This is based on sketch that I did in church on Easter. This is a little different than most of my work. I recorded myself making it, so you can watch the whole thing being created in the included video. Watch it full screen and let me know what you think.

April 5th, 2010 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (9)

Sounds scary don’t it? It do, it do. But it’s really just a short making of movie for my illustration of Ben Grimm from the Fantastic Four. I put it together for a talk I’m doing for the local chapter of Siggraph. Anyways, enjoy, and it really does look better in HD on Vimeo.

March 22nd, 2010 | Category: illustration, process, video | Leave a comment

Here’s a few renders of one of the nesting dolls. I also included his texture map and a section of his bump map, cuz I knew you’d want me to.

February 16th, 2010 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (6)

I finally got around to coloring these old Frankenstein Elephant rejects last night. Click more for a little step by stepperino action.

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January 7th, 2010 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (4)

My friend Mindi asked if I ever drew pugs. I realized no, I had never drawn a pug. So I started drawing some. Here is my first pug sketch. Pretty standard. Kind of boring. But drawing things more representationally at first helps me figure out what is defining about it. If that makes any sense.

“I need to Breadwiggify this”, I thought to myself in quotation marks. So  I drew this one.

That looked better, but I wanted to push it further, so I tried making the legs just sort of hang off the frong of him. I also gave him burger bun lips.

I need to loosen up, I thought without quotation marks. So I tried drawing him quicker, looser, more slobbery.

That led to this drawing, where he’s getting nice and lumpy/foldy. Kind of like poorly mashed potatoes in your laundry.

And here’s the final drawing I did. I think he’s cute in a weird puggy kind of way.

December 29th, 2009 | Tags: cartoon, comic, funny, pugs | Category: process, sketches | Comments (5)

Here’s my second Where The Wild Things Are tribute illustration for Terrible Yellow Eyes. If you scroll down a tad, there’s another process vid. If you watch it on Vimeo it’s even in HD! Oooooooo. (It really does look much better watching it there.)

June 5th, 2009 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (11)

Well, my second WTWTA illustration will have to wait a few days. I’ve been requested to keep in on the down low until it gets featured on TerribleYellowEyes. So, in a couple days I’ll have the whole illustration a process back up. Until then, here’s a teaser. Doug, you got in early and it paid off!

June 1st, 2009 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (1)

This fearsome fellow was done for The League of Robots and Monsters.  Click MORE for some sketches and other making of stuff.

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March 26th, 2009 | Category: 3d, illustration, process | Comments (10)

That Mother Goose, what will she do next? Anyway, click on MORE for a whole carriage full of process/making-of stuff!

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October 2nd, 2008 | Category: illustration, process, weeklyish cartoons | Comments (11)

Abominable Snowman was the theme for Drawergeeks this week. Where else would a Yeti be more at home than a vintage household magazine?  At least that was my “thinking”.

Lots and lots of making of stuff if’n you click on the “more” link. Click the image for some super yeti-zoom action.

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August 21st, 2008 | Category: 3d, illustration, process | Comments (9)

This week’s DrawerGeeks was Game Shows.  I don’t know why I decided to go with this, other than it was fun frying an egg and flopping it on the scanner. Click “more” to see some making of stuff.

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March 20th, 2008 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (20)

 Well here he is. I tried some new shading stuff and it worked out pretty good I think. Click “more” for a lil’ bit of making of spiff.

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February 29th, 2008 | Category: 3d, illustration, process | Comments (9)

I did this for the latest drawergeeks. Hit the “more’ button to see a bunch o’ making of crap.

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February 7th, 2008 | Category: 3d, illustration, process | Comments (16)

I did this for the latest DrawerGeeks. Click on the “more” link below the pic to see a whole buncha making of stuff if’n you like.

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December 14th, 2007 | Category: 3d, illustration, process | Comments (12)

For this clown illustration, I wanted to try something different. Click on “more” for some of the process I used to create this guy.

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September 10th, 2007 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (22)

The latest Drawergeeks topic was “hotdog stand”, proposed by my chum,  J. Vanhoozer.  This illustration’s for you good buddy. Click “more” for some making of stuff.

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August 18th, 2007 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (6)

Well, I’m launching my new toy design site, taterbot.com.  So, in honor of that, here’s a hirkin’ taterbot step by step post!  So buckle up and click on “more”.

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June 21st, 2007 | Category: 3d, illustration, process | Comments (12)

This week’s drawergeeks was Indiana Jones. Since I’ve been sketching so many robots lately, I figured, why not? Click on “more” for a bunch of step by step stuff.

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May 24th, 2007 | Category: 3d, illustration, process | Comments (9)

For the latest Drawergeeks. Click the image for a bigger version. Click “more” for a little step by step.

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April 26th, 2007 | Category: illustration, process | Comments (22)