Illustration Friday: Baby

These were done for this room, in Whirled:



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Belated Mother's Day

Made this card for my mom. The hen is holding a teacup cause my mom really likes tea. :D

PS, I'm done making stuff with pink backgrounds, for real.

More Cats

Here are the other two paintings I did for the Berkeley Humane Society auction.

Wanna buy one?? The important info:

2nd Annual
Purr-casso Art Sale and Gala

When: Sunday, November 4, 2007
12:00pm - 4:00pm

Where: Hollis Street Project - Grand Hallway 5900 Hollis Street, Emeryville

All proceeds from this event will benefit the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society. For more information call (510) 845-7735, ext.13.

Little Guy

Just playing around in Flash.

Puss in Boots

Here's a painting I did for my mom for her birthday. The two cats are based on her own kitties.

Some sketches...

Italian Illustration: Libico Maraja

I was home this weekend and sorting through some old books when I came across one of my favorites - "Alice in Wonderland" illustrated by someone named "Maraja." I finally did a little research and found that the illustrator's full name was Libico Maraja. His work is absolutely stunning. (I seem to be on an Alice kick lately.) These are my favorite Alice illustrations next to Arthur Rackham's...I like Maraja's paintings even more than Mary Blair's beautiful work on the Disney version. My "research" lead me to this site, dedicated to Maraja's work, with many pictures on display as well. Only problem is that the English version doesn't seem to be up and running - any Italians care to enlighten me on this incredible artist's life and work? I think there may have been an animation section on that site as well...would love to know what sort of work he did for films.


I found this edition for a couple bucks at a tag sale about ten years ago. Here are some of my favorite illustrations for you to enjoy:










The publishing info. for this edition is as follows:

"Made and printed in Italy by Fratelli Fabbri Editori, via Abbedessee 40, Milano. For the publishers Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1107 Broadway, New York 10, N.Y.

Thesis Maquettes

Here are my maquettes for Suzette (the rat) and Pierre (the roach). I'd appreciate any feedback.

Stranger With...Rats?

I did some sketches of Amy Sedaris as Jerry Blank from Strangers with Candy as research for my thesis (Suzette!). Thought these were kinda funny. SIGGRAPH TOMORROW!!!

Thesis Character Designs

I wouldn't normally post stuff this early on in the process, but I'm looking for some feedback on these designs. This is for my upcoming thesis project and I'd like to know what people think. Good? Bad? Try a different direction? Please comment on these folks.


Here are the original designs for Pierre (a suave cockroach) and Suzette (a fat clumsy rat). After trying out other designs I seem to have come full circle...

A little too Disney?
I like the fat one but Pierre needs to contrast with Suzette, so I don't think that's gonna work out.