Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Adventures of Batman and the Bloser

As promised, here is the season three premiere of Dick Figures, complete with their new nemesis, the maniacally monochromatic mastermind, Earl Grey (voiced by yours truly).
 


Thanks to my pals Zack Keller and Ed Skudder for letting me contribute a character to their sick little world. I'd love to make this guy a reoccurring villain, so be sure to leave plenty of YouTube comments demanding more Earl Grey. Hot.

39 days...

Monday, September 19, 2011

Dick Figures, Season Three

This Thursday, the world as we know it will forever be changed by the season three premiere of YouTube's No. 1 animated series, Dick Figures.




This Thursday, folks. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hear my awful British accent.

42 days...

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Sounds Crazy, Let's Do It!

My friend Emma is a compulsive filmmaker. I enable this expensive habit of hers in my own small way, by animating the title bumpers for her production company, "Sounds Crazy, Let's Do it! Films". Her latest endeavor, Sweetpea, is currently up for funding on Kickstarter. Most of the production cost goes to my exorbitant fee for these bumpers. Please contribute so SCLD FiIms can continue to have the highest quality animated titles. Thank you. 

Bumper for Hitchhiker:





Bumper for Horizon:





Can't wait to animate the bumper for Sweetpea. I'm thinking shark rodeo...

47 days...

Friday, September 09, 2011

CHADES CHALLENGE LVIII: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL


Let's face it, the whole thing was the hat's fault. While we're on the subject, is it just me or does the sorting hat bear a striking resemblance to Oogie Boogie? Okay, it's not just me.  

If you have any contributions, let me know and I'll post them below. Or you can join in September 23rd for: 

CHADES CHALLENGE LIX: FERAL SPIRITS  


Tuesday, September 06, 2011

UNPOWDERED TOOOOAST!!!


My friend Nicole asked me to do a painting for her kitchen. The only requirement was that the piece be food-themed. It was either this or a banana in a hammock.

0 days...First Day of School!

Friday, September 02, 2011

The Rogues Gallery

There's been a lot of Marvel/DC movie news on the interwebs this week and it's had me on a superhero drawing kick.


I've always been a fan of Spidey's black outfit. Better silhouette and a lot more arachnid.


Of course, the outfit looks even better on Venom.


It's a shame they put a mask on Willam Dafoe. He'd have been much scarier with just a little bit of the Weta orc makeup.


The Vulture. Keep calm and carrion.


Your mind would be warped, too, if your diet consisted primarily of roadkill.


My second favorite superhero, The Man of Steely Gazes.


I think this was an inadvertent rip-off of an Alex Ross piece.


I'm surprised no one's done Bizarro in a feature film. He'd be a terrific tragic villain...


...especially if he has the proper backing.


Who wants to see this buddy comedy?


Killer Croc's always fun because, like The Lizard, he's basically half way to drawing a dinosaur.

They're like an old married couple, aren't they?


Two-Face. Who says he has to always be pissed off?


And finally, the distinguished Mr. Cobblepot. He uses his bird conservation efforts as a front for his criminal empire, but the truth is he can't stand birds. "There's bird shit everywhere! It's like nature's white out!!"


Hope you enjoyed this deluge of drawings. Happy Labor Day everyone! Three day weekend coming up, and that's cause for a cigar.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Thor Loser

This Summer, I had a drawing bet going with fellow animators Scott Clark and Angus MacLane. The wager was which was going to be the better Marvel film: Captain America or Thor. The loser had to draw the winner's superhero defeating their own in an all-out brawl.


I liked both movies, and while I thought Thor was the better of the two, I can't ignore the objective Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores. So here are my drawings for Angus and Sclark.


Rest assured, I'll be back next year for Batman vs. The Avengers!!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

CHADES CHALLENGE LVII: STYGIAN VIETNAM

A typical VIVIVIetnam protestor

If you have any hellish designs, let me know and I'll post them below! As always, everyone is invited to participate. If you don't have anything this week, you're welcome to contribute to our next Character Design Challenge on September 9th. The subject will be:

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 
Colleen "Flower Child" Madden



Tim "Lueckey Devil" Luecke



A couple late submissions for the last challenge, Marilyn Mantis.


Colleen "Black Widow" Madden



10 days...

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Dick Figures "Bath Rhymes" Music Video


The Dick Figures Bath Rhymes music video is up, and my scene along with it, in all it's Jurassic Park/Masters of the Universe-ish glory.



Zack and Ed (the Dick Figures creators/voice actors) sent out this thank you to all the animators who participated in the Season Two finale. Can't wait for Season Three season premiere--when a certain Pixar animator may or may not be lending their vocal talents to Red and Blue's first villain...



12 days...

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Pixar is Making a Dinosaur Film

Granted it's not the dinosaur film I pitched. I thought we could use a little synergy with internet/smart phone app culture. After all, dinosaurs are ancestors of all birds, especially the angry ones.


"Even the word 'raptor' means bird of prey."
"Doesn't look very scary to me. Looks more like a six-foot turkey."

People have been guessing this one for years, ever since some co-workers and I went on a dig with the Black Hills Institute back in aught nine. Ironically, the dig (which I chronicled in my Jurassic Journals) had nothing to do with this movie, but it got the rumor mill churning.

The official premise released today at D23 was, "What if that life-changing asteroid missed Earth? Director Bob Peterson’s hilarious tale depicts a world where dinosaurs never went extinct."

Stay tuned for more details from this adventure 65 million years in the making...