Thursday

Skydoll. Although I'm not a huge fan of the comic scene I can certainly appreciate the art. Beautifully drawn, nice fluid poses and great expressions. Worth picking up if you can.

Their site is under construction but there are a few cool tidbits to tie you over.

HERE

Skydoll

Wednesday

My new favourite book. I just recently happened across the graphically re-released " Bone; Out from Boneville".
I loved it so much I ordered the Complete Bone in one volume from Amazon, which came yesterday.
I never followed the strip when it first came out and only now realize what I was missing. The design is great, the posing is exciting and the story is consuming.
I remember a while back hearing of plans to turn this epic into a feature film by Nickelodeon, talks of which have broken down.(Apparently Nick's parent company Paramount wanted to give it a Rugrats treatment, complete with songs from Britney Spears...scouts honour).

Anyways I highly recommend at least picking up the graphic novel, and if you have the $39 picking up the 1332pg. Complete Bone at Amazon.

For fans of Bone and it's creator Jeff Smith go to BONEVILLE.

Bone 

Tuesday

Check out this great little peice from Blur Studios. Nice timing, nice art direction, nice idea.

You can get it HERE. (under the shorts section)

Check out their Rock fish as well.

Blur Studios

Thursday

Below is the fantastically simle work of Danny Yaccarino.Creator of the popular cartoon "Oswald" Dan has many creative and visually appealing illustrations worth a look.

Check him out HERE

yaccarino 

Wednesday

Check out this site from a fairly new illustrator with a fairly familiar look. Some neat stuff.

BURST OF BEADEN

extra yarn

Tuesday

Yummy liitle treat below. For those who dig the pin up art of such artists as Jack Cole and Don Flowers, check out THIS little site for some tasty treats.

pin ups 

Monday

If you're looking for a place to refresh your animation principles and perhaps learn a new thing or two, check out Keith Lango's site.
A computer animator who has put together many informative tutorials on how to make your animation stronger. For animators of any medium. Check him out HERE.

Keith Lango 

Wednesday,Thursday,Friday

Well I'm taking a couple of days off to spend time with the kids on their last couple of days of March Break so I thought I'd share a few links to tie you over till next week.
First is a great review of the Incredibles DVD including Easter eggs and where they can be found. If you haven't already picked it up do so immediately. Great appearence by an old school buddy who was lucky enough to be one of the three supervising animators. Steve "Clay" Hunter can't be missed. The one with the orange tuft of hair in the middle of his forehead. Check out the review at ULTIMATE DISNEY.
Next is a cool site with work from a disigner named Ben Balistreri. Most notable is his work on Danny Phantom. Check out his portfolio HERE.
And last but not least is a fairly new site which is dedicated to the animation of DePatie-Freleng. Some great clips of the old Pink Panther series. Definately worth bookmarking. Check it out HERE.
All for now, have a great weekend.

DePatie-Freleng 

aliens 

Incredibles 

Tuesday

A couple of links today.Though not animation the below images are quite cool.
Lizette Greco sews art and stuffed toys/artifacts based on the drawings of her children. Check out her gallery and store for other cool stuff.
And check out the blog where I found the link to Greco's site.
Drawn is a great blog run by a few artists showcasing links of inspiration. Lots of cool links and updated regularly. Check em out!

Greco 

Greco 1 

Greco2 

Monday

Below are images from Arthur De Pins. Fabulous illustrator and animator.
Check him out here.
Be sure to check out his animation as well. A couple of short films especially L'eau de rose.

DePins1 

De pins 

Friday

Excuse the late post today, however, check out Burning Brush.
An online auction of some of the industries finest painters and illustrators. Check out past auctions as well for some hidden gems.

Seonna 

alex kirwan 

Thursday

Great old commercials, great old animation, great site for old cartoons.

Once again here's ... Perlinger's archives.

Commercial 1 

commercial 2 

commercial 3 

Wednesday

Over the next few weeks I will be starting a new Blog dedicated to the artist below.

Rowland Emett , born 1906 in England, had a wonderful style and a flair for inventiveness.

A highlight would be his production design work for the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
His train illustrations are phenominal. Keep a look out for future postings.

Emett 1 

Emett 4 

Emett 102 

Tuesday

It's been awhile since I've posted anything of my own so here you go. A couple pages of sketches I drew the other day while waiting for my scene to render.

Boy heads 

Girl heads