For mother

  Happy New Year! 

 This is a painting I did for my mom as a Christmas present. Shhhhh, don't tell her, she won't get it till' tomorrow :) This is actually the very first piece I've done on my brand spankin' new Cintiq. Now, I can definitively say Cintiq's are GREAT for: Boarding, Viz Dev, Design work. But TERRIBLE for Animation. Thank you Disney for choosing to go with paper! You just don't have the control necessary for animating. Well, I should be careful to say I don't like them for animating, but that's just my opinion.

  Hopefully I'll be able to post some stuff I've been doing lately. It's always frustrating when you're doing ton's of work but are in-able to show any of it. Thanks for stopping by everyone!

Coraline

   I am sure everyone has seen this clip by now, but if you haven't go here to check it out: http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/Video/Coraline/sneak.mov

   I was privilaged to have worked on this film. I still can't say exactly what I did on the film (they are pretty tight lipped) but I can say it involved hand drawn animation and design. Looking at this clip is exhilerating! I didn't get to see any production footage while I was on the film (as it hadn't started yet), so this is a treat for me. There are so many films where the conceptual work is just incredible, but it never makes it to the screen. Well, this is NOT the case for this film.  I can't comment on the story, but I CAN say that I believe this film will be one of the best LOOKING films of 2009. Laika has so much potential, it's insane! I can remember just talking afternoon breaks, putting my jacket on and walking through the warehouse at Laika where all the sets were and being in awe of what they were doing. Man, I wanna say so much but can't! Well, this oughta wet your whistle for now.