Ironman

i've always wanted to draw an Ironman, but i've never thought i had the chops to pull off a great one. i still don't quite think i'm quite there, but the perfect opportunity presented itself to do this piece for my buddy's birthday. i've posted the b/w and color versions below for you to check out. hope ya dig one of 'em!

This is Halloween

so i don't use my blog very often for this kind of thing, but i feel pretty compelled to bring this to the attention of my friends.

as many of you know, i am definitely not an advocate of the 3-D movement. in general, it's a waste of money to see something in 3D at the movie theater. the only movie that i felt was truly worth anything in 3D was Coraline. in fact, i paid to see it twice in the theater! anyway, i say all that to say this: please don't waste $16 or more to go see Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D this holiday season. instead, what you SHOULD do is spend $20 to purchase it on Blu-ray!!

so last night i had the immense pleasure of watching one of my all-time favorite movies (probably top 10) on Blu-ray for the first time. DOOD. what an experience. keep in mind, this is a movie i've seen almost 100 times since it's release in 1993. and i still couldn't believe how many new things i noticed in this movie after watching it. and even though i'm always amazed by this movie every time i watch it, last night i was blown away by textures and colors happening that i never noticed before. it was truly an eye feast! anyway, i highly recommend checking it out if you haven't yet. for me, it was a much better investment then a gimmicky 3D experience.

oh, and Happy Halloweenie!

(wow, i haven't drawn Jack since coming to Nickelodeon!)

quick warm up sketch at work

it's been super windy lately..

today at work

i felt like drawing something wintery/Christmasy for a friend's birthday. she's a girl. this picture would be perfect for her, so i'll have to wait until the dinner gets rescheduled. anyway, here's Dasiy Duck for all you Daisy Duck fans. sorry if the picture isn't super clear (i'm more in the habit of taking pictures with my phone really fast instead of scanning this stuff in). plus it would take a while probably cuz i'd have to scan it in pieces at a time. it's about 13 inches high by about 16 inches wide.

more drawrings

while pulling massive overtime last week, i spent some time drawing these little holiday sketches of different Disney characters. here's one i did of Jack Skellington building a snowman. there's somethin about drawing Christmas type stuff to serve as instant relaxation. and, of course, i listened to my Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack while sketchin this bad-boy out!

rainy Mickey

this is how i felt yesterday. i'm pretty disappointed because it's was supposed to be all "super rainy" starting some time this weekend. i personally haven't felt a drop. so, to make myself feel better, i drew this Mickey Mouse splashing in some puddles!

for Brenna

here's the Runaway Brain Mickey i drew for Brenna today... she liked it. unfortunately, all i had was my phone to take the picture.

halloweenie

after a while, you get tired of drawing these characters the same way. sometimes you gotta play with them (just to save your sanity). at work we were all talking about 80's and 90's cartoons that bombed, so it sparked inspiration to draw this quick sketch of Minnie Mouse dressed as this 80's-type rocker (a la Jem from the 80's cartoon) for Halloween. i tried to keep it a bit conservative (in case any big-wigs see it). maybe i'll clean it up later...

anyone remember this cartoon? definitely wasn't my cup o' tea.. haha! could you please pass the Thunder Cats??

only at Disney...

the fun doesn't stop! in commemoration of the new Tink movie, we had a coloring contest at work. we could only select one of the four Tinkerbell poses they had and we all used the same cheap-ass, dollar-store crayons.

for some reason, i didn't win.