How To Train Your Human

(Use bacon.)

If you have seen Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon, then you would know that this pic is... nothing like it. However, when The Weekly Sketchbook's topic was Dragon this past week, there was no way I was not going to incorporate something from that movie into the sketch. And what better way to enhance such a reference then to add bacon to it! Everything improves by just adding bacon, I guarantee it.

A few changes...

Get it? Me neither. I guess for some reason when I think "Superbowl," I think the sky, apparently... subconsciously.

You know, the game is happening right now, and I don't even care. I'm not watching it, and probably won't even care if someone tells me the score. With the exception of the commercials, it's just kind of the same thing every year. I think the NFL needs to change some things up to make it more interesting. And since you're asking, let me tell my good ideas...

1) Funny hats. Who doesn't like Funny hats? Better yet, who doesn't want to sit in front of a large television set, eating junk food for hours, viewing football players smacking into each other with Funny hats on? It brings a smile to my face just thinking about it. Funny hats. They already wear funny pants, so why not, right?

2) Good half time shows. I think this is pretty self-explanatory.

3) Space. Just add Space to anything, and it instantly becomes awesome. TV shows, band names, awkward relationships, you name it, it gets better with Space. If I could see a little more Outer Space in the Superbowl, I'd be eating junk food in front of it.

Just listen to me, NFL controlling people, and your lives will get better, much better, especially if you listen to the part about the Funny hats. I think that's what's going to do it for people.

I mean I'll watch it.

Friends and February

Happy February everybody! And to start off the month of Football, Groundhogs, and Love, I decided to do something that would really tie all three of those things together. There you have it!

These were actually done for The Weekly Sketchbook which as I said last time is another blog where members can post their interpretations of a topic that is given each week.

I love art blogs, because not only do you get to see people's art, you also get to see it progress and in progress (like unfinished stuff). I have some really cool friends who do some really cool art, so while you are checking out The Weekly Sketchbook, you can check out some of my other friends' blogs as well.

First off, my good friend Daniel. I have mentioned his blog a few times before, and it is still definitely worth checking out. Dan's Lair of AWESOMATION.

The Next is my amazing cousin, Jessica, who skillfully combines graphic design with paper crafts. If you appreciate good design, this is the place to go. JLiBdisigns.

Next up is my cool friend, Anna. Fact I was just at her house yesterday for an awesome dance party! Fog machine so thick, you couldn't see the person next to you. Then again it could have been the lasers... If you enjoy Anime, check it OuT! AnnaMei's Anime.

And lastly, my other cool friend, Clayton. If you like crazy cartoons, or you are one, check it out. Clayton's Crazy Cartoons.

Happy February Everybody! This month is of traditionalicious artwork!

Moosen

Hey guys! I have been doing a lot of drawing lately; designing for my friend Foster, storyboarding with my friend Eric, and I started a new art blog called The Weekly Sketchbook with my friends! Crazy fun. Check it out here. All of these drawings here are for that blog. And actually the last two drawings, if you haven't figured it out already, are essentially the same one. Using the animation desk that I showed you last time, that has a lightbox, I drew that first red one up, then turned the light on, drew the blue one, and turned the light off, finishing with the graphite one. Traditional animation stuff. Sounds complicated, but it isn't really, except that the red one is done a different sheet of paper than the blue and graphite one.

The first one is Bullwinkle. When I think 'Moose' I immediately thought of him. There is no more famous Moose character in television to date! I remember when my parents first showed me Rocky & Bullwinkle as a kid. Now, when I watch it, I am surprised at how little cartoon there actually is. But, an amazing show nonetheless. You can pretty much watch all of the episodes on Netflix streaming now... and what could make Bullwinkle more memorable than a funky coloring job? Exactly. That's why I did it.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day everybody!

Look at what I got...

Pretty sweet, huh? I have been waiting for this for a while. Now, there went my savings... and yet, totally worth it.

Some quick sketches

Hey everyone! Happy New Year! Man, it is such a blessing to be on winter break, otherwise I wouldn't have drawn these little fellers here.

For Christmas I got two amazing books, The Art of Tangled, and a Disney Archives book on Animation. Both have been extremely helpful to look at and learn from, mostly because I am terrible at drawing females and animals. So, that's what I drew! Actually the first sketch I have up there I drew today as I was working on animal character designs for my awesome friend and brother in Christ, Foster. He's the guy who got me Photoshop! He works at Adobe, and on the side makes iphone/ipad apps. I have had the privilege of working on some characters for graphics that are going to go into one of his games! Don't know if this lion will be in it, but it was fun to draw so I thought I might as well put it up here.

One of my family's other gifts this year was The Lion King on blu-ray (I know, heavy on the Disney gifts this year, right?). The film is just as awesome as it has always been, blu-ray or not. Last night my youngest brother and I spent something like an hour and a half looking at the gallery while I sketched which really helped me figure out this drawing.

I am also working on storyboarding a short film with my friend who was the Assistant Director of another friend's short film which I helped storyboard way back when. Maybe I will actually get some storyboards from this film up here.

Happy Syllabus Day to all you who are starting school! And to the rest of us, Happy Rubbing in How Long Our Christmas Break Is Day! God bless!

I was going to say something about this...

...but now I can't think of anything.

Happy New Year!