Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Super Mario Bros Director Aaron Horvath - My Student
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Thursday, January 19, 2023
The Animation Academy is 25 Years Old
The Animation Academy is a school I launched 25 years ago today.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Wednesday, February 02, 2022
Montgomery Thump - Chapter 5
Things get sinister in the latest episode of Montgomery Thump and Timbuk Too! Follow the link to the Canvas section of Webtoon Comics to see what's up.
If you're new to the series you can start from the beginning and get caught up...
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/montgomery-thump-and-timbuk-too/list?title_no=690071
Monday, January 31, 2022
Spyro the Dragon on January 30 1997
These drawings are from the original development of the character that would become Spyro.
It had been a little more than 2 weeks since I started to create the very first concepts for Insomniac Games. I was in the process of refining and defining. Insomniac was very excited about the character and the images I was coming up with. At this point in the creation of Spyro I was directed to really push his expressions.
This is the way it works. You dig and explore through concept sketches then as the character emerges a commitment is made towards the final design. Once you've nailed the look then you test it out and see how it functions through expressions and action / attitude posing as the personality emerges.
Note for historians and archivists: The pages are sequential but they're numbered incorrectly.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Montgomery Thump - Chapter 4 online
Intrigue plus a new character gets fired up! The next chapter of Montgomery Thump is on Webtoon Canvas. Lots more content on the way in days ahead. Follow the link.
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/montgomery-thump-and-timbuk-too/list?title_no=690071
Monday, January 24, 2022
Original Spyro Drawings from January 23 1997
These are pages from the development of Spyro the Dragon on this day Jan 23 in 1997.
I contracted with Insomniac Games to own my original art once it was used for production. It was a groundbreaking contract back then. Thus I have the unique opportunity to showcase these images.
There are 103 pages total that I created for this project. The pages here are numbers 41 through 44. They were misnumbered by someone at the company.
Spyro was really cracking the shell at this point. Insomniac was very excited. They knew they had a winner. Spyro continued to improve with the next round of sketches which I'll feature in a few days.
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Latest Spyro the Dragon Drawing
It was 25 years ago at this time in January 1997 when I was at Universal Studios developing a special character for a video game project. This is a commission I finished earlier today of Spyro. Blue pencil and ball point pen on paper.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Montgomery Thump Online
I've published the first 3 chapters of my independent project online. Here's the link. Lots more content on the way. New chapters each Wednesday.