tortoise and hare...

the story trainees had an assignment to develop a story for the tortoise and the hare, where the hare was at a bar drowning his sorrows in booz (cause he's a loser), while the tortoise was humbly next to him sipping at his apple martini...that wasn't the exact scenario that was set up but along the same lines. so these are just a few characters. nothing crazy really...

happy new year...

since i've been away for a while with many stories to tell i'll just keep things simple and say happy holidays, and have a GREAT 2009!!! for me 2008 was a learning experience. lots of pain...lots...and many joys. i will say that i am a blessed man. thank you God for giving me a heart that beats and a brain that kinda works. any new year resolutions friends? i have a few actually...but i won't discuss them, haaaaa. well it's been swell.

p.s. this was something i did for me mum and step dad. i think they liked it.

i want to have lots of kids

i had a nice conversation with a friend co-worker of mine. she asked if i wanted kids. i said yes, when i'm ready, that is. later, i strolled upon this here video trying to find cool bass guitar clips. now i absolutely want kids...BADLY...preferably a British one. how could you say you don't???

a disney sculpture...

this is a character from "The Aristocats", you know, the old guy that's like 100 years old. we get a chance to have a simple class to do tis sort of thing. kinda awesome. this is about 4 hours of work, so lots left to do. in case you didn't know, the scene we're studying from is one of Milt Kaul's. the drawing is totally appealing...so i have to try and grab that. kinda difficult, but it's on its way there. cheers friends.

honk if you want to kiss me!!!

hi friends. i did my first oil painting yesterday. i guess it's called plein air painting. took bout 1hr 30mn, something like that. twas freakin fun, the most fun i've had, art wise, in a long time. it's nothing AMAZING but i rather like it...has a good mood...





















this is something i did super fast. the photo i took on a road trip back from Missouri with my bro and sis. again, nothin CRAZY, just some fun...






















hands. i love hands. the first one is my grandpa's hand. it looks evil don't it. but it really aint. he's a farmer with one arm. the one he has left looks like this. the next one is my sister. she was feeding a cow, pulled it out of the mouth and had gross goo attached to it. i think i captured it pretty good. had to use my slick manual focus agility to get it in time...she didn't like the way the slime felt.

























anyways, cheers friends...xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxx honk if you want to kiss me!!!

it's a devil...

for some reason i enjoy the idea of evil rising to power...in a drawing that is! the concept of something, a situation, a character so dark that it makes me feel a bit of discomfort. maybe i'm crazy, i don't know. but, this was something for an assignment we had to do involving textures. the evil thing's scales was roof shingles, the sky involved crazy waves from the ocean, and the rocks were cave textures mixed together. it was fun...so onto doing another one. hurray...cheers...

oh, if you want, come up with a story for this one too and let me know. i've got some ok ones brewing...

p.s. i know this picture doesn't show it exactly, but i love my family and friends. life is good for me at the moment and i really can't complain. i hope those of you who have that evil thing rising from the dark depths within, well i hope you can look to the bright side of life and get rid of that nasty thing. thank you God.

hurrrraaaaa for characters...

so, today i got a chance to talk to my mentor, mike gabriel, a little more. can't wait to learn from this great guy. to give you an idea on his abundant visionary skills, he directed the totally awesome short, "Larenzo", a while back (hasn't been released yet). i new it existed, and i really wanted to see it, so he happily showed it to me. GREAT! so f'n cool man. it's been a pretty good day. i am so blessed with everything. i'm hungry! enjoy these characters...that you'll probably never see in a Disney film.

bit o character

i said i was going to do something with character...well at least a story kinda. can you guess what might be happening. let me know, i want to compare our thoughts. hugs!

another something...

this week at work is going to be less me time. i still managed however to fit this little guy in. i think it's kinda fun. now it's time to do something with a bit of character. yeah, i'm in need of a character piece. ta ta

hello hello hello

hi everyone. it's been a while...again. i'm so naughty. well, i won't tell you bout my life much, blah blah. lot's has happened though, new and interesting things. i had my first week at Disney as a Visual Development trainee. so far so good. my mentor is Mike Gabriel (a great guy!) and i'm looking forward to what i'll be working on with him. this first week i had few different classes leaving me with lots of time to get used to my work area, cintiq, and just enjoying my freedom of painting what i want. my freedom will lessen as time goes on, but it's been great up to tis point. it's sounds kinda snooty saying i'm in "visual development", so i'm just a guy who draws there. these are the things i did so far. the bar one i did before, but didn't get a chance to finish...cheers, enjoy friends...

frankly my dear i don't give a damn!!!

well i just don't give a damn...sometimes.

hurray...

so, i went to comic con. it was pretty awesome, crowded, and lots of talent. i got to see some of my skillful friends at there booths selling there awesome art. here's a picture i whipped up myself during off time of work that isn't so skillful but kinda fun. i'm gonna push the next one i do a lot more.

pretty forest and friends...

it's a sad and happy goodbye...

just a bunch of lines and shapes making blah. it's fun sometimes to not have intentions before starting a new picture.

attempting satisfaction...

its hard to be satisfied with life or just ok with it...i think going outside and getting fresh air helps a bit. maybe healthy clean air would be better, an area away from most city places. these are just a couple guys working on that. this is actually one of my goals as well...give myself time to think. cheers!

skeleton ghost

skeleton ghost...i wonder what he was like before?

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a lil something...

this is me just having a bit-o-fun. my film is below too...so please take a gander. it's a little small. sorry, i'll try and fix that one. cheers!

OH...MY...GOSH!!!

SO...it has been a long'ol time since I've touched this thing. I am so so sorry to all of you who enjoy checking this dump of a site out. Let me just tell you in brief that this was one heck of a year...SO INCREDIBLY ROUGH!!! As much as I want to go into specifics I don't think I will...for your sake. But, this is my final film from from my final year at cartoon college (CalArts.) I really really hope you enjoy it. Also, check out some of my portfolio work if you want that is on my link called PVose Portfolio. Some of it you may have seen before...

Anyways, CHEERS! Please feel free to leave me a comment, whether it be super nice or super mean one! I hope there's more to show and talk about in the future.

pooptastic!!!

this is a little girl that i was thinking about using for my film. kinda cute which fits great...now all i have to do is figure out what her personality is...what she wants...what she's about...that kind of thing.

clowns! i really like clowns a lot, but with little time i wasn't able to push it to the limit i'd have liked, but i think there's an all right variety of character in these, maybe i'm wrong...i don't know anything...

it's fun time with the sketchbook...

haPPy HollOwEEn!!!

enjoy this here crazy pee wee herman clip. what a great character. represent calarts with an alumni. you guys all have a great, safe, and candy-filled holloween party.

frost fairies...something pretty for once

some fun watercolors for yet another character design assignment. i think i've done a whole lot of dark/ wierd work for this class, so for once i went for something a little more playful and soft.

fun ideas for my film...

these are just a few quick comps i was thinking about for my film. no real thought into the design of the characters or layouts yet. can you guess what the story might be...if you can guess correctly, then you get a grand prize. anyways, cheers!

p.s. the last image doesn't really have anything to do with the story, that was just the drawing i did to build the concept of more. ok, ok.

what???

don't ask! i just don't know what i was thinking. it's kinda different for me. it was fun to do at least. in fact, i want to do more. i think i should take a break from doing monsters and creatures...oh wait...maki's next assignment is a frost fairy. ok, maybe after that one i'll be done for a while. need to start doing more layouts and composition type work...story telling shots. cheers folks!