On Friday (September 24,2004) a fellow classmate in my Watercolor class asked me to do a quick sketch of her daughter’s cat, Ezra Pound. She had seen my sketches I was playing with the week before where I had done Pen and Ink drawings of dogs and cats dressed in clothes. So I sat down […]

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I will be teaching a drop-in Kids Cartooning Class at the Cartoon Art Museum on October 9th. The class is from 1-3 pm. The Museum is located near the heart of San Francisco’s Union Square district, around the corner from the MOMA. Materials are provided. For more information, please visit: CartoonArt.org.
If you have any […]

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I just found a new site, www.zombiepumpkins.com/.
The site has examples of some unique pumpkin carving, as well as templates to carve your own masterpieces. Check it out.
Last years pumpkin I carved was based on a spooky movie, do you know who it is suppose to be?

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Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my
production art for my comic […]

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Just a reminder that the Pixar fundraiser for the Cartoon Art Museum in on October 2nd, 2004. Please visit the Cartoon Art Museum Page (cartoonart.org) for more information.
I will be there, will you? To see the information on my original post click HERE.

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Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my
production art for my comic book, Beyond the […]

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I recently wrote a post about the last strip of Michael Jantze’s comic, the Norm. Well I received this e-mail from Michael’s wife, Nichole about Norm’s possible future.

A LETTER FROM NICOLE JANTZE
As you know, Michael decided to retire THE NORM. After eight years of battling the syndicate-newspaper corporations, he felt it was time to […]

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I have been working on doing some small conceptual paintings / color keys for my portfolio. These were done in Watercolor. The idea of conceptual art, perticularly on an animted film is about new ideas and Watercolor is perfect for this since you can get the “happy mistakes” that other mediums can’t provide. […]

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On September 12 will be the last strip of Michael Jantze’s comic strip ‘the Norm’. It has long been a favorite of mine. It follows the adventures of Norm as he goes through life on a slow tack to adulthood. Below is the letter from the artist and writer Mr. Jantze:
A NOTE FROM MICHAEL JANTZE
I […]

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On September 8th, animation master Frank Thomas passed away, a few days after his 92 birthday. Thomas was one of Disney’s Nine Old Men, and probably was one of the greatest animators in the history of the medium. Here are some of the characters he helped create (taken from SaveDisney.com):
The Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Bambi, […]

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