Warm Up Sketches

Most of my sketchbook pages are horribly ugly experimentations, but this one actually has some cartoony appeal so I thought I'd share. Micron pens and copic markers.

Stew Beef

My final caricature assignment is done. Just to be sure nobody asks “so...who is it?”, I slipped in the Daily Show logo. “Stew Beef”, by the way, was/is the Daily Show host’s nickname. Hence the Dinty-Moore-esque beef stew he’s eating. Get it? No? You still don’t see the resemblance?! It’s Jon Stewart!

By the way, Jason Seiler is a great teacher. Check out his class at Schoolism!

Mark's Reel

Animation Mentor has asked their mentors to upload a reel so that students can see our work and get to know us a little better. Students, I hereby present to you a sampling of my shots from "Toy Story" 1 and 2, "A Bugs Life", and my short "The Pumpkin of Nyefar". Now you know me better!

Caricatures!?

For fun I'm taking Jason Seiler's "Art of Caricature" class at Schoolism, which is teaching me how to do finished digital paintings like this one. This is kind of different for me, and it feels great to stretch into new territory. Schoolism is an online program with classes on painting, character design, comics, and more. The teachers are top notch so it's awesome if you aren't close to a good bricks and mortar school! (Or even if you are.) If I do any more paintings I'm not embarrassed of, I'll post them here...

Page 100 of "The Selfish Gene"

I heard about this fun idea from comic artist Jason Turner called The Page 100 Project. His idea is to adapt page 100 of any novel into a comic. I've long wanted to make a cartoony version of some science writing so I turned to a classic by Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene". I don't know if Mr. Dawkins would approve, but I sure enjoyed doing it.

Monkey, MonkayEEE!

You have sing the title of this post like the Peter Gabriel song. So, it's been a while since I've posted anything. Just so my blog doesn't feel neglected, here's a little cartoon monkey I drew for no particular reason. 

More Character Designs

Various poses the hero "Edwin" may find himself in when he finally makes it into some of the comic panels.

The name of the restaurant below sounds like "Meow Choowan Chim", which translates to something like "Cat Invites You In For a Taste". It works better in Thai.