The youthful crowd looks over the wares of local artist and publishers. George M. Dondero from Moronik Industries (Dirt Boy, etc), Alexis Fajardo from Lex Press (Kid Beowulf), and John Hageman Jr. (behind a patron). My friend Alexis invited me to come along. On a slow period I did a drawing of some monsters and …
Apr 28
4-27-06 – 826 Valencia St collaboration
Here is the cover from the book I illustrated for the field trip kids at the 826 Valencia writing center. Always lots of fun, but crazy doing drawings really, really fast. This is our most popular field trip. Students are charged with the task of writing, as a group, a story, with the help of …
Apr 24
Sketch 4-16-06 – Creatures
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Apr 24
Jane’s World
When I was up in Santa Rosa last week I had the pleasure of meeting artist/writer Paige Braddock. She is very cool. Paige does the on-line/trade comic, Jane’s World. Jane’s World is the adventures of Jane, a lesbian women going through life, looking for love. The drawings are loose and free, and the charcters are …
Apr 23
Sketch 4-22-06 – “Cut Out” animation test – Knight
updated video 10-2010 I was inspired by the animated ad for United airlines that featured cut out animation of Knight and Dragon. So yesterday afternoon I drew some rough parts, scanned them in and then cut them out in photoshop. I then used Adobe After Effects to animate and composite. Here is the walk cycle: …
Apr 22
Photos of the Peanuts Licensing Department
Click on a photo to see it full size. Thanks to Paige who gave us a tour as well allowed me to take the pictures. It was very cool to see how the quality of items featuring the characters is monitored. To continue the legacy of Peanuts. This room was the original studio of Charles …
Apr 22
Local Cartoonist Fails at Smoking a Birthday Cigar!
My friend gave me a Cigar to smoke for my birthday. I have never smoked anything before (contray to my the cause of my sometime hyper personality), and was willing to try. Let’s just say that I gave up after coughing and swallowing the smoke. I still have the Cigar and I might try again. …
Apr 22
Sketch 4-21-06 The Copper Zombie
This is the drawing I did during my Superhero and villain class I taught at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa on 4-21-06. The color was added in Adobe Photoshop. The Copper Zombie is an un-dead warrior who is brought back to life and has to deal with living in the world of the living …
