Rainy Day 2.0

Had a great suggestion from a friend, so I went back and edited the painting a bit. This one should read a bit better.

"Sand Castle"

This is a story about a boy who defends his sand castle from the rising tide.

When I started this, it was only supposed to be 10 frames or so, but when I got started more ideas just kept coming. By the end of it, the story was 60 frames!

This was an interesting project because I was trying to focus on speed and keeping loose with all of my drawings. I don't have a Cintiq anymore so these were drawn on a tiny Wacom Bamboo Tablet. It's a cute little guy, but it definitely makes it more difficult to keep your drawing nice and loose. C'est la vie!

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Name That Movie 3!

Charlie Chaplin and Teddy Roosevelt

Collectible

I worked as a prop modeler on this animated short, which was finished in just 15 weeks.

Team Ethereal Caricatures

My indie development team of the past year. Go Team Ethereal!

From left to right: (Top Row) Dan Driscoll, Me, Kent Vasko, Ross Treyz (Bottom Row) Wei-Feng Huang, Jan Stec Russo, Noah Bench, Jiwon Kang, Mark Piszczor

Name that Movie 2!

First Take - Charlotte Wilkes

A New Project - First Take on Tom Elowitz

I've been itching to do some more writing/storyboarding, so I've been at it writing a story.

Currently, I've been writing a film tentatively called "Make Someone Happy", inspired by the Jimmy Durante song of the same name (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flvGmVgwkWk).

The film follows Tom Elowitz, a young toy maker, who just wants to make people happy with his toys and overall jovial demeanor.

Here's my first take on what Tom might look like:

Monster Quick Sketch