Well half way through the week long Cartoon Art Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum. The kids today jump right in and worked hard to design there characters. We did some work to explore way to find different character possibilities through combining ideas. I was also going to give a lesson on […]

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Well, day #2 of my week long class at the cartoon art museum was excellent. One student left, but another one arrived to take there place. We worked on creating figures using basic shapes and then added costumes based on reference images. Lots of fun.
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Today was the first day of my week long class I am teaching at the Cartoon Art Museum. I have a great bunch of kids who seem to be very talented.
Today we worked on our shape basics, featuring the the standard 3 head high but with a punk rock twist. Richard Becker, a […]

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In this complex world of copyrights, contracts, and confusion where is an artist suppose to turn? Well, here in California are the Lawyers for the Arts. Definitely a good resource to bookmark for those of us in the Sunshine State.
California Lawyers for the Arts is a non- profit service organization which provides lawyer […]

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This weekend the revised version of the Pirates of the Carabbian ride at Disneyland opens in time for the movie premier. They have taken the original ride an added Capt. Jack Sparrow into the adventure as well as some other elements from the movie and updated sound and effects. I want to go, but […]

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My week long class for intermediate artist, age 10-14 begins on monday. There are still a few slots open for any interested parties. The class will be an introduction to character design and creation with emphisis on both the drawing as well as techniques to come up with new ideas. Should be […]

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This sketch I did with a friend of mine while hanging out in SF today. We used a live variation of combing two random elements into one character. I wrote a type of character (works best with more general terms. Ie: Pirate, Clown, Chicken, etc) on the top of a page […]

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Mile High Comics/Comiccon.com’s the BEAT is reporting that there might be a Direct-to Video animated film of Darwyn Cooke’s “New Frontier.” - link
Sketches by character designer Rik Maki, some done on resturant paper placemats. - link
Awsome Superhero Costumes by Scott Crawford and Alienated Productions. I have seen his work at a few Coimc-Cons. […]

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