potato farm girl

Holly Jolly Jingle Robot

2011-12-21T00:08:00.000-08:00

Another year almost over! I'm going to visit Tokyo one more time this holiday season. Next year I'm staying put! Excited to visit some animators and friends, going to miss my family and cousins back home. Sorry guys! ;_;

Here, have a Samus. She's a poster that comes with the Bad Dudes Metroid arrange album.

METROID ALBUM!

There is also a poster from Steph Laberis, and a comic by Maximo! Goodies!

I'll post back in a couple of weeks. I can't wait till summer...
Happy Holidays!

"Billie the Unicorn" storybook app!

2011-12-11T22:01:00.000-08:00

The "Billie the Unicorn" interactive storybook app came out late Friday! Mobad did an excellent job on it, and I'm not just saying that because it's my book. There are so many easter eggs and hidden treats to find. I'm still discovering new things!
The book can be read alone, or there is an option to read along with a voice over. Touching individual words will be pronounced in English.
Ami Goff at Mobad worked very hard separating and layering the art. The characters move, the backgrounds have depth. She put a lot of love into this, and I'm really thankful for all the care she gave the book! Hopefully the app does well, so new projects will come of it. Namely a certain cat made of bananas...
At the moment, the app is only available for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but who knows what the future can bring. :) It's still available as a hard bound book, for those who love the feel of turning pages.
Thanks again for everyones support!!

The app is available here!!! ★☆★★☆★★☆★★
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In the meantime, I haven't been drawing much of anything that isn't work related. I'm also going to Tokyo again at the end of the month. Good stuff going on!

Fairy Music

2011-11-28T21:23:00.001-08:00

I made a music playlist! I made a hideous monster drawing for a friend! Continue on, if you DARE!!!!

"Doc Bizarre, M.D." by Joe Casey and Andy Suriano!

Andy Suriano was nice enough to ask me to contribute a pin up for his new book! It's about a doctor who makes house calls for monsters and creeps! It is not a book for small children, but for a comic book fan of a more refined taste. Preview Here Includes character designs and lots of extra art!

My soundtrack I've been listening to thru October and November. It is a good to have music when on a quest through a magical land!
Song time under the cut! Clicky clicky!

1."Don't Want You No More"-Koji Kondo- Twilight Princess trailer
2.Extended Title-Jake Kaufman-Mighty Milky Way&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://virt.bandcamp.com/track/mmw-title-extended"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;MMW - Title (Extended) by Jake Kaufman&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
3.Hometown Domina-Yoko Shimomura- Drammatica
4. Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures 'The Electric Flute'-OC Remix from Halc
5. Sacred Grove-Koji Kondo- Twilight Princess
6. Calmly Traveling-Yoko Shimomura- Legend of Mana
7. Final Fantasy IV 'Path of Deception'-OC Remix from bLiNd
8. Natsuko ni omakase!-Susuma Ueda-Re: Cutie Honey OST
9. Theme of Chocobo-Nobuo Uematsu-Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
10. The Man with the Machine Gun-Nobuo Uematsu- Distant Worlds II
11. Molly's Theme, Action-Taku Iwasaki- Oban Star Racers OST
12. FF III Battle-Nubuo Uematsu-Dissidia OST
13. Asura Jittaika-Yoko Kano- Arjuna OST
14.&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://music.biggiantcircles.com/track/your-quest-is-over-featuring-pongball"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Your Quest Is Over (featuring Pongball) by Big Giant Circles&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
15. Bastion's Happy Flight-Klaus Doldinger-The Neverending Story OST

16. Make.Believe-Genki Rockets

17. Cosmic Love- Florence + The Machine
18. Ainiikoh -I.NEED.TO.GO- Sweet Vacation

Amethyst of Gemworld

2011-11-15T12:28:00.001-08:00

Hey guys!
WB Animation approved me to share this clip with you.
To clear up the confusion over this part of the DC Nation commercial:
She is getting a short. I am working with a group of fantastic people to put this together.
I animated the clip on short notice, and color help came from Claire Lenth, video composite from Will Feng.
It's been rewarding and a lot of fun to work with such a great team. Later in 2012 you'll get to see our efforts!
Thanks for all the support over the years. I never thought I'd get a chance to work on something so magical.
(Oh and the Titans shorts are coming. Super excited about that. I've been working quadruple time lately, XD)

Here's an unused animation cycle for you internet!animated on paper, colored in photoshop. :) My obsession with gifs has paid off.

Topsy Turvey

2011-11-06T18:13:00.000-08:00

Anyone going to CTN Animation Expo in Burbank, CA in a couple of weeks? I'll be sharing a table with Steph Laberis! Our table T-81.

We will also have a sketchbook available, half will be Steph's doodles and creations, and the other half will be stuff I have drawn. It'll include a couple of pages of a project I pitched a few years ago, among Banana Cats, Tricky witches, and unicorns.

Stuart Ng will be carrying "Billie the Unicorn", so if anyone is still curious to pick up a copy, or if you have an old copy you want signed, please bring it by! I'll have some prints available too!

The other news is that everyone should watch the Green Lantern premiere on Cartoon Network this coming Friday, Nov. 11th. I did not work on that show, but the illustrious Thomas Perkins did contribute to designs, among many other lovely people I owe my first born too.

I animated three seconds of a commercial that'll be airing inbetween that block, so watch to see what it could be! WATCH TWO HOURS OF CARTOONS TO SEE 3 SECONDS OF ANIMATION. HAHAHAHA!

2011-10-30T15:51:00.000-07:00

Eat all the candies and get all the cavities on Halloween tomorrow.

Next week a couple of big updates, on what's been eating my time and brains the past few months!

A song I always thought would make a fun music video.
iMonster - Lust For A Vampyr by JulianK

Pegapumkin

2011-10-10T21:40:00.000-07:00

Catching up on drawings for family and friends tonight. Tomorrow it is back to the other stuff!

Fancy Moo Cow

2011-09-25T21:13:00.000-07:00

I went to the Los Angeles Fair. It was very different from the Adams County Fair back home. Did not find any elephant ears, did not see any cowboy boots, but there were a few cows, pigs, chickens, and sheep. Still had fun. I had a fried Oreo!

Trying to draw something unrelated to work on my lunch break, and trying to learn a new photoshop trick every once in awhile. Yay for learning new key commands.

This is not fire

2011-09-19T21:33:00.000-07:00

I was sick all weekend. Tried to make photoshop fire for fun. Does not look like fire. Maybe snot fire?

I was listening the "Wild Arms" opening while drawing this. Click and pretend it's epic, or something.

Gonna go drink me some more of that thar Nyquil. Bye!

Magitek Armor

2011-09-11T22:38:00.000-07:00

Something old colored and fancied up with photoshop. Learned how to make snow with fancy computer effects!

The magitek armor was a random prop used in a flash show long ago. Far, far away...

A Store has Appeared!

2011-09-05T20:56:00.000-07:00

I've been slowly fixing up Billie's website. It's now a little spot with links to various spots online, including where to find prints! I'm testing out Zazzle
I'd like to offer one new print a month there, and then replace it with a new one the following month. If anyone would like to request an old piece of art to be made as a print, please let me know.
No Fanart requests please.

I'm too busy to be able to make regular trips to the post office, so hopefully this is a good solution to those who've been wanting art. :)

Still super busy at work. Drawin' for da man, can't post any of it. I did draw on some post-its early August. These drawings are the few frivolous sketches I've pooped out in awhile. It was a nice three day weekend for those of us in the U.S.

Park in the Walk

2011-08-14T19:11:00.000-07:00

Going to try to draw one frivolous post-it a week, so I don't go nutzo. Not that I'm already not nutzo. Nutzo knots. X/

I can't wait to see this! From,

"Un monstre à Paris"

K bye.

Stars and Dots

2011-08-07T20:05:00.000-07:00

Drawn during AX 2011. Been so busy I haven't had time to just doodle. I'm story boarding and designing on stuff at work, that I'm really excited about. Making stuff with friends! Yay!

Friendship Day!

2011-07-31T18:50:00.000-07:00

August 7th at 12pm, I'll be signing and reading Billie at Kidspace in Pasadena, for Friendship Day!
If you have little ones, please stop by!
Kidspace

I was given a copy of Sketchbook Pro Copic Edition at Comic Con. I don't draw digitally often, so I still prefer good ol' marker on paper, but I'm still going to play with this program. When I have more time.

K bye!

Comic Con and Billie's Ancestors

2011-07-26T01:56:00.000-07:00

Comic Con 2011 was exciting. It was great being able to meet up with friends, the yearly San Diego summer break for nerds are always a chance to see old friends. I still missed a lot of people, the floor is just too big, and with other events happening in the city I wish I could just clone myself.

I picked up a ton of beautiful new books, along with meeting new people, and new opportunities.

Thank you to all who took the time to visit our panels and stopped by for the signing Sunday. The children's book panel on Saturday was full, and I hope it was helpful to those who came. Making a book and project of your own can be a daunting task, but it's a wonderful feeling to have a completed little collection sitting in your hands. Good luck to those who attempt the journey!

On Sunday I was signing at Tr!ckster, and was very happy to trade art with many talented people who came by. I have to really thank the kind people that were running the pop up store. I'm so very grateful to have had the chance to sign books and meet people from around the country and the world. I had the lucky chance to meet an animator and artist I truly admire.

Yo Yoshinari stopped by with a copy of Billie, it was the high point of a week that was already amazing. He was nice enough to give me sketch of Canti and Gurren Lagann. I gave him a small sketchbook, but it was left accidently during the confusion of the signing. Anyone out there have a way to contact him so I can send him a Thank You? I hope I wasn't embarrassing, I was just very happy to meet him. :)

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Now onto some old art that I showed at Saturday's panel. Sorry I was a mumbling mess, I was really nervous. Luckily everyone else had their game together! Major thanks to Mike Collins, Eric Haeger, Eric Gonzales, Beth Sleven, and Steph Laberis! Go bother them if you want to see what they presented.

Billie grew out of my 4th year film from college, in 2002. The year I graduated wasn't a great time for 2D feature animation. I was fully aware I'd probably never get to animate professionally, but not sure which path I should take once school was over. I tried my best to learn all I could, and attempted to go into illustration. I also had no idea on how to prepare a portfolio for TV animation, or even what type of jobs were available. Worrying about all these things was physically exhausting and I was burnt out before I graduated. "Ooney Corn" suffers from severe Senioritis.

These crude scribblings were from 2001, first semester, when I was planning and trying to figure out what I wanted to make for my last film of my college life.

After graduating, I was one of a lucky few who found a job. It was at a 3rd party video game company. I think I acquired an ulcer there, it was extremely stressful. After nine months, they laid off most of their animators. I didn't have any family or friends close by, and was feeling pretty lonely. So I decided to dump all my new free time into figuring out what my senior film should have been. Felt it would be the best to make something positive of the situation.

In 2004 I was fortunate and found a job on "Teen Titans". My coworkers at the time suggested I put sketchbooks together for Comic Con. Stuart Ng Books was nice enough to carry "Banana Cat", and Immedium contacted me if I'd like to make a children's book. I had an idea for a Scarecrow Princess, but I couldn't get the story to work. It felt really forced to me.

About the time I figured out that I couldn't draw that story for 36 pages, I drew some unicorns for "The Unicorn Show" at Gallery Nucleus in 2006. They were too much fun too draw, and they merged into all the drawings I had made after school.

I wanted to make a book for my family and friends who'd stuck with me for so long, and I also wanted it to be for anyone who loves unicorns. Young and old.

I made thumbnails and a script to pitch to my publisher. These aren't part of the final pitch, just thumbnails.

I stopped working on it when I was unemployed 2008-2009. Taking tests to find a paying job was eating up most of my time, and I also tried pitching to the Cartoonstitute. I actually made a full animatic with music from The OneUps. Even though I didn't get that final approval, it forced me to try story boards again, and it was enough to help get storyboard freelance. Michael Chang was nice enough to let me try storyboarding on "Batman: Brave and the Bold". Once I was working and learning new tricks, I redrew the layouts on Billie. I had about four pages fully markered, but had to push the book back another year. I was in two of my close friends weddings, and Batman was a high maintenance guy. My publisher was very understanding and rescheduled my book.

These are all the colors I used just for Billie. I had a set of colors for each character figured out to keep them consistent. I tried anyway. XP

Not sure if I touched on any of this during the panel. I blocked out what happened -_-. I was also going to show a WIP trailer I had been working on for Billie. The trailer was put aside last spring when some interesting events happened at my job. It's all very good news, I'm just going to extremely busy these next few months. Happiness!!!

In the meantime, here's the trailer I hope to get back to some day. I drew the boards quickly in photoshop, edited them together in premiere, and used the movie file as a guide. The scenes that are animated are still rough. I used the paint brush in flash, a rough pass, and a clean up pass. I want to try coloring it in photoshop, but it's time consuming. Maybe someday.

The music is WIP by Mustin and Kunal Majmudar of The OneUps and The Bad Dudes. Please visit them and tell them you love them!!!!

Sorry for the wordy post!

2011 Comic Con San Diego Schedule with Sprinkles!

2011-07-10T00:17:00.000-07:00

I will be there, having fun with friends. I'll be updating this post with any new info between now and then. :)

San Diego Comic Con Schedule!

Saturday, July 25
4:00-5:00 How to Create a Children's Book— Brianne Drouhard (Billie the Unicorn), Mike Collins (Monster Mythos), Erich Haeger (Rosita Y Conchita), Beth Sleven(Cryptid Case Files), and Steph Laberis (Ghost Chef) discuss the process of creating a children's book from scratch. Topics include designing a character and its world, choosing illustration materials, and creating a story. The panel participants have backgrounds in animation and gaming and will discuss how this influences their art. Development art will be presented, followed by Q&A. Room 30CDE

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★☆UPDATE!: I'll be signing books at the Hard Eight booth #1802, Saturday after the panel at 5pm. Thanks so much Erich Haeger and the rest of you Hard Eight guys!☆★

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Sunday, July 24
1:00-2:00 The New Wave of Children's Books — Artists/creators Attaboy (You Might Be a Monster & Other Stories...), James Kochalka (Johnny Boo), Ragnar (Got Your Nose), Rhode Montijo (Cloud Boy), and Brianne Drouhard (Billie the Unicorn) discuss the exciting new wave of innovative books for kids (and the rest of us!). Moderated by Bob Self (Baby Tatto Books). Room 24ABC

And....

Tr!ckster Schedule!

Sunday, July 24
10:00am-12:00 Billie the Unicorn book signing

Tr!ckster will be held across the street from Comic Con at the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Drive, Suite 120.
I'm planning on hanging around there Friday at 3pm, and Saturday afternoon before the panel, for anyone who would like a signed book. Tr!ckster will have Billie available in their pop up store during the convention. I'm very thankful they are willing to carry it and to let me sign! Also really excited to be on a panel with some good friends!

Check my Twitter feed during the convention in case of any last minute changes.

The "Girls Drawing Girls IV: The Way Nature Made Her" will be available at their booth, #5628, and I had a lucky chance to draw a page for that. Looks like it'll be a beautiful book!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our panel at Anime Expo last weekend! I also met a nice lass named Katie who beat me at Rock, Paper, Scissors. She won the gift bag at the panel!

(and I totally saw people in the audience trying to cheat! HA HA!! XD )

Avenger Time Summer Time!

2011-06-28T00:54:00.000-07:00

Happy Summertime!

I'm going to be at the Los Angeles Anime Expo this Saturday on a panel. The subject is working in american TV animation. Come by if you need a rest and want to learn about not sleeping.

July 2nd

Time: 5pm

Room: WS 2

"Getting into the Animation Industry"

Will Feng- Production Manager Thundercats

George Krstic- Creator, Writer Megas XLR, Motor City

Brianne Drouhard- Character Designer Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated, Avengers

Alan Wan- Director, Storyboard Artist (on too many shows)

Mark Fujita- Assistant production manager Green Lantern CG series

(posted for Tara before I ruin the sketch on the left)

Thank you again for everyone who came out to Stuart's this past weekend or ordered a book online! Stuart Ng's bookstore is a must stop for anyone interested in art and illustration!

So "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes", or "Avenger's Heroes", or whatever it's called now started airing again. Here are some models I drew under the cut, for spoilers. I had the chance to draw a ton of models for season two. This is just the first of it.

Serpent Society. They are a society of people serpents. They are very fancy!

Malekith. During the many sleepless nights and late hours last spring, I had devised a buddy comedy show with Malekith and Anaconda. Maybe someday I will draw it. It was going to be called "The Malekith & Magic Raptor Pancake Hour". All Malekith wants to do is sleep in his cave on top of the Casket of Ancient Winters. It would sell a million toys and t-shirts.

Malekith is angry about something again. What else is new?

Bro Elves just hanging out, killing Orcs and stuff.

Pegasus, this model is what caused me to draw this. I have wing poses somewhere, but looks like the studio overseas didn't follow them anyway. :/

Jörmungandr, the snake monster that's going to eat Thor someday. *NOM* *NOM*

Karnilla being evil and a lady.

Karnilla turned to stone, special pose, from the storyboard. Cleaning it up and putting it on model.

Stuart Ng Books signing

2011-06-21T00:40:00.000-07:00

Signing at Stuart Ng Books!

Saturday, June 25th, 3-5pm.

20655 S. WESTERN AVENUE, SUITE NUMBER 104, TORRANCE, CA 90501

There will be a small exclusive print for anyone who orders or buys the book from their store.

www.stuartngbooks.com

Cintiq phone doodle

Book plate for GDG Pre-order.

Sleeeeeeeep.

Book Plates!

2011-06-14T02:24:00.000-07:00

I'm drawing a few book plates for the Girls Drawin Girls Volume IV pre-order. Hopefully I'll have time to make some more this weekend.

Pre-order here if ya want!

Girls Drawin Girls Volume IV

www.girlsdrawingirls.blogspot.com

I've had very little free time lately, but it's being taken up by a lot of good stuff, that might be on TV in a few months. Super excited. Actually, some of it will be on tv. Those horrible meddling kids and their dog do not want me to sleep. Ever again.

Schedule Switcheroonies

2011-06-07T23:31:00.000-07:00

For anyone checking in, the reading at Pergolina in Toluca Lake, CA, this weekend is cancelled.
I might still sign there in August, but they are currently refurbishing the store. Please still check them out if you are in the area.

I will be signing at Stuart Ng's store this month.
June 25th, 3-5pm.
20655 S. WESTERN AVENUE, SUITE NUMBER 104, TORRANCE, CA 90501
There will be a small exclusive print for anyone who orders or buys the book from their store.
www.stuartngbooks.com

Comic Con San Diego, I will be signing somewhere Sunday. Currently putting something together with friends for Saturday at 4pm. :3 More later as everything comes together!

Here's a video treat!

Sadistic Love from kasokuSato on Vimeo.

The post it doodle on top is months old. Haven't had a lot of time for sketching that isn't work related. Designing alot, story boarding during my little free time. :X

A few minutes

2011-05-24T23:54:00.000-07:00

Been really busy. A lot of stuff is going on. Won't be able to post about most of it for awhile. Maybe later this fall?
Some randomness from a few minutes I've had this past month.

Princess Tomato is for the upcoming Girls Drawing Girls book that'll be available at San Diego Comic Con. It's flora themed, I picked Tomato.
It's based partly on veggie themed video games I played as a wee child. I remember the princess was always a tomato, specifically in "Spud's Adventure". I guess there was also a "Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom" that I never got a chance to play. Tomato princesses are popular!

"Spud's Adventure" was so weird. I'd always try playing it because the characters seemed interesting, but kept getting to this one part that'd frustrate me to no end!

The rest of this post in nonsense that was drawn during Anaheim Wizard World, and at the Burbank, CA Costco over the weekend. San Francisco, Danville, and Conchord, CA Costcos currently have "Billie the Unicorn" in stock.
I left a few signed Billie books at the Burbank store. The signing went really well, saw a few kids who were on their way to pick up big cakes for their birthdays! Lots of polite and happy kids!

Summer Book Events

2011-05-17T10:03:00.001-07:00

Here is a list of readings and signings I currently have from now until summer.
This Sunday in Burbank is the first!

Sunday, March 22. Costco in Burbank, CA. 11am-2pm.

Saturday, June 11. Pergolina in Toluca Lake, CA. I don't have an exact time yet, but it will be in the morning. It'll be storytime, and snacks will be served for the kids. Also, unicorn arts and crafts after!

July 1-4 is Anime Expo in Los Angeles. I won't be able to attend the entire convention, but working out if I will be signing at a friend's art book booth. Will update soon.

Wednesday, July 6. Cerritos Library, Second Annual Children's Authors Faire, 6:30pm.

July 21-24 San Diego Comic Con ????? :O

Sunday, August 7th. Kidspace in Pasadena, CA. Reading for Friendship Day!

I'm hoping to make it up north to Washington too before the end of the year. ♥

Rainbow Brite of Asgard

2011-05-08T23:38:00.000-07:00

...I've been slowly watching "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer" over the week. I saw Thor Friday night. They both have rainbow bridges. This crossover must happen.

"I am the most magnificent horse in the UNIVERSE!" Oh Starlite...

Billie necklaces and unicorn prints are now available on Nucleus's website! Yay!

Necklaces
Prints
Here is a scene from "Thor"!

BTW I really did like Thor.

Wiped out

2011-05-03T00:58:00.000-07:00

The Wizard World comic con at Anaheim was crazy! We were only there Saturday, apologies for anyone who came by Sunday. I started feeling sick so didn't come back. I've spent most of Monday having a mild asthma attack. Fun times!
Thanks to anyone who came by over the weekend and picked up a book, prints, or a necklace! I'm almost out of charms, but should have some at the end of the month. If anyone in LA is looking for a signed book, Robocon in Chinatown might still have a couple...

Here is some poop I draweded-ed.

Wonder Girl was a commission. I'm not taking any more commissions for awhile, have a lot of drawing to get through this month!

Baticorn sketch for someone at Anaheim. They couldn't decide between Batman or a Unicorn. This is the only option I could think of. He has an utility saddle!

Alan W. took this away.

Robot/Geisha combo theme for girlsdrawingirls.blogspot.com and bristolwhip.blogspot.com
I need to catch up with the themes on Bristol Whip. So behind. -_-

I drew a butt for the Girls Drawing Girls April theme. At least it's a clean butt.

Anaheim this weekend!

2011-04-26T23:19:00.001-07:00

I'll be at the Anaheim Comic Con this weekend, sharing a table with the illustrious Mr. Thomas Perkins. Do you like aliens? Do you like unicorns? If you come to our table, we will hook you up with both! It's like peanut butter and jelly!
We will NOT be there Friday, I will be stuck at work being a good person doing job stuffs, but will be there Saturday and Sunday! I will have the usual assortment of books, charms, and prints....and maybe a few sketch cards.
Our table is against the wall, near the bathrooms and food, #1900!! Bathrooms, food, and comics, they go so well together!

Hope everyone had a hoppy Easter. I don't know what is up with this drawing, I just wanted to draw a team of bunny girls that use random objects for weapons. They have absolutely nothing to do with Easter.

I had a marker workshop at Nucleus last weekend. It went really well, thank you to everyone who came out. I understand it was a busy holiday weekend for a lot of people, and I really appreciate everyone who traveled out to Alhambra to visit. I hope I didn't bore anyone, I take a long time inking and tend to ramble when I'm nervous.
There were a few high school students, a couple of girls from Calarts (they were within the last days of finishing their films for Open Show, WHY WEREN'T YOU TWO SLEEPING OMG?!?♥ I still get nightmares this time of year about finishing a film) a couple of families with their cute kids, one of my teachers from CSSSA, co-workers, people who were on a bus for hours.... I hope you ALL had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the rest of your Saturday!
Nucleus did take some charms and prints from me, I don't think they have posted them yet. I'll link to them when I know they are online, for the people who have been emailing me inquiring about them.

I also got to meet Chi the drummer for The Go! Team last Monday. Chi is awesome, she gave me some signed EP's, and we went to dinner with a few friends. We mostly talked about cute dogs and where to find comics in Los Angeles, next time she visits we'll take her shopping for books! The concert was great, it felt good to get out and jump around like a goofball. Thank you Chi!♥ ♥ ♥
I need to add the UK to the places to visit!

Marker Workshop

2011-04-18T09:36:00.000-07:00

This coming Saturday I'll be signing Billie the Unicorn books, and will give a small marker workshop.

Nucleus
Saturday, April 23 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
210 East Main St
Alhambra, CA 91801
★♥♪♫☆Nucleus' Event Page☆♫♪♥★

If anyone pre-ordered a book directly from my publisher, your books will be coming with a sketch!

Click to see more weird sketchiness!!

The book is also available at Meltdown in Los Angeles!

Have a happy Easter weekend!

Upcoming Unicorn Undertakings

2011-04-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

Survived my first Wondercon! Thank you all who came by, it was really great meeting everyone! The book did super well, we almost ran out! The book is also available online now, and hopefully it won't be on back order for awhile.
At the moment, I'm getting over a sore throat, or as one of my friend's calls it, "The Wrath of Con".
I didn't get to explore San Francisco very much, that will have to be for another time.

Batgirl and Supergirl were for a commission someone contacted me for weeks ago. They picked it up from me at Wondercon.

Here's is my part of the table.

A lot of kids and their parents came by. These two friends had matching friendship hoodies! I also saw a girl with a Thor/unicorn shirt!

Also, saw a Donna Troy Wondergirl, wandering around!

A husband and wife kept ping ponging back and forth from the Tiki Machine/Muertoons table and mine. I ended up making them two quick baby griffin sketchcards.
Oh boy camera phone!

If anyone who couldn't make it to Wondercon would like a signed "Billie the Unicorn" book, prints, etc, I'll be at a couple of events this month.

I'm going to be doing a marker rendering workshop at Nucleus, April 23rd. Check the site for any materials to bring if you'd like to sketch along!

I'm going to be sharing a table with Thomas Perkins at the Anaheim Wizard World Comic Con. This will be a great opportunity to see alien creatures and unicorns living in peace and prosperity!

WonderCon Goodies!

2011-03-27T23:41:00.000-07:00

I'm going to my first WonderCon this coming weekend! Above is what will be at the table!
The "Billie the Unicorn" books will finally be available, apologies to everyone who has been waiting and emailing about when they will ship. If you pre-ordered, they should be shipping at the beginning of April. Sorry it's taken so long! XC

WonderCon info:
Immedium's booth, 220 (we're right next to Baby Tattoo Books' booth!)
I'll be there Friday till Sunday, with prints, buttons, and acrylic charm necklaces! If you want a signed book or a doodle, please come by. There will also be a few shirts for the curious!

Thank you again for everyone who has emailed me inquiring about Billie, and for everyone who has taken the time to review the book!
I'll have more info and dates about upcoming events next week. :D

Frock-a-lock

2011-03-13T22:12:00.001-07:00

"Lock Frock" is for the "Shave and a Haircut" show at Monkey House Toys, this Saturday, March 19th.

I'm planning on donating money made from the piece for Japan. It's been utterly heartbreaking seeing the news of what is happening in that country. Everyone was so nice and friendly when I visited in January. I'm very relieved to know my friends there are safe.
Currently, I am going thru artwork to put up for auction donation. More details soon.

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"Banana Cat Sundae" was originally for my "Girly Poo" iPhone/iPad app. It's 5x7, and will be available at Q Pop's "Help Japan Art Fundraiser".
Q pop's website : www.qpopshop.com

Some stuff

2011-03-06T21:36:00.001-08:00

Here's some stuff!

I'm bringing some prints to Wondercon! Yay!

Unicorns, gallery shows, and suprises OH MY!

2011-02-26T22:41:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody! Gallery shows next weekend, one in Burbank, CA. The other one will be in Lincoln, NE!

The Burbank piece.

Billie and her cousins having a picnic with a very difficult Queen, and her Gear Grunt robot. This drawing is not part of the "Billie the Unicorn" book, but the Queen and one of her robot guards is.
They'll be in the "Women in Animation" gallery show. The flyer and list of girlie artists can be found HERE!

This Friday, March 4 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Gallery 839 @ The Animation Guild
1105 North Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA

The next two pieces are for "March of the Unicorns" at the Lichen art gallery, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Billie and her bees will be there.
A local girl scout troupe will be displaying their hand made books at the gallery too. I really want to see those, wish I could go. It's such a great idea to get the local community involved in art. Hopefully there will be some photos online later. I don't have an artist list yet, but here is the info, and gallery website,

March of the Unicorns
March 4th–25th
The Lichen
2810 N. 48th St.
Lincoln, NE 68510

I got the final proof for "Billie the Unicorn" a few weeks ago. It will be hard bound, and the color came out really close to the original artwork. I've been giddy since then. I don't have an exact date when the books will be here, but they will definitely be at Wondercon in San Francisco March 31-April 3. I will be at the Immedium table, hopefully with a few extra goodies. Never been to San Francisco or Wondercon before, looking forward to adding a bunch of new art books to my collection!

Recent Youtube favorite! Why does Studio 4°C have to be so awesome? I was lucky and had dinner with one of the directors while in Tokyo. Interesting talk on the differences of which animation principles are taught in US schools vs Japan's. Seems like we start with sack and ball bounce animations, they focus on composition first.

Barfy composition.

Offense Defense

2011-02-21T22:40:00.001-08:00

Arghh, I keep sitting on my feet when I'm working. Pins and needles!

Don't worry, the blue one's wings will grow back, and then she's going to be super angry.

Happy Eat a Million Cupcakes Day

2011-02-14T11:07:00.001-08:00

Was going to draw an epic cupid drawing, but no time. So here is Skippy with a cupcake, and Jimmy Durante. Awwwww.

Strolling along

2011-02-07T00:57:00.000-08:00

Unicorns like strolling.
Skippy does not.

Josie and the Purdy Cats

2011-01-31T01:12:00.000-08:00

No more Avenging, now onto Mysteries. Gonna be busy next few weeks. More art farts later.
Josie and Pussycats would be a fun thing to work on.
Here's the theme song, it will haunt your dreams.

PS. Anyone know what that fluffy poof monster is in the top drawing? Twenty extra dork points to those that doooooo......

Tokyo and 2011!

2011-01-17T00:21:00.000-08:00

Survived Tokyo, and Comiket. The trip was amazing! Met up with a lot of nice people, took a lot of photos. We walked everywhere, took the train everywhere, so much to look at. Now it's a new year, and there is already many things happening!

First up, I will be at Wonder Con, at the Immedium booth. That will also be the earliest anyone can get their hands on "Billie the Unicorn". The book will be out early April, but my publisher will have early copies at the convention. Later in April, I will be at Anaheim Comic Con!

I saw "Tangled" before heading to Tokyo. A barefoot princess with a frying pan!
Why didn't I draw the frying pan?! BOOOO!!
Lots of well crated animated movies in 2009! Gave me the warm fuzzies, and stuff.

Wouldn't this make an awesome racing game, a'la Mario Kart? ....and now for some Tokyo photos, under the cut!

So every morning, I had some coffee from the mountain of Seattle. One thing that I will surely miss from all the convenience stores and vending machines are the plentiful bounty of coffee and teas, hot and cold!

Everything after this is going to be out of order, because I don't want to fight the dumbness that is BLOGGER. BARFFFF!!

So this is Namja Town!!! OMG! Cat themed amusement park inside a mall!!

Why I didn't take more photos of this wonderful place, I shall regret it until I return someday.
There is a haunted village section, gyoza section ( the gyoza here was super good!), angel, 40's America, claw machine, and an ice cream section. The ice cream part had every flavor, but I was not brave and just got the delicious vanilla turkish ice cream.
My friends tried beef tongue, shark fin, soy sauce, and uni ice cream. Bleghhh!!
There was potato there, but I did not get it. :(

Our group was in Tokyo, Japan for almost two weeks. We rode the train everywhere, and some of the ads were really cute. Some ads would only be up for a day, so I took photos of a few when I had the chance. Cartoon characters and illustrations seemed to be used way more in Tokyo than in the states, where everything has to be hyper realistic.

Now onto Comiket big site......I didn't take many photos, just cause it was so packed with people and it was the last thing on my mind. But here you go....
This is Big Site, next to where the convention is held.

As you can see, this can only be a base, where a giant robot is stored. Probably a couple of them.

And this was our group walking thru a huge parking lot to get to the buildings housing Comiket. There were so many people, they had us wait out here for a bit. Must say, it was actually pretty organized for the amount of people waiting to get inside. Kudos to the volunteers who managed it.

For those who asked, here are some of the books I found. With links to the artists these belong too.
These are from my friends Nemuri and Sen. Nemuri drew the witch, and Sen made me the nice little card. It was really awesome finally getting to meet them. I can't wait to find some really cool frames to put these in! If you would like to check out these girls' artwork:

Nemuri is at: Nemurism.blogspot.com

and Sen is at: sii-sen.deviantart.com

This is the picture book for "Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess", directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was the new short playing at the Ghibli Museum when I was there.

Key animation, story boards, and extras from Gurren Lagann.

So happy to have You Yoshinari's sketchbook. It's amazing, this guy can change styles at the drop of a hat, and he has some nice life sketches in here too. Everything is so full of life. Very inspiring!!

Shirow Miwa's books. The last one is FF 7-9 manga he has drawn.

He is working on a manga right now called "Dogs".

Nemuri gave me these Unico mangas. They have the plots the movies were based on, plus more. <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5I66_NS4FC4/TTQsD9XCIGI/AAAAAAAACAA/Hzu-qajTzmc/s1600/P1160429.jpg">Storyboards, key animation, and layouts from Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 2- Kiyal's Magical Time.

Artist's site here

Panty and Stocking design book. Mostly early development stuff. It's amazing, and might be ultra hard to find now.

Two girls were selling this at a table. Love the colors they used in this!

http://landmark.konjiki.jp/

http://petit.afolyte.net/

Disney Sea. Disney Sea has Ariel's Castle. I was like, @o@

This is the Teddy Roosevelt Restaurant at Disney Sea. It is hard to see, but there are carvings of bears everywhere.

Inside the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit at Disney Sea.

The volcano erupts if someone solves Da Vinci's puzzle.

The "20 League's Beneath the Sea" ride, which was pretty cool. There be animated sea monkies down there.

Part of the "Journey to the Center of the Earth" ride.

Agribah! Prince Ali, fabulous he, Ali a bwaaa bwaaaaaaaa......

Oops, this is not Mitaka, but Kichijoji. Thanks Will F!

Zat's Burger, where we had lunch that day. Above Zat's is an office where part of the Ghibli Studio used to be. Was told the last film made there was "Princess Mononoke". Now it's a hair salon.

A park in Mitaka that is good for dates with cats.

Actually, this park is cursed for those entering as couples, unless they are already married. It is okay, wanna know why?
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'Cause Totoro lives here!!

We're here....

These girls were successful in capturing the enormous Totoro. Admirers come from near and far for photos and their autographs.

Robot not happy about that.

Oh well, I will stand on his foot.

Another robot I found.

I'm super tired, and only have half of the photos I've taken uploaded. Check this post next weekend, to see the rest.
Later!

Tokyo

2011-01-04T05:58:00.001-08:00

Still in Tokyo. Seen Harajuku, Shibuya, Kamiedo, and went to Comiket. Comiket was huge, and insane. Alot of fabulous art! Met up with Nemuri and Sen, they were super nice! We traded art, look what they made for me!

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My Comiket haul!

Going to the Aqaurium now. More photos later!
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Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T18:46:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Hope everyone is having a safe and relaxing weekend.
I made one last marker video, and there is a suprise at the end!
The music is by Keiko Takamura and the Shebangs. Keiko was nice enough to give me permission to use her music in the video. If you'd like to hear more, please checkout keikotakamuraandtheshebangs.bandcamp.com
There is an official music video for this song too! Grayscale video

So Billie is done and in the can. A can of marvelous magical mystery meat. Figuring out some exclusives for people who preorder directly from Immedium, and also will be doing some readings. 2011 is going to be busy and exciting!!

I'm heading to Comiket in Tokyo this Tuesday, and will be gone for awhile. I made some sketchbooks to take with me to treade with friends. There will also be much photo taking!
Enjoy the last week of 2010 everybody!

Drew some more stuff

2010-12-12T20:50:00.001-08:00

Finishing up on Avengers, last minute tweaks to Billie, putting together portfolios, Christmas shopping, and packing for a trip.
Slowly easing back into another personal project. Skippy still likes food.

Mermaid vacation!!

2010-12-01T12:34:00.000-08:00

My family and I just got back from vacation on Maui. It was really restful, and I drew whatever I wanted! Yay! Drew mermaids all day, and took photos of them with my cell phone. I drew alot of other things there too, but that is for something later. XP
Pineapple tastes so good over there. I could eat it forever.

Insomnia

2010-11-21T05:03:00.001-08:00

Finally going back to bed. Going on vacation Tuesday, didn't realize how welcome it will be till tonight. I think my body is used to doing the four-three hours of sleep, and going to bed at a normal hour confused it. The kitty can sleep thru the night, he followed me into the office and is passed out on the floor. So many skills he has. The art for my book is done, I think after a week of walking around smiling like an idiot is over. Now it is time for sleep, and later sunshine and sweet smelling breezes!

Hope everyone in the states has a relaxing Thanksgiving. Here is a video on how to make a delicious feast!

Bunny!

2010-11-13T14:01:00.000-08:00

A bunny!

I have bunnies on the brain after watching Kathryn Calder's music videos. The album is really good too!

"Slip Away"
Directed by Dean Tzenos

"Arrow"
Directed by: Jon Busby
Produced by: Jesse Davidge and Marc Demers
Produced at Blatant Studios, Vancouver BC

The "Monster Mythos" book I drew a griffin for is out! This is not the image I turned in for the book.
To purchase it, head over to tikimachine.blogspot.com/

Playing around with the flip camera. I'm planning to make one more video, but that won't be up for awhile.

My Little Snow Monkey

2010-11-01T22:38:00.001-07:00

I was very mopey today, until I remembered that this month I will be traveling somewhere warm! Then later on, somewhere cold, but there are snow monkeys there! ( I realize they'd make horrible pets and like to eat faces and feces.)

Empty Cage

2010-10-24T19:57:00.000-07:00

Halloween time, if you run into someone like this, run as fast as you can in the opposite direction!

Here are spooky type videos.

This is particularly horrifying!

Coffee Shop Friends

2010-10-11T19:38:00.001-07:00

Ugh so sleepy, brains mushy. Time to go pass out. Bye!

This week's Poop brought to you by the letter Pee.

2010-10-03T22:07:00.000-07:00

Derpa derpa doo doo.

I drew a girl on a post-it looking annoyed. What else is new?

Cartoon Network has started airing new episodes of "Batman, the Brave and the Bold" on Friday nights. I got to board on some of those.
Disney XD is going to start airing "Avengers" October 20th. I started on episode 18 and on, drawing some characters. Lots of people running around in their underwear. And who doesn't love underwear?

If you do like super heroes, aliens, and other odd critters, please check out my friend's app! He is drawing many Avengers for you, please contribute to his coffee and Subway sandwich fund! Thomas Perkins: A Collection of Odd Folk!!

Out of Sight

2010-10-01T03:48:00.000-07:00

Gesukapper on my twitter feed posted this lovely student film from Taiwan. I love it so much! This is wonderful!

Info with the video:
"This is a graduation Production made by three students graduated from the National Taiwan University of Arts.

The main character of little girl in the story confronts a robbery and strays from the road she is familiar with. After passing a hedge, she enters an unknown world and unfolds a magical adventure depending on senses other than vision and her imagination. With soft and cute colors as the main key, we used simple designs to depict the little girls' imaginary world.

官方網頁 Official website:
http://www.evaty.url.tw/oos/"

Just a quick link, click the little girl at the bottom of the page to view their production progress! Paper and pencils! http://nccu.edu.tw/95306074/oos/making.html

A sad tale...

2010-09-24T17:35:00.000-07:00

She thinks she is really a bunny. Sad.

Windy Autumn Days

2010-09-19T23:42:00.000-07:00

It hasn't been very windy, actually.

Early summer waiting-on-an-oil-change drawing.

For the #mrvlcats meme on Twitter.

gad-ZOOKS

2010-09-12T23:05:00.001-07:00

Your nightmares are in the mail. Sorry it took so long.

I went thru twelve new markers this week. That might be a new unimportant record for myself.
Everybody else, sleep well. Remember to eat your potatoes.
Gwa ha ha haha ha ha ha!!.................

Electric Hearts

2010-09-06T22:59:00.000-07:00

I had to draw some robot type things at work. I also read thru "Full Metal Alchemist" this summer, kind of ashamed it took me so long to to get to it. It's really good, I recommend it! Had to draw alot of messed up metal stuff, so it helped having just read it. Ed's poor arm, always getting beat to pieces.
This is a sketchbook drawing, with some bad wonky stuff going on.

Oh, I'm trying to update Billie's FB page more often. There are secret drawings there...

Meeting Doodles

2010-08-31T00:31:00.001-07:00

Drew this during lunch while talking to a friend.

Drawn during a freezing meeting in the kitchen/vending machine area. We're to awesome for a conference room! Duhhhrrrr!!

Yay! New work space! It's already a mess!

Kitty Birds

2010-08-15T22:32:00.001-07:00

I drew a griffin for a friend's book. I really wanted to draw more of them, but did not have the time. :( Really busy with job stuff, and sadly cannot take on any commissions right now.
Packing and moving this week too! XD Excited to actually have a room solely for drawing and projects. Skippy will be happy too!

Here's a section of the piece for the book. The full drawing will be in the book later.

Glyph's pet rock, Rockadeus.

2010-08-01T17:07:00.001-07:00

I did a trade with Cally Karishokka! She sent me a cute "puggleformer", a little ball of fluff and love!

Will puggleformer Glyph be friends with Skippy?

Or something more?.....

Scandalous!

SDCC 2010 Sketch KAAAARRRDDSSSSSSS

2010-07-26T23:51:00.001-07:00

Sketchcards that were for trading and whateverz at San Diego Comic Con. A couple of these are left, have to check which ones.
I had lots of fun, feel bad for missing some people. So overwhelming!!!

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My friend Mary Hoffman, the Boogervampire, fixed up my website all nice! It really needed it, been over five years, and my html/css knowledge is pathetic. Please show her some love! She deserves it!
I'm going to be adding more art too it in the coming weeks, but she fixed up the pretty template and coding for me! And wrote descriptions for stuff so I sound smart and professional!!

***Irineo Maramba has a blog?! Wut wut?***

Nerding out like usual

2010-07-19T00:45:00.000-07:00

Comic KHAAANNN!!!

I'll be there Saturday and Sunday, floating around.

I was on a panel about trying to work in tv animation at the 2010 Anime Expo in Los Angeles. Here is a section of the panel:

(Sorry about the weird commercial, I don't know how to circumvent that. )
Crazy! Part 2 is up! :O

The people on the panel were Will Feng, Lori Lane, me, Jay Olivia, Valerie Fletcher, Alan Wan, Irineo Maramba, and George Krstic. It was alot of fun, and thank you to those who could make it. Met alot of nice people!

My birthday was last weekend! My friends drew me things, and my friend Lori bound them into a book! Look! These are AWESOME!!! THANK YOUUUUU!!!!

Anna Chambers

Carlos Martinez-Flores

Christine Nockels

Claire Lenth

Luke Weber

Dan Riba

Dave Sherburne

Frank Peak

Glen Murakami

Lori Lane

Mary Hoffman

Nora Berden

Thomas Perkins

Roger Oda

Valerie Fletcher

Matt Youngberg

30 year quest for whateverz

2010-07-10T00:30:00.000-07:00

Photoshop barf, totally took the life out of the sketch. Those rodent-y critters are discussing their latest supply of soup bones. Num nums. Yay! I'm tired. Woot!

Thank you too all the nice people I met at AX 2010. I'll be getting back to answering emails this weekend, still kinda detoxing from the madness! I still have Billie buttons left, so I'll be bringing those to Comic Con for anyone who may want them.
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I got tagged by another blogger thingy award. So thank you, Barbie Miller! Now onto my excuse to post some blogs that are "LOVELY".

1. Katie Shanahan ktshy.blogspot.com Makes lovely funny comics!
2. Ben Jones hamfist.blogspot.com Lovely idiot style drawings and a lovely Comic Con update.
3. Anna Chambers burgerlog.blogspot.com My excuse to say poop is lovely.
4. Chris Meesey meesimo.blogspot.com Draws lots of lovelies.
5. Jake Myler lazesummerstone.blogspot.com Makes lovely monsters.
6. Destiny Wood destinyw.blogspot.com Is lovely and amazing.
7. Uncle Phil philrynda.blogspot.com Needs to post more lovely drawings.
8. Tara Whitaker taranicolewhitaker.blogspot.com Needs more love.
9. Derrick Wyatt derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com Draws lovely Velmas.
10. Kristen McCabe kristens-sketchblog.blogspot.com The power of 1 million lovelies!!
11. Amy Mebberson amymebberson.blogspot.com Lovely Princess Pie!

I was supposed to pass this on to 15 other people, but was trying not to link to people who've already done this. I'm not expecting anyone to pass it along, so no pressure. Just an excuse to annoy my friends for being amazing dorks! HA HA!!

Here are the fancy rules for anyone who'd like to pass along more LURVES:
As acceptance of this award,
the following criteria should be met:
~ Accept the award, post it on your blog together with
the name of the person who has granted the award and his
or her blog link.
~ Pass the award to 15 other lovely blogs.
~ Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they
have been chosen for this award.

Coffee, Tea, and Biscuit

2010-07-01T06:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Mom!

(I was listening to Perfume's "Zero Gravity" at work, and it sounded like they were saying "Coffee Tea" instead. Stuck in my head all day.)

Girly Poo!

2010-06-27T22:19:00.001-07:00

Contest Time!
For anyone who cares, Now it is time for a contest! I'm giving out 10 codes, I might get some more later.

Here is the dumb question:
Where is the song used on the end credits of my student film,"Movie Munchies" from?

Leave your answer and I'll send you a download code. Yay.

Click!

"Girly Poo", the sketchbook app is now in the iTunes store. It's 33 pages, ten are exclusive to the app. The rest of the images are hi-res scans that have been posted on my blog or website before. I would have liked to have 33 new images but free time has been elusive. The good news is that the app is cheap, $2.99. There is an actual page from "Billie the Unicorn", two new pages of Tricky and Gorf, two new pages of Banana Cat, bunch of girl drawings from when I was on 3000, and a few others.

Anyone going to be at Anime Expo this coming weekend? I'm going to be on a panel at AX 2010 in LA, unless I chicken out or come down with ebola.
Here is the info:

"Breaking In! Working in Animation!
Giving tips on how to break into the domestic animation industry. Speakers will discuss how they got in and how anime influenced their work. Guest speakers will vary from writer, creator, director, character designer and production."

July 3rd, Saturday, 8pm, room lp2

Speakers so far on the panel are Jay Oliva, George Krstic, Alan Wan, Derrick Wyatt, Ciro Nieli,and Will Feng. If you are a student or interested in the mysterious rituals of TV animation this may be a good place to come ask questions, or watch me make an idiot of myself.

I will have buttons. Skippy hates them.

Beautiful Wedding Day!

2010-06-19T09:00:00.000-07:00

One of my dear cousins is getting married today! This is for her and the groom.

Otter you happy to sea me? :D

2010-06-14T00:48:00.000-07:00

Some old otters, keepers of an ancient to do list.
Stuff I drew during meetings. Trying to keep my eyes open in the current freezing studio I'm at.

Inspired by Nemurism, she's amazing! http://nemurism.blogspot.com

Paul Robertson is awesome!

Eeny Teeny Sketchcards

2010-06-06T00:19:00.001-07:00

Little bitty bristol cards!

Going to Disneyland today with Mary! :3

Happy Last Minute Berfday Dad!

2010-05-31T21:14:00.000-07:00

My Dad's cat McLovin' has a message!!

Barf kitties I drew when my eyes were dilated last month.

German Shepard outside the coffee shop today. He had a squeaky hedgehog, that he had to share with everyone entering and leaving. :)

Here is a video to torture my Dad. He watched this with me 3000 times when I was a wee child. He still curses at the mention of "Strawberry Shortcake" to this very day.

I like this. My Dad just told me he hates the Purple Pieman, and every time they would add a new character, because that would mean more crap around the house.

Secret

2010-05-23T23:14:00.000-07:00

Last week was pretty positive! Kinda weird, if 2008 hadn't sucked so bad, this past week wouldn't have been so good... XP
Drawings!

A coworker found nothing humorous or entertaining about these kittens. :P

Power Girl is very brave. Very brave indeed.

I really like this song.

*****I had some recent trouble with my webmail! I lost some messages I haven't had a chance to reply to (I've been really slowwww -_-!!!) One that I know I lost was from a girl who sent me some of her sketches. I'm really sorry, I don't have your email to reply, please email me again! Eep!!!! <:O

Weird old stuff because I want to go to bed now.

2010-05-17T00:21:00.001-07:00

I want to go to bed, and not turn on my Dell that is still hooked up to my scanner and all that jazz. So these weird things are going up instead.

Back in 2006 I was asked along with some other artists to design a potential mascot for the Chinese World's Fair. I never heard more about it after I pooped these drawings out, but I remember I named the fish "Pearl". She wears glasses, cause fish should wear protective eye wear to keep their eye balls from popping out. Oh, and the bug thing has bicycle shaped glasses. Yupz. More lameness next week probably. Toodles.
P.S. I dedicate this post to the Chinese Spammer Bots.

Ancient animation from an amoeba

2010-05-08T18:46:00.000-07:00

My Mom sent me a vhs tape of a really bad film I made when I was 17. It was part Senior High school graduation project and college/scholarship portfolio. It was made with a JVC camcorder that could shoot on something close to 8 frames a second. It had to be shot in one take, and then the sound was re-recorded over the vhs. It is horrible, but it was so long ago and if I hadn't made it I wouldn't be getting to do what I get to do today. So thanks Mom for investing in the camcorder. Happy Early Mother's Day!
Song: "The Puppy Song", written by Harry Nilsson, sung by Victoria Williams

...and here's an old drawing from 2006 'cause I'm too tired to make something new and not secret this week.

Billie the Unicorn

2010-05-01T21:03:00.001-07:00

"Billie the Unicorn" is a book I've been working on the last few years. It's 33 pages of unicorns, flowers, corn, bees, and some other stuff all drawn in old-school marker on animation paper.
It'll be out in Spring of 2011, and will be published by Immedium. I'm super excited that it's actually happening, it's been tough finding a subject that I'd want to illustrate for 33 pages. Billie was originally created for "The Unicorn Show" at Gallery Nucleus back in 2006, and I never felt that Billie and her cousins should be stuck on those solitary post-its forever. She's changed a lot over the years, and her story is one I think alot of artists migrating away from their comfort zones will relate too. There's also a bit of hodge podge from my senior film in college, and I'm hoping to do a little animation with Billie eventually. Depends on how full time work goes. So in the meantime, if anyone is interested in updates, please join the Billie page on Facebook. I promise not to spam too much.

My publisher is also being very supportive, so please check them out and their awesome books!

It's available for pre-order on Amazon.

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This is post 333, dun dun dun!!

Five year post!

2010-04-24T01:05:00.000-07:00

I randomly noticed yesterday that my blog is five years old today. It seems like the past five years have gone by fast, but this blog makes me realize how many things have happened in those five years. I started it when I was working my first in-house animation job, with people who already had years of experience. I have had close friends drift away, and gotten to know others like family, watch them get married, have babies, and have met wonderful people online in person. The blog was mostly started to keep my family up to date with daily going-ons, and to start being more open about my artwork. Also, it makes me feel old. Yay! Who knows where we will all be in five years, probably in good places and spirits!

So I had to draw a horsey thing for something at work. Which led to the desire to draw a pegasus for fun.

The next two images were ones I was saving for an upcoming sketchbook app, but since they were drawn on small post-its I'm worried they might look really bad for zooming in. So here's some stuff that's been hoarded for awhile.
The bunny is actually from 2009, when I was on "Brave and the Bold".

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Super special secret add on!!! I was going to wait a couple of weeks to announce this, but the press release is already online.
Won't you be a friend of Immedium to keep up with the updates? :D (click it already!!)

Pencily post-its and poop-its

2010-04-18T23:32:00.000-07:00

Finishing up some super fun freelance and fun stuff at work, then back to my personal projects soon! So excited!
Anyway, here are some random scribblings that aren't work related from the last couple of months. Things are crazy!

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Just found out my "Soul Mates" piece from "The Last Unicorn Show" is going to a happy home and a hardcore unicorn fan. Yay!!!
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Almost forgot, here's a song I over-listened to this week. The album is on iTunes.
Heavenly Star-Genki Rockets

The Last Unicorn Art Show

2010-04-05T02:00:00.000-07:00

"The Last Unicorn Art Show", Friday, April 16th, 7pm-11pm at the Tattoo Factory Gallery located at 4443 N. Broadway in Chicago.
A full artist list and movie screening schedule can be found at thelastunicornartshow.blogspot.com
I really wish I could go to this in person. Peter S. Beagle is going to be there, and I'm sure there is going to be alot of cool artwork for this. There's also going to be a screening of the movie with a Q and A with Mr. Beagle. Chicago peoples are so lucky!

I did two pieces, the next three images go in one frame:

This is from the short story "Two Hearts" that followed up the original book. It's a bit of a spoiler, but I wanted to try to draw something without the pressure of the look of the movie.

And here are the pieces in their purdy frames. The three small drawings are actually bigger unframed, in case anyone decides they want it.

Sketches.

I was really hoping to eventually draw Sooz, but this is as far as I got.

Some random unicorn drawings from ages ago. I was saving them for a sketchbook, but that isn't happening, not in paper form anyway. Check back later.

Orange kitty drawn with a special brush marker that Tara gave me!

For secret Red Bull drawing, go HERE!

The Ultimate Cupcake of Redonkulous

2010-03-22T00:57:00.001-07:00

I sketched this during a meeting a couple of months ago. Totally looks like what I'm drawing at work. :/ Fail.

Anyway, prepare for the ultimate cuteness, from Russia with love:
"THE KITTEN WHO WAS CALLED WOOF"!!!!

Ohmmmmmmaaaahhhhhgooooodness!!!! XD

Something from a couple of weeks ago, I still haven't seen the new movie, but there is Alice in Wonderland crap everywhere. It's infected my brainzzz.

Skippy's Pot o' Gold

2010-03-16T00:25:00.001-07:00

Skippy is hiding his pot o' gold under his pot o' belly. Disclaimer: He is not really a leperchaun, he has no concept of St. Patrick's Day in general. One of my cousin's has his birthday on St. Patty's, so early happy bday to you, allll the way in Japan.

Here is a musician I found the other day. She has happy music, and here is a fan video someone made for one of her songs.
Rachel Goodrich- Light Bulb

Happy Sunny PooPoo Day!

2010-03-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

I'm super insano busy, so here are some important videos!

The first one is "Ghost Chef"! Two of my friends were involved in the creation of this amazing looking game. Steph Laberis designed it, and powerhouse animator Abby Goldsmith animated it!!! Anyone with an XBox is a lucky dog, with the chance to help little ghosties cook monstrous atrocities in the kitchen!

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Now it is time for cat videos. It is always time for cat videos. Enjoy the cats, for they enjoy YOU.

May everyone have a catastic week! :P

Is it spring yet? VoV

2010-02-28T20:47:00.001-08:00

Something dumb made on the cintiq.

"Remove Hot Pocket, Put in Toilet"

2010-02-22T23:57:00.000-08:00

We were watching the Ninja Turtle movies from the early 90's during lunch break at work. We made it thru "Secret of the Ooze", and it was decided we would not be able to survive watching the third movie. Thus one of the drawings below. I've been busy. Do I even need to explain myself anymore?

Today was weird. I got a headache, but I think it was a good day today. I got a milkshake with mint cookies in it. Delicious.

I like this song.
"Dance, dance, dance, words can never make up for what you do."

A dog's lucky day!

2010-02-14T21:18:00.000-08:00

I thought of a whole little story that would go with this drawing, but it would be awhile till I had time to do anything with it. It's stupid anyways.

Award designed by Strawberry Lemonade!

So Mr. Chris Battle has tagged me for a Kreative Blogger award, which is silly, but a good way to pimp out some friends!
In turn, I have to nominate seven other bloggers, and then list seven weird things about myself. So here goes:

In no particular order:

1. Mary Hoffman, an old friend, who has a cute creepy Esty shop! I have a few of her paintings and a cupcake monster cell phone charm!
2. Miss Withers has been making some interesting paper art lately. I also like how she draws scary pigs. She also has an Etsy shop!
3. Steph Laberis creates artwork for your favorite Facebook and XBox games!
4.Mindy Lee. Words fail me.
5. Thomas Perkins. I work with this dude! He's awesome!
6.Jason Jones. He probably doesn't realize it, but even though we were college buddies, he taught me ALOT about animating! He draws some sweet portraits.
7. Frank Weber draws some good robots!

I have some creepy friends! :O
Now seven useless things about me.

1. I use the mouse backwards. Everyone who uses the computer after me hates me when I do this.
2. Eyeballs creep me out.
3. I wanted to be either a marine biologist or an animator when I was little. Then I realized that drawing dolphins was pretty fun, and that took care of that decision.
4. I used to teach pottery classes to grade schoolers when I was in high school.
5. My Dad really does grow potatoes for a living.
6. I'm mildly allergic to cats, but I don't care.
7. I didn't realize Walt Disney was dead until I was about 10. I'm still stupid.

Oh, real quick! I've been listening to Eisley again. Every song they sing is lovely.

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Got some nice happy fanart from http://the-galen.deviantart.com/!

Romance and Hotdogs

2010-02-08T02:13:00.001-08:00

Since this is the week of romance and I forgot to draw anything anti-romantic, here is something old.
It is from the year 2000, and involves romance, hotdogs, and a date at the movies. It was drawn in pencil and crayon (oh I thought I was being a clever 19 year old! Ha.) It is horrible, horrible, horrible, but appropriate for Valentine's Day!

I tried looking for my old storyboards and sketches, but thankfully they are mostly hidden away in a dark basement in Washington State. I found some xeroxes.
A drawing full of tangents!!

Hamsters drawn on a Wendy's napkin!!

A calendar I made for myself and friends so we'd get our films turned in on time! (I totally finished on the 15th, but worked thru spring break missing a trip to Japan. Stupid, stupid!)

The film was colored with crayons I stole from restaurants in Valencia, CA. Mostly the macaroni and cheese crayola. I got this one when a bunch of us went to Macaroni Grill for Easter. They have fancy crayolas there. And diarrhea.

I kept them in this fancy Elmo tin my Grandma Pat had sent me full of cookies!

I had to pull the film from an old VHS. I'm pretty sure my Jaz drive still works, I dropped the stupid thing down the stairs multiple times. I think it's a vampire. Alot of people had to buy multiple drives because they kept dying. Even if mine still works, the technology is outdated. I don't know how to get the files off, they're Targa anyway. The CD I had of everything burned on just confuses my computers. I have a couple of DVD rams sitting around too. Hate those things

Here is my stupid maquette I made in Ranjo's class. It is dirty.

Skippy finds him delicious.

My sophomore year, one of the seniors was leaving fake tickets for people on their desks. I found this with all my crappy xeroxes.

Current stuffs. Been drawing mostly large muscled men at work, so I don't feel too bad about doodling a bunch of stupid girls.

I drew the angel in the middle while listening to Origa's version of "There Must be an Angel"

Ground Hogz Day!

2010-02-02T00:08:00.001-08:00

Will he or won't he see his shadow? Dun Dun Dun!

Stuff that has nothing to do with Ground Hogz!
Wearing a cape shorter than your long hair is stupid.

I had the chance to be on a panel about animation at Loyola Marymount last Friday with Eric Canete, David Colman, David Gibson, Beth Sleven and William Wray. It was pretty cool hearing about everyones' different experiences with working in animation. The students were cute and friendly! They made me this awesome card! Thank you! Hope I didn't scare you guys too bad.

I think it was drawn by Jane Mahoney, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Here is a special video! It was made by friend Abby Goldsmith loooong ago. We met for the first time when she was outputting this film to 3/4 in the computer lab my freshman year. It has a special place in my brain....

Poop-Its

2010-01-25T03:03:00.000-08:00

Just finished a crazy run storyboarding. I feel like I can see the Matrix now... but back to character design for me in the morning.
Here are some warm up post-its from the last few weeks. It rained alot in California last week. I like rain.

LOL.

"Welcome to Costco, I love you"

2010-01-17T17:22:00.000-08:00

Tooo busy to draw anything new. Looking into trying to print another sketchbook type thing for this summer. Every year I either get too busy, or can't afford it. Looking into doing full color if possible, but hopefully keep it affordable for others, or whoever might want one. Bleh.
I was worried that I might not have enough original stuff to put in the book, but I have some stuff going back all the way to 2005 that I never posted, so it should be ok. I might put a few images in it that have already been on the blog in the past. If there are any specific drawings that anyone would like in the book, please post it in the comments.

So while going through old sketchbooks, I found some horrible unfinished sketches that should never see the light of day. I'm in a weird mood, so here's stuff that belongs at Costco.

This was freelance. They are aliens.

Here is a workout to help everyone get in shape after the holidays!

Eating babies is not COOOOOOL!

2010-01-10T00:51:00.001-08:00

Lots of anxiety this week, not necessarily bad. This week is my last week of work. Who knows what will be next, but I have some other stuff I need to finish up anyway, so a small break would be welcome. Anyway, here's some stuff, from towards the end of 2009. I should try to draw guys next time, instead of drawing stupid girls.
Post-It Palooooooooza!

A girl who is too cool to be anyone's friend, so her best friend is her green jacket.

Hot pink girl that everyone has drawn at some point in time.

Little fuzzy alien doesn't realize that the Space Trooper girl who just saved his life from a giant glob monster does not want to be his friend. You should have seen the epic battle, too bad I didn't draw that.

Yeah, I said no more fanart in 2010, but this was technically drawn in 2009! (some of that stuff drawn in 2009 wasn't actually fanart.)

Here is some freelance stuff. I made my first mouth chart ever for this guy, I did not design him. I also made a crappy dialogue video for overseas reference, this isn't done very well, but this line has had me cracking up all summer. He was in a cartoon Friday night. (I don't think eating babies in real life is cool at all. Cartoon alien poop babies is another matter.)

I'm going to try taking art classes this year. Need all the help I can get.
IMPORTANT UPDATE!:
A REAL STRAWBERRY CRAB HAS BEEN FOUND! CLICK THE PHOTO TO GO TO THE ARTICLE!

I know what I'm going to be doodling with my upcoming free time. ^x^

New Year's Eve! New Decade!

2009-12-31T13:43:00.001-08:00

Survived another decade! Yay! I'm old!

***OH! Almost forgot! I was lucky and got a vhs to dvd converter magical machine for Christmas. So expect to see some horrible old highschool animation later this year, and maybe a film with carnivorous hamsters! GWA HA HA HA!!!!***
Click Banana Cat with a hat to go somewhere dumb!

Attack of the Perfect Princesses!

2009-12-16T03:28:00.001-08:00

Congrats to my friends that worked on Frog. I know alot of people cut their teeth on it. Here is a poopy Tiana, and some old poopy fanart. I think princesses have to poop. The fancy rich food from the balls and parties has to go somewhere.

The rest is uploaded out of order because blogger is evil and I don't have the will to fight right now. I don't really care for posting fanart, but in 2010 there should be some original stuff ready.

When I was drawing Jasmine, I had forgotten about a binder full of marker artwork I had in 7th grade. I was an idiot and took it to school and somebody stole it during Home Ec. It wasn't in the trash, couldn't find it, I'm pretty positive it was destroyed since I had a ton of bullies back then. It was full of the first marker art I ever made, and there were alot of Jasmine drawings in it. It's weird what memories come back when I'm drawing certain subjects. Jasmine was easier to draw when I remembered I drew her before.

Pretty Princess Captain Hook

Something dumb with a Gunbuster reference, I'm too tired to explain myself. I started a Belle drawing too, so if I finish it, I'll add it to this post this weekend. Laterz alligatorz.
**P.S. I Just found out Roy Disney passed away today. A sad coincidence. :(
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Belle stealing books.

"The Chronicles of Prydain", used to read those books on summer break. Never read the last one for some reason. :(

The most inactive princess ever.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to put red headed Ariel in a pink dress, you are never going to live that down.

Gross.

Alice in WonderBread Land

... and that concludes the horrible fanart plague of '09.