...NATALIE!

This was a lil' something I started back in August. Was an exercise I meant to finish off and on within a few days, but put it on the back burner fo' a while and finally finished it up tonight.

Took the sound clip from Episode #92 of Comedy Bang Bang, featuring the lovely Jessica St. Clair as Marissa Wompler.

Surfer

JUST DOODLIN'. Going to leave this as is, not really feeling it anymore (think the pose is pretty weak).

GOODBYE BEACH WEATHER.

Rocky M. Walsh

In honor of my cat Rocky, who passed away on September 12, 2011. Rocky was the first cat our family ever had, and I can easily say he was the best cat around. I had always wanted a cat when I was younger, but due to my mom's allergies, I settled for 'Kitty Kitty Kittens' and various other stuffed animals. After my parents divorced, my mom played with idea of adopting a kitten, and thus in the spring of 1997, Rocky became a member of our family. He was as great a support system and source of unconditional love then as he was through the rest of his days. He was a part of our lives for close to 15 years, and I'm extremely grateful for every one of them. He brought so much happiness and joy into our family, and I will miss him dearly. No other pet will compare, he was the sweetest and most loving companion we could've ever asked for.

I miss you, Rock.
R.I.P.

Amy, Amy, Amy

Haven't had much time for non-work related drawing, but wanted to do something to commemorate one of my favorite musicians. Tried an Augenblick-ish sort of style (just referenced Callie's 3/4 view), figured it suited her better than my usual stuff.

Found a drawing of Amy on my laptop from '09 (also found a small project from '07 that revolved around her, but that one's way too crappy to share), so figured I'd post it for old time's sake.




GON' MISS YOU, GURL.

burn notice

Might be going to the beach this weekend, so hopefully this won't be me...?!!

Started out as this guy down here, but want to start practicing putting characters in environments instead of just floating in a blank space. The background is really simple and lame, but it's a start.

ATTRACTED TO US

Inspired by The Lonely Island's Attracted To Us. GONNA BE MY SUMMER JAM, think it's adorable.

freelance-aversary..?

Feel like this is gonna be a busy weekend, so just wanted to make a post to commemorate a year of successful(?!) freelancing!

I started my first ever paid/non-internship position at Soup2Nuts on June 18, 2010, so hooray for animation gigs putting a roof over my head and plenty of take-out in my stomach for the past year. Who knows how much longer I'll last around here, but it's been a great experience so far. Definitely feel more confident in my animation skills than I did this time last year, so here's to getting even better in the future!


Also, I don't think I've ever mentioned it specifically here, but I've been animating on PBS's Word Girl since February. It's very cute and well written, and has a great cast of comedians (including Jeffrey Tambor, PATTON OSWALT, Chris Parnell, Maria Bamford, ETC.). The theme song's pretty catchy, too :)



CHECK IT OUT!

doodlin'

Some pre-bedtime/heat wave doodles.

"why is there a chicken on your head?"

That was the first thing my mom asked me while she was recovering in the SICU. Only later did she reveal it was a something she'd planned on asking others rather than actually having visions of chickens, but thought it'd make a cute image.

cat burglars

MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME AND POSTING AGAIN TODAY.

So yeah, this was my afternoon. Perhaps inspired by catching the tail end of Ocean's 11 on television the other night, in addition to Cats 101.

THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW.

UPDATES

I SUCK AT LIFE, New Year's resolution has long flown out the window at this point.

Haven't had much drive to draw lately (MY FIFTH OR SO QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS?! IDK ANYMORE), but here's part of a piece I started before the weekend. The turd may or may not make it into the final version, and color scheme is also subject to change.


Some other things I've worked on have been posted up on Fizzy's Lunch Lab site in the past month, as well, so here we go:

First up is the introduction to the game Hectic Harvest:


Also from Hectic Harvest is the Store Clerk's animation:


And finally, the Lunch Lab Live with Bella Basil short:


This one was animated during my eerily long "ease in and out of everything" period, something which I think I'm getting better with, BUT WHO KNOWS.


ALSO, one of my pieces will be up for sale/your viewing pleasure at the Yes Oui Si gallery in Boston, MA from April 28th - May 1st.


If you got nothing going on, come out and support your local artists! Not even making any sort of profit (piece will be selling less than what the entry fee cost), but wanted to participate. Just found out it's being sponsored by PBR, so should be interesting..?! At the very least, come to look at some fucking hipsters.

Hard Boiled

Another project I worked on while over at Cloudkid is up.

For this one, I animated Fizzy's introduction, along with most of his cutaways that occur after each round.

Check it out!

VALENTIME'S

FOR VALENTIME'S, NOT VALENTINE'S. Kept it exclusive for a week, but wanted to post it here 'cause I think it's pretty cute.

Started a new animation gig on Monday, so updates are going back to once a week again.

FREESTYLE FIZZ

The first project from Cloudkid I've worked on that's a secret no mo'!

Did a bunch of random things on this one, with a lot of help from Mike Annear, who animated the three main skating loops (normal, fast, and tired). I tackled all of the other moves and tricks in between, which were crazily boarded by Kim Hui.

I also did the introduction animation, two of the idle animations (the arm stretch and skate test) on the level select screen, and integrated the 3 main costumes on to Fizzy (THE TRON ONE'S MY FAV BTW) for the level select screen and throughout the actual game play.

Here are a couple progress stills, just to show what this stuff looks like before clean-up.


CHECK IT OUT, Y'ALL.

hot girl at the bar

Another drawing taken from a random shape.

Concept inspired by Louis C.K's bit.

kid designs

Designs I did while over at Cloudkid.

SUPER BOWL

DIDN'T WATCH IT 'CAUSE I DON'T CARE, just wanted to draw something stupid.

the magician...

Have a two-week hiatus between freelancing gigs, so even though it's two weeks without pay, it's two weeks I have to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Going to try and post every other day during my break to keep motivated, SO LOOK OUT WORLD.

inside the mind of a fresh

"Draw a cloud holding a briefcase looking at a duck in a pond smoking a pipe."

STAND-UP

ALREADY OFF THE WAGON, FML.



I DON'T PRIDE MYSELF ON CARICATURES, but just wanted to pay homage to these guys. Their specials have been getting me through the work week for months now, and no matter how many times I've listened, they're still funny.

Seeing Patton Oswalt this Saturday, so getting excited with an update.

2011

HAVEN'T POSTED IN FOREVER, going to try and change that for 2011.

It's crazy how freelancing has put the kibosh on my desire to draw anything outside of work, BUT GOING TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT THIS YEAR. Copying Justin's resolution to try and update mo', shooting for at least once or twice a week.