Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Kitty Doodles...

(Above - my cat loves to tackle with stuffed animals...that is, when he's not tackling me...)

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Snow Wolf

Quick little thumbnail sketch I did during my break.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Dogs Are Fun

Some sketches I did while watching televised dog shows. I like to watch them whenever I get a chance, it's a fun opportunity to see a variety of unusual shapes and personalities. I think the husky won this particular competition.

Monday, November 05, 2007

"Not Just Cartoons, Nicktoons!"

Well, I'd heard rumors that a coffee table book was in the works but didn't know what was going to be in it. Just happened to come across it in the bookstore last week and it has lots of art from talented Nickelodeon artists and I'm honored to find some of my concept art included from Tak and the Power of Juju. Check it out if you get a chance, it's easy to spot with it's slime green cover ;P

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Meet Stanley

Um, he's some kind of multi-purpose vacuum-drill robot thingy.....actually I did this in a design class offered at Nick recently. We were supposed to design a character based on electronic parts and this is what I came up with. It was a really fun class that pushed us out of our comfort zones and gave me some more ideas to use when designing characters.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Lil' Cowgirl...Revisited

I did a version of this a while back that I was never quite satisfied with. I got a bit burned out at the time and felt I should let it be for a while....until recently when I decided to re-open it again and look at it fresh which gave me some new ideas. So here's the updated version....thought she needed some glasses : )

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Claude

I drew this guy a while ago but rediscovered him recently while going through some stuff.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Tak and the Power of Juju

Hey everybody, just a little shameless promotion but the show I've been working on for over a year premieres Friday, August 31st at 8pm on Nickelodeon. Check your listings. I helped design the characters and worked alongside many talented people. It's been a long time in the making and exciting to finally premiere-hope you enjoy : )
P.S.: Here's a nifty review...

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Curly-Whiskered Ocelot

Dwells in the rainforests of South America...

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Owl

Monday, July 23, 2007

Wolf

Playing with Painter again-exploring different brushes...

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

The DragonRider

Some designs from "Catscratch"––Episode: "The Secret Door"
This guy was fun to work on:
(Early concept sketch)

(Final rough design)

(I colored this one just for fun)

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

At The Hearth

Just practicing with painter (using my cat as reference)...

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sunflower Bride

I did this for the recent SCBWI contest mostly to try to rekindle my illustration skills which I've been missing and it was a fun way to unwind after a long day at work.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

The Gossip

Lunchtime doodles of a gal who was expressively gossiping about her coworkers...

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Fennec Fox

Felt I needed a change so I switched to a watercolor sketchbook which I'm enjoying - it gives me more freedom to play around with color. Here's a little gouache color sketch:

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Snooty

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Meow Meow

"Color me," said my kitty....

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

My Roommate

Silly doodles of my silly kitty.
By the way the show I've been working on for the past year finally has it's own little page on the Nick website here. There's not a bunch there yet but it shows one of several interstitial commercials we've done and a peek at some of the main characters (I designed Jeera btw). One of the coolest parts of working on Tak for me was getting to work with a great crew that included many fellow Fullerton alumns!

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Pretty In Pink?

The theme of this weeks narrative session was 80's New Wave which I guess explains the tutu and pink tights....

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Unlucky Cow

Here's an incidental character I did for Catscratch. Blink and you'll miss her-she only appears on screen for about two seconds before being smashed by a giant oceanliner....being an incidental can be hazardous....

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Kids in Orange

Felt like drawing in orange that day in the park.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

WhiteFoot

Here's some more drawings of my African wild dog fellow. A while back I'd picked up a big book on African wildlife in the bargain section at Barnes and Noble and I love flipping through it and looking at all the critters. There was only one photo of these guys in there but it was enough to inspire me. I decided to slim him up a bit more, I really like the lankiness of wild dogs. Their splotchy markings and big ears are fun to play with design-wise.
BTW, thanks to everyone who have left comments, it's always fun hearing from you guys : )

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Parisian and Pooch

From this week's narrative life drawing session at work (Thanks to Aaron for getting that going again : )

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Ahurrr??

A quickie, maybe more of this guy later...

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Frowzy Lion

Monday, January 01, 2007

New Year, New Sketchbook

Scribbles of a little girl I saw in the park.... kinda messy, but it's the first page of a brand new sketchbook and that's always exciting.