Last night the Conan O’Brien show featured a montage of some of my Conan portraits, along with my name and project. I know you’re wondering, so: yes, it was pretty cool being able to introduce Anne Hathaway with my pictures. You can see the show here, and check out all 70 of my drawings on…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sRO5sipTKY&feature=channel_video_title] This is a video I made for an IT company that will be launching soon. They wanted something simple and direct that would describe their services in a way that was fun and easy-to-understand. This is the first in a series of several animations I’ll be making for their clients, as well as their…
Watch out—today I am unleashing… THE CHAIN GANG is a hilarious 1,000-page ultra comic about a group of unwanted and forgotten bicycles led by Poppa Wheelie that band together to wreak havoc on the world, one neighborhood at a time! Instead of waiting years for me to draw all 1,000 pages, I’m going to be releasing…
I’ve been thinking of running a UStream video of an illustration or comics page from start to finish. Would anyone be interested in watching something like that, or would it just be a waste of time? Is there anything you’d like to see? [polldaddy poll=5396614] Also: I came across this quote from Lawrence Pearsall Jacks…
A few friends pointed me toward Chuck Groenink’s post on how he made this beautiful picture: Thought you might dig it.
For nearly three months now I have been drawing a portrait of the late night talk show host Conan O’Brien—one for each and every single episode of his show since May 15. To date I have made 62 pictures of our friend Coco and plan on drawing a new portrait, each episode, until this October…
To follow up on the last post about Aaron Wendel’s “Dwellings” animation: I found his website and spent some time looking at his wonderful drawings and watching his other animated shorts, and came across his Bubble Organ. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBlUST6Qg_0&feature=player_embedded#at=20] The Bubble Organ is an amazing musical instrument conceptualized and built by Aaron himself for a school…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/17448270] I came across this beautiful animation this morning by Aaron Wendel, and was struck by its stunning narrative in such confounding simplicity. If you have a spare couple of minutes, I can’t recommend enough watching this short.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/25878089] Peter de Sève is famed for his illustration work and cover art to The New Yorker since 1993. He is also undoubtably one of the leading character designers in today’s animated-film industry, and has created unforgettable characters for block-busters such as “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “Tarzan”, “Finding Nemo” or “Robots”. Peter was…