Paper Lamppost

Hobbits...Four Hobbits.

2011-12-08T23:00:00.000-05:00

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2011-10-07T01:04:00.002-04:00

Bottles

2011-06-28T01:29:00.001-04:00

I was looking through old stuff on my hard drive today and found this doodle that I did awhile back. There's something about it that I like.

Buddhist Sunset

2011-06-28T00:53:00.000-04:00

Roof of Buddhist Temple near my apartment.

Midnight

2011-06-25T04:27:00.001-04:00

City of Roses

2011-06-06T03:20:00.000-04:00

The North Garden.

MMRAAAH!

2011-04-18T01:39:00.002-04:00

Calendar

2011-01-04T23:38:00.001-05:00

This is a book that my sister Emily wrote and I illustrated for my family. We gave it to them for Christmas and it was a huge sappy hit. My parents cried and everything. Score one for us ^_^.

I had a lot of fun making it. My family and my childhood mean more to me than I can really say. This book became a good outlet. And it's my first complete book! That alone makes me happy. I hope to do more in the future!

(Click to the right of the image to turn the page)

Making Christmas

2010-12-19T16:28:00.000-05:00

This was my submission for a holiday card contest at the stop-mo studio where I work. Due to a mixup it didn't actually get entered with the rest, so I thought I'd post it here just for fun.

Since it's a stop motion studio and everything is done in miniature, I thought it would be fun to see how miniature I could get. Elves making elves. The smallest one's head is 1 pixel ^_^.

Looking at it again, I'm not sure I pulled off my original intent, but oh well. Onward and upward.

Merry Christmas to all!

Little Blue Egg

2010-11-09T01:09:00.000-05:00

ROAD TRIP

2010-09-03T14:56:00.004-04:00

I'M MOVING TO PORTLAND!!!!!

...From NY. So that means that I get to take a road trip across this beautiful country! I'll be living in the woods for 2 weeks or more starting this Tuesday and I'm so excited!

I'll be looking for work in the Portland area once I get out there but I'm also very game for freelance, so let me know if you hear of anything.

ALSO. I've updated my portfolio blog. ----> PORTFOLIO

Go check it out if you get the chance. I've redone my demo reel as well which you can view there free of charge! ^_^ Feedback is always welcome!

TTFN

P.S. "The Beast of the Tent" is my brother's imaginary friend from childhood. I did this painting awhile ago as a christmas present to him.

Dikkers Cartoon Company

2010-08-01T10:46:00.001-04:00

Hey all!

I am very excited to say that the cartoon website that I've been animating, designing, storyboarding and background...ing on for a year is now up and running! I animated all of "Ape Trouble" and half of the other two. I did all the backgrounds for "Tycoon Tyke" and half of them for the other two.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

----> DIKKERS CARTOON COMPANY <----

Dogs

2010-04-21T23:49:00.004-04:00

I went on a sketching scavenger hunt around Manhattan today. Something I plan to do more of.

You should try it!

Here's how: List a bunch of things to collect. Cut them into strips of paper. Put them in a hat. Pick out 10 or so. Then GO!

Some examples of mine:

1. Something burned

2. Something over

3. Something under

4. Something that won't shut up

5. Something trying to be something else

Or whatever you think of. It's fun to hunt them down.

Ghost Post

2010-04-15T20:58:00.002-04:00

A Post-a-week my arse you say?

Here are 2 to make up for my slack.

Sakura

2010-04-15T20:56:00.003-04:00

The Cherries are a bloomin'! And one of the prettiest places in Brooklyn is the Botanic Garden (which I am lucky enough to live right nearby!)

I don't know what I'm doing with colored pencils...but this gave me an excuse to gaze at cherry blossoms. At least I looked like I was being productive.

Razzle-Dazzle

2010-03-30T09:10:00.004-04:00

Hello all! I've finally decided to stop being completely lazy and do some things outside of work. This is just a quick sketch colored up in photoshop, but it is hopefully the first of many things to come. I'm going to try to post one a week. Even if it's just quick stuff like this. I need a kick start.

Work is going well. Hopefully next month I'll be able to post a link to the website and you can all see what I've been doing with myself for the last year (besides sleeping and NOT posting on this blog.)

toodles!

Rowing

2009-09-06T16:59:00.003-04:00

Once again originally inspired by a song that really sounds nothing like this image. Wasn't sure how I wanted to crop so here's two.

I picture the chorus of fishies singing one long chord. Maybe an E minor. :)

want...

2009-06-14T01:07:00.003-04:00

"I dreamed you were a cosmonaut

of the space between our chairs

And I was a cartographer

of the tangles in your hair"

-from 'Armchairs' by Andrew Bird

I'm not tired yet, so this comes out. Andrew Bird writes beautiful lyrics and I destroy them with strange pictures.

Daffodils

2009-06-13T21:42:00.002-04:00

I got caught in the rain today on the way back from the Met. This is based off a couple I saw in the park while I was running from the downpour. Aww...

Drawing Day

2009-06-06T22:54:00.004-04:00

self portrait with cactus.

Scribbled for drawing day 2009 http://www.drawingday.org/index.php

I bought a cactus at a street fair today and it looks like a little monster. So cute.
I swear I'll draw something other than me next time I post. Two in a row = narcissistic.

Happy Drawing Day!

Killers on the F train

2009-05-13T22:15:00.005-04:00

I've been spending some quality time with the F train and about the first 5 songs of the latest "Killers" album.

I really like that line from "A Dustland Fairytale"

NY is full of wierdos. It's great!

Italians and Flippy Dippy Dolphins

2009-04-14T21:42:00.002-04:00

Here are some character sketches for the film I just finished for work! I'm basically posting semi old stuff b/c I have only been running around these days and not sketching. This is going to continue (the running around part) since I'm traveling most of the month! Whoo! And I'll be starting a new job in Brooklyn begining of next month! NY inspires me with all it's chaos, so I'll take advantage of the hustle and bustle (and long subway commutes) to hopefully get some sketching done ^_^.

Till then! I'm off to Toronto--->North Carolina--->Chicago---->Manhattan! Ciao!

Zoologico

2009-03-29T16:40:00.003-04:00

Kittius Biggius:

Bearded Dudeux:

Cutius Fake Pandicus:

Ugly Stick Victems....icus

Pinkies:

Kooks in a row:

Lifedrawingus Modeli

ROBIN HOOD!

2009-03-13T17:35:00.016-04:00

Ok....I know I just posted animation yesterday, but I just finished this one too....

Or on Youtube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQuC6x7pSx8

Has anyone seen the BBC series "Robin Hood?" If not, go watch it. I've just finished the 1st season and the 2nd came in the mail yesterday. Whoo! I'll admit, Robin Hood has been my literary crush since I was a kid. He's just so kickass! Robbing the rich and whatnot. le sigh...

This audio is from the show. I was sketching the characters while watching the other day and felt like animating Robin saying something Robin-y. Just some more animation practice. I didn't feel like animating Marian...she's just scribbled in for reference.

I think this quote of his is somewhat appropriate for my life right now. haha

Oodalally!

Fattykins in motion!

2009-03-12T17:53:00.009-04:00

or here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZnxyeWbnRM&feature=channel_page

"The Aliens are attacking the restaurant!"

Something I did today for work. The voice credit goes to my brother Noah. Thanks Nojo! Even though the sound quality is pretty crappy. I pitched it down a bit so he sounded fatter....

All this sitting at a computer hour after hour is getting to me. I'm becoming more round by the minute. I gotta move dangflabbit!

Fun with Fatties

2009-03-09T12:24:00.002-04:00

This kid is from a very short "film" thingy I'm doing for work. I'm probably going to go with something more like the ones on the top. He has, like 2 lines. Hopefully some animation will be up soon, either from work or my own projects. CHEERS! ^_^

Hazel Expressions

2009-03-05T19:36:00.004-05:00

Roughing out some expressions and trying to get a handle on this old woman that I'm currently storyboarding into existance. They still need work. Crit?

Boardies

2009-02-28T16:28:00.007-05:00

Here are some panels from a couple of short storyboards I just did. Fun stuff ^_^ I gotta keep working on my boarding abilitieeees. "Just keep swimming swimming swimming....."

Maybe I'll be able to post the whole things some time soon... 'till then, enjoy my super random panels of unicorn cow squid aliens and Cannibals.

and...

peace

Track Meets and stuff

2009-02-22T16:17:00.005-05:00

Sketch Dumpage.

I've just been to a few of my brother and sister's indoor track meets. They make for some decent sketching time. I also just got back from Nashville where I didn't sketch as much as I should have, but I had a good time instead.

Yoga Booty Ballet

2009-02-05T21:42:00.008-05:00

Yoga Booty Ballet in attempts to cure the fat and lazy plague that has befallen me. My gestures need exercise too.

Pedro

2009-01-22T15:29:00.001-05:00

scribble break

dedicated to Amanda D who had a bad day.

some colors in my head

2009-01-18T19:26:00.001-05:00

Some really quick stuff just for fun.

I actually saw those pink kids on the mountain the other day.

In Which I Sense Hostility...

2009-01-09T09:19:00.005-05:00

I recently worked at a grocery store. The minute I pulled into the parking lot the first day, I had a feeling I wouldn't fit in. I wish this were an exaggeration. It lasted 3 weeks.

Since then I've started a job drawing and making movies.

Yay Life!

~Peace

Christmas with the Paccia's

2008-12-25T17:04:00.005-05:00

This was the best Christmas Ever! My family is hillarious.

These are the pictures I gave them with their presents this year. I had so much fun doing them. I'm sure most people viewing won't get the references, but they were appreciated in my household ^_^

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Life Drawing!

2008-11-13T11:21:00.004-05:00

Well, I've finally gotten myself to lifedrawing. Hopefully It'll become a habit. I miss the good ole' animation life drawing though. The poses were much shorter. The only place in town to get lifedrawing around here only does a few gestures in the beginning and then move to 10s 20s 1/2hours and hours. Bleaaaaah. I can't draw the same pose for an hour. Especially laying down ones. So I drew people drawing and left at the 1/2.

Duklyon Vs. Evil Beast Wooltar

2008-11-10T10:51:00.005-05:00

Ok, I realize that hardly anyone who views this will have any idea what it is. Mostly I did it for me....because it was fun. A breif explanation:

This fanart is from a spoof comic by CLAMP called "Clamp School Defenders Duklyon" The comic is one of my all time favorites and I would strongly recomend it to anyone who likes complete absurdity and/or knows anything about Japanese comics/animation. It's just plain funny. I don't even want to admit to the number of times i've read it. My favorite "Evil Beast" in the short 2 volume series was Wooltar, the cute and cuddly sheep made of pure wool and sure to shock if you give into your impulses to cuddle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duklyon - in case you care or actually want to know more....

This more retro style is really fun to play with. It's refreshing just to be playing with shapes and composition. Not worrying about any kind of anatomy or sense. I know I can push it further.

Captoring Crew

2008-11-08T11:36:00.006-05:00

A bit of nostalgia. Cardcaptor Sakura retro style.

The Clamp ladies are the ones who really started me drawing with any kind of seriousness. So hats off to them for bringing us wonderfully girly stuff and bringing me my first inspiration.

It's been awhile since I've drawn stuff like this just for kicks. It's fun. I'll probably do more.

textures from: http://www.cgtextures.com/

Nov. 4

2008-11-03T11:12:00.003-05:00

S'all I'm sayin........

Sketchbook Sketchbook

2008-10-30T22:37:00.005-04:00

Sketching Sketching ^_^

I just came back from seeing a fantasic play. It was called "Tales from the Salt City" and was probably one of the most interesting shows I've seen in a very long time. It featured local people from Syracuse NY (the salt city) most of which were imigrants. Each of them told thier story as they went through the years. The format is hard to explain, but each story was equally fascinating and the visuals and performance element were perfect. Beautifully simplistic and just enough to accent the stories told. This particular show is part of a series of shows like it done by Ping Chong. He goes around to different places and works with the people in that area to assemble a cast and write the script based on thier interviews. I was really amazed at how well it worked. A stage documentary. So, if it comes to your city, make sure you go and see!

Above are sketches from the Salt City. Wegmans to be precise.

Mall Sketches

2008-10-29T14:12:00.009-04:00

From the mall:

Sketches for a Tshirt design for the Cross Country team that my Dad coaches ^_^

Origami

2008-10-20T17:27:00.003-04:00

I did a stick figure version of this at school a couple years ago but I thought I'd dig it up and revamp it a bit. It's just silly, but fun to work on. I hope you like ^_^

Zero Turn

2008-10-17T00:24:00.004-04:00

I just learned how to drive the Zero Turn mower at work. Also, I'm very tired from getting my Disney portfolio together.

Happy Fall!

Gestures

2008-10-07T21:53:00.005-04:00

I've been getting into gesture practice again lately and been really inspired by the work of Alex Woo (a story artist at Pixar.) He's got some really amazing and helpful stuff on his blog about gesture drawing. http://www.woohoopictures.blogspot.com/ Check it.

These are just some first attempts at gesture with Alex's lessons in mind. There will be many more to come. Someday I hope I'm nearly as good as he is.

Since I don't have a model handy, I popped in a dvd of my friend Lucille Ball. She makes me smile a lot and she has some great dramatic acting. This episode of "The Lucy Show" also featured Carol Burnett, whom I also adore.

Faeries

2008-10-02T12:05:00.006-04:00

This was part of a project I have just finished for my friend Elizabeth Haydon who is now on book tour promoting her series "The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme." She commisioned me to do a series of images for a presentation she will be giving on the tour themed around Magic that hides in plain sight.

I really enjoyed doing this project because I believe wholeheartedly that magic does exist in plain sight. Once in awhile I need reminding to look for it, but I think it's really important for me to belive in simple magic. Just the realization that the leaves are turning brighter orange day by day or how fascinating and powerful the human mind is. Some things taken for granted are really magical when you look at them with proper awe. I would encourage anyone else to find magic in thier own lives as well. All it takes is the proper perspective ^_^

Unfortunately I only had time to do 3 sets of images. I had ideas for a lot more, but I think the faery one came out halfway decent.

Enjoy!

p.s. The faeries in the lamp post are dedicated to my good friend Martha the "Tricksy Gypsy" because she reminds me that it's ok to believe in faeries.

Tree Tunnel

2008-09-26T13:29:00.003-04:00

Linework for a project I'm working on. This is very heavily based on one of my favorite parts of Central Park up around Harlem. Its eventually going to be a night scene with the lamppost as the focus. Perfect place for faeries ^_^. I'll post more from this project when it's finished.

Panera

2008-09-26T10:07:00.002-04:00

Best bread ever.

I heart post-its

2008-09-18T15:28:00.004-04:00

Just a few things from my sketchbook recently. I've been working on a few storyboards so post-its have been falling out of everything I carry lately. I've nearly finnished thumbnailing a scene from "The Silver Chair" (part of the Narnia series) so hopefully I'll have that up soon. Oh, and I recently bought a car which is featured in the first pic at the top. Other stuff is from life...people being people... dogs being dogs....etc.... Bonus points for anyone who is as happy as that running puppy ^_^

Woody

2008-09-11T20:40:00.004-04:00

Something I did for Woody, a Co-worker of mine of him and his daughter. I think it's going to be a birthday present for her ^_^ I hope he likes it. I got the paper textures from http://hibbary.deviantart.com/ Sketches to come as soon as I hook up my scanner :)

The Great NY State Fair!

2008-09-02T20:07:00.008-04:00

Ah the Fair. I haven't missed it since I was born. If anyone ever gets the chance to go, it's worth it. This year I went an extra day just to draw and photograph people. It was so fun! It's amazing how many crazy people and crazy things there are there! Every time I took a picture, I missed about 20 more opportunities for a good shot as I was taking it. These are just a TINY fraction of things I wanted to draw from the Great NY State. Keep in mind, all of these people are for real......O_o. All of the animals were drawn there and the people were done afterward from photos. There are a few more memories I want to draw out for sure, so I'll add those later. ta ta for now^_^

Sketchbook

2008-08-26T16:00:00.002-04:00

Just some recent stuff. First one is my lake. I love it there.

Handy Handies

2008-08-03T09:07:00.009-04:00

This project was for the begining of my comunity theater's production of "Pippin" that they performed this weekend. It looked pretty cool on stage. After the animation finished, dancers with white gloves under a black light continued the effect on stage. They were wearing black so only their hands were visible.

I used live action footage and then pieced it together with aftereffects, then brought it into Flash and scribbled over the top frame by frame. Pretty easy process, but fun (minus the tech problems....computers=love/hate.)

And just to fix my earlier post, here is the bottom sketch page that wouldn't enlarge. Hopefully it works this time ^_^

Final Film

2008-07-08T17:21:00.000-04:00

on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftiUwsGFgN8

Lately

2008-07-06T17:13:00.006-04:00

Just a bunch of random stuff I've sketched lately to show that I'm not MIA. The top one was inspired by a song by Carla Bruni. Maybe sometime I'll do a more finished version.

pinup Rhez

2008-07-06T17:08:00.002-04:00

This is really old. I just figured I'd post it b/c I kind of liked it. This was a Christmas present for my friend. It's her character Rhezlic from the stories she is writing ^_^. I really need to sit down and actually finish something again.... All I've been doing lately is sketches.

Portfolio as of now

2008-05-22T15:07:00.005-04:00

I just realized I haven't posted my full portfolio here yet. Sorry about some repeats and such a loooooong post, but I thought it might be good to have the whole thing up.

Short Stuff

2008-05-13T21:09:00.002-04:00

Just a quick post to show that I'm not dead. These are just some things from my sketchbook lately. I've been working temporarily on a golf course crew while I hunt for animation jobs. Meaning a healthy dose of sunshine, shoveling, learning to drive standard and the occasional free burrito. So far so good. Coming soon: animal sketches. Once I get something postworthy. ^_^

Demo Reel

2008-04-23T17:13:00.006-04:00

I know I just posted, but I thought I'd upload my current Demo reel while I'm at it. There are some finished film scenes in it too, so I hope you enjoy ^_^

It's also on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SudSHtaI9c

Tidbits

2008-04-23T10:45:00.007-04:00

Here's some stuff I've been working on lately between fits of laziness. After the film I did some rough animation just to practice lip sync a bit more. I sifted through a bunch of audio that my little brother recorded for me and came up with this little bit.

here's the animation:

And some sketches:

And here's a poster type thingy from my film. I swear I'll stop with the unicorn stuff soon ^_^

One more thing. This was something I sketched up for my portfolio cover and promotional material for Industry Day here at Sheridan. Tomorrow! Ahh! I wanted something muppety with a lot of legs......

Cheers all!

Life Continues

2008-04-19T12:04:00.004-04:00

Film is done! Been done for about a week now and I'm just trying to slowly peice together my portfolio and demo reel. It's only challenging because it's so beautiful outside. The last thing I want to be doing is staring at my old work all day. Anywhooo, wish me luck!

Here's something NOT from the film! :gasp: Hopefully in the near future I'll get around to fully painting this layout. For now, here's a quick monochrome version.

p.s. I changed the template of this place from that burning pink as soon as the film was done, but I didn't realize it would erase all my links. They'll be up again someday...

Some Layouts

2008-03-23T20:26:00.002-04:00

Here are some final final layouts for the film. ^_^ By "final final" I mean I'll probably tweak things here and there on them until they are actually composited. Any critiques would still be helpful. I think after this film is done I want to do a painting of something very blue and green. Pink is starting to burn.

so far

2008-03-19T10:13:00.002-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9UYmWXcU8E

Done with rough animation and part of the clean. So much to do in so little time, but I'm feeling alright as of now. Seriously though, I just want to draw something other than unicorns and little girls....

Anyone like scanning and coloring? eh? eh?

break from animation

2008-01-29T23:54:00.000-05:00

I'm almost done my first pass of pose test/keys for the whole film! Hot Tamale! Here are some of the final character designs and color keys. The more I animate, the more I like drawing them. Especialy the unicorn. He's just so full of circles! On a side note, I've decided to name him "zomby"

And here's just something I did for fun. It'll probably end up at the credits or something. I really like drawing cheezy stuff like this. It makes me happy.

SO MUCH PINK!

2008-01-26T11:07:00.000-05:00

So busy with the film ^_^. I'm still cranking out the pose tests/rough animation for the next week or so but I've also been working on color tests and final layouts. These are a few of many rough color works I've done over the past little while. It's so hard to commit to something final! Let me know if you have any critiques or comments. They'd be much appreciated. I'll try to post more as it comes.

Boards!!!!!!

2007-10-07T17:55:00.000-04:00

If you can read 'em!

They're super rough.....and probably going to change slightly, but here they are. So far....

Marker Sketches

2007-10-07T00:37:00.000-04:00

More concepty stuff. Maybe in the near future, i'll get off my butt and actually post my boards. Until then, you'll have to suffer through some more sketches. But this time they're in color! (or colour for you Canadians etc...) Just some quick studies of my characters and then some scrappy ones of test layouts. I've been avioding layout design so far and that's gotta stop......

Some film sketchness

2007-09-20T18:35:00.000-04:00

Off to Ottawa for the Film Festival!!! The film that I was part of last year (The Monster Backpack) has made it to the finalists for the Teletoon competition, so I will be there supporting that. Wish me luck! Before I go, here's just some quick sketches of my film characters for this year. I'll post more when I get back from the festival. Cheers!

Resurrection!!!

2007-09-17T09:09:00.000-04:00

This blog will now be resurected and transmorgified into a film production blog for my 4th year film! Buahahaha. So to start off, i'll just post some scrappy stuff I've been working on. Coming soon are story synopsis, boards, concept work etc.....

sketches

2006-10-09T14:01:00.000-04:00

Um...yeah. I guess to start this thing off i'll just put some pics i did quickly of myself. I don't ususally like drawing me...but my friends seemed to all agree that this doodle pretty much captured my essense. Yay, i'm a cartoon!

I promise to post something better soon *scouts honor*

Learning to blog

2006-09-28T23:50:00.000-04:00

yes, I finally have a blog. I'm sure my computer challenged self will figure it all out sooner or later. Until then bare with me and hopefully i'll have some relevant stuff up soon.

This blog will be used as an online sketchbook as well as a posting place for all of my more finnished pieces and schoolwork. Stay tuned for *dramatic music* the art of Abbey! *lightning crash*

The End