac Heights…

Sketches 39

By on March 3, 2011 in daily sketches, illustration with 1 Comment

Sketches 38

By on March 2, 2011 in daily sketches, illustration with 1 Comment

And some more sketches.

Sketches 37

By on March 1, 2011 in daily sketches, illustration with No Comments

More sketches!

 

Sketches 36

By on February 28, 2011 in daily sketches, Uncategorized with 1 Comment

Been a while since I posted random sketchbook drawings. Here’s a few:

Ride With Me Environment Design

By on February 27, 2011 in animation, CTN-X, environment design, Uncategorized with No Comments

Here is a painting I just finished for a fine fellow I met at the first CTN expo in 2009. He is working on a 3D short film called “Ride With Me”. I will post some of the character designs I did in another post. A few sketches for this piece, because that’s always fun:

 

Help get ‘Caterwaul’ made!!

By on February 26, 2011 in character design, concept art, inspiration, personal projects, video with No Comments

My good friend Ian Samuels is getting underway with his CalArts senior thesis in Directing. Ian and I have collaborated on numerous projects (including our upcoming children’s book) and he has a terrific imagination. If you can spare even $5 to help support his film it would be much appreciated!

Visit and donate at his Kickstarter page.

And just as a fun tease, here are a couple of designs I did for him early on for this film (they ended up being a little too muppety, and not lobstery enough. Based on that sentence alone, you know this project will be bizarre and entertaining!):

Scissorhands 20th

By on February 20, 2011 in illustration, painting, personal projects, scissorhands, Uncategorized with 2 Comments

Really excited to be a part of the 20th Anniversary tribute for Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. One of my favorite Burton films, for sure. My piece is a “reimagining” of the famous ice sculpture scene, given a new context. I had no idea how hard scissor hands are to draw.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

By on February 14, 2011 in personal projects, Uncategorized, vintage with 1 Comment

Happy V-Day from Sugar Plum and Lil Cupcake. (An old friend asked if I wouldn’t mind drawing this for her and it sounded like fun…so I did.) My valentine is out of town, but I will be celebrating by going to see The Decemberists kick off their new tour at the Fox Theater in Oakland! Hope everyone out there has a good day, whether or not they buy into the manufactured Hallmark version of Valentine’s.

← Older Entries
Newer Entries →