Monday

A congratulations goes out to Chris Landreth and the National Film Board of Canada for picking up the Oscar for Best Animated Short last night.
You can watch Chris's film "Ryan" here.

Friday

Below are some images from two very famous illustrators.
Alice and Martin Provensen.
These two have illustrated many, many children's books and have, as I'm sure you'll agree, tremendous appeal.
And Martin Provensen has the honour of being the creator of the original Tony the Tiger.
I still like his better than the one we have today.

Martin Provensen 

Provensen2 

Provensen3 

Thursday

Beautiful illustrations from an artist named Elizabeth Brozowska.

Clcik here for more.

Brozowska 1 

Brozowska2 

Brozowska3 

Wednesday

The 3rd installment of the "Eh List" brings us to Toronto's Guru Studio. Frank Falcone is the main man here and those of you who get Teletoon will reckognize their work instantly. Others may recognize their fantastic Planet Snack commercials. I love the look of those and the timing is Incredible(wink, wink,)

Check em out

Guru Studios

Guru 1 

Guru2 

Guru3 

Tuesday

Very cool.
Below are images from a show being developed for Nick jr. by a guy by the name of Bob Boyle.
He has created a Blog to document the production and development of his show. Although fairly new his blog already has some valuble insights.
Looks like fun and for anyone interested in developing a show should bookmark this one.

Enjoy

The Wubblog

Bob Boyle 

Bob Boyle 2 

Bob Boyle 3 

Monday

I've got two words to discribe this morning.

@#&*!!! SNOW!!!

Anyhow, surfing this morning brought me to Cartoon Brew where they had a link to a gentleman by the name of Charlie Canfield. His site is worth a look. He also has a short film called Hide and Seek. Check him out.

Charlie Canfield

Hide and Seek

Charlie Canfield 1 

Charlie Canfield2 

Friday

Damn it's bloody cold.
Anyway's at the very bottom of todays post are some various doodles I did the other night.
above those are some illustrations from book named Roquet Belles Oreilles(illustated by Norman McGary and Hawley Pratt). Great stuff.
Please check out this site for more Roquet as well as other famous children's illustrators from years gone by.

Click here

(Thanks to Steve Smith over at Filboidsudge for clarifying the artists).

Roquet 

Roquet 2 

Roquet22 

Thursday

Below is a piece I like to call "Wednesday night doodles poster on a Thursday."

Various doodles

Wednesday

Here's a cool link to another blog. It's an online posting of an illustrated diary belonging to Irv Spence.(Great animator of the classic Tom and Jerry cartoons). Very interesting to follow as very little seems to have changed from his time to ours. Worth a look. The dates of his diary correspond with our own.

Irv Spence Diary

Irv Spence 1 

Irv Spence 2 

Tuesday

My good friend Mike Smukavic sent me this cool link yesterday.
Kind of a cross between Lane Smith and Tim Burton.
Jimmy Pickering is his name and illustration is his game.

Check him out here.

Also a cool article Mr.Groh sent me on Lane Smith.
Check it out over at Apple.

Pickering 1 

Pickering 4 

Pickering 3 

Monday

Part 2 of the "eh List"

Below are images from another local Torontonian studio. Cuppa Coffee.
This studio does it all and is definately worth a look.

Cuppa Coffee

Crashbox 

Trevor