Planet Heroes: Launchway Concept

Here's a painting from early on in the movie when Ace takes off from headquarters.

Planet Heroes: Playground Concept

Thought I would share some concept art images from the first Planet Heroes movie I worked on at Fisher-Price. Apparently they just finished a new one that's up on their site, haven't had a chance to check it out yet. This image is of the playground where the skateboard race takes place. The second image is a "floor plan" of the action that takes place in the scene.

Toy Story: The Musical

Enough said.

I gots me a Cintiq.

For my birthday I bought myself a Cintiq. And I did some doodles. :D

Amiga - Disney Animation Studio (1990)

Ohhhh man how I'd love to play with this. Look at that 'morgue' full of Disney reference!! I think with a little hunting I can find this software and an Amiga emulator...

Illustration Friday: Save

Went to Tilden Park in Berkeley on Easter and did this little sketch...thought it fit the topic of "Save" - Save the Earth! Such a beautiful park, so glad its there for people to enjoy.

Whirled enters public beta!

I'm happy to finally reveal the project I've been working on for the past year at Three Rings. It's called Whirled, and is a Flash-based virtual world/social networking/gaming site. You can wear all sorts of cool avatars, decorate your house, play fun games with friends, chat, and even upload your own creations. When you've created a room you're happy with, you can embed it on your blog or myspace like I've done here. You will show up as a little ghost while logged on as a guest, but if you head over to whirled.com you can sign up for a real account. If you join Whirled, feel free to add me as a friend - my Whirled name is "Billiam" and I'd be happy to see you there! (ps, whirled is free!)

Marina Sketchcrawl

This past Saturday was jam packed full of drawing. It started at 11 with a Sketchcrawl in the Marina. (I stayed mostly in and around Ghirardelli Square.) It was a blast and I ended up with some sketches I liked. After that, Brittney and I headed over to Oakland around 7 pm to do caricatures for a fundraiser for the East Bay Humane Society. It was a singles mixer for animal lovers and there were tons of dogs there, which made it extra interesting. Our little corner turned out to be pretty popular, and left us drawing for four hours straight! (Probably because they were free...) Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so no pics from the event. In the meantime, enjoy these sketches from the crawl:

Figure Drawing

Here's a few from last week's figure drawing session at UC Berkeley.

IF: Leap, part 2

This is a Christmas gift I made for my girlfriend, but it fit the topic of "Leap" too well not to post. She's a dancer and loves leaping...and also likes pandas. The Chinese characters you see actually say "bear" + "cat"...which is panda. Did you know Pandas weren't discovered until the 1860s?

IF: Leap

I don't think I've ever completed an IF topic in one day, on the first day. But today was Leap Day and I had to do it. This is a little less cartoony than usual for me. TabletPC and Photoshop.

Illustration Friday: Multiple

Multiple cups of tea, that is. This was a Christmas present for my mom, these are her two cats.

Tilden Botanical Garden

Here's a quick watercolor from the botanical garden at Tilden Park in Berkeley. Also, I just got back from WonderCon and it was amazing! (Got to be in the same room with David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and Chris Carter!!!) Then I went to the Early Bird Painters show and met Mike Dutton and Dice Tsutsumi. Beautiful work from everyone in that show. Oscars tomorrow - let's see if Ratatouille can go five for five. Also, I saw a slew of clips from WALL-E at WonderCon and let's just say it looks like the best Pixar film ever. (But I say that every time a new one comes out...)

Some figure drawing

I got myself a TabletPC last week. I'm still getting used to it, but here are a few sketches from Saturday's figure drawing session. These were done in ArtRage.

Illustration Friday: Choose

This alley cat's got lots of delicious garbage to choose from! This is my sister's cat, James, who enjoys eating anything. (Pasta, eggplant, cookies, beans, bread, etc.)

Illustration Friday: Tales and Legends

I guess this is more "Tails and Legends"...ha! Sorry. Dog pirates! Done on real paper...with real paint.

Sketchcrawl!

I was finally able to attend a Sketchcrawl out here in San Francisco. I had a blast. Not only did I get to draw all day, I got to meet a ton of cool new people. And then there were a whole bunch of "Oh wait...I read your blog!" moments. Enjoy these pics from the Chinatown:

Brittney and Dave sketching...photoshop color.

There was a lot of gambling going on!

That is Daniela Strijleva up there.

Those ladies noticed I was drawing them and then they got shifty.

That's the most drawings I've done in a long time. There's still a slew of paintings from Christmas that I've been meaning to post.

Just found this on the forums...thanks for posting this!! (From left to right: Me, Dave, Brittney, Enrico Casarosa!)

FIgure Drawing

Trying to get back into the figure drawing groove. I've been reading Mike Mattesi's "Force" book on figure drawing for animators. So far it's pretty awesome. These drawings were done at the Saturday morning life drawing group at UC Berkeley. It's a great group of very talented people all working in a variety of styles and mediums. If you are in the area you should check it out.