Puffy Ami Yumi

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend! I don't know about you, but I'm still shaking the dreaded turkey coma....Damn wake up! Well it's 1:15am and I just finished diaper duty, so I thought I should post a couple of things before the day ends and the new day begins. My lazy ass hasn't created anything new so here are a couple of models from the Puffy Ami Yumi show to keep you occupied for the time being, hope u enjoy!!!

Jungle man in his prime and after a couple of years of marriage and many beers later...

Witch Doctor w/shrunken head

Two variations of the Queen

More RNS Bg's

...Redneck Lair...

Sasquatch

...teenage sasquatch....

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Designs

some rough imaginary friends I designed Foster's...

... this is a rejected design...
... here's a imaginary friend that reminds me of a cross btw. Jim Carey and some zoological creatures.

Rednecks in Space BG's

This is something that's been in development for about 6 years now. It's "Dukes of Hazard" meets "X-Files" with a twist of "Gilligan's Island". I don't know what my fascination is about trailers and the people that live in these metallic boxes. All I know is that it would make a great animated series! Who would'nt want to see aliens and rednecks (not hillbillies-big difference) throwing down on a replica planet earth. I've been sitting on it for far too long and by posting it I hope it'll be the kick in the ass I need to get it going again. I'd love to talk about the story but time is a huge factor, nor do I want to bore you guys. So here it is.... Rednecks in Space, on public display for your review and critique. I hope you like and one day when I get the courage I'll post the characters.

Here's where all the trailer trash goes once the gangster aliens abduct them

Gangster aliens baydock

Gangster aliens transport tunnel
This is the evil gangster alien Zaan's lair- A large place for a small dude who has a huge attitude!

Another Doodle

Friday's doodle cleaned and colored in flash.

Cartoon Brew

I just wanted to say thanks to Amid for the post on Cartoon Brew!!! Love your site! Can't tell ya how inspiring and informative the site is! If anyone has'nt check out Amid's new blog, Cartoon Modern on 50's design it's a must see!


Sample from the blog "The Rover Boys"

Work Doodle

Did this one yesterday at work. Kinda weak so today I wanna see if I can push the shapes a lil' more. I don't think there is enough contrast btw. body and head, and in the facial features. The first sketch usually comes out rather blaaa. Now that I have that outta the way I can push and pull the shapes hopefully giving it a some kind of appeal.

Doodles

Here are some random doodles I did at work. I feel it's a great way to break up the monotony of the day and to free up my mind when starring at a computer all day. Not too mention it's a lot of fun!

LA Zoo

Here are some skethces from Monday. A group of us went out to the LA Zoo for lunch and attempted to excercise our rusty hands...Anyone out there with a can of WD-40?

Gettin' Paid to Draw

Had some fun freelancing for Renegade Animation Studios on Puffy Ami Yumi....thanx fellas for the great assignments!

The Missing Link

Here's a beaut' of a friend of mine, Mr. Kellman. After he gave notice of his departure from CN the Foster's animators went to town caricaturing their hero and made him a book. Man if you could see all those kick ass sketches that poured out! Well here's to you Craig....and sorry for the ugly sketch.

Flashback 80's

Ahhhh....yes 1983 what a great year for rock and roll!!! Def Leppard's Pyromania, Ozzy's Bark at the Moon, Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind and much, much more! Here's a couple of drawings I did back in the day. If I recall correctly, I think I was in 4th grade and portable walkmans just came out. Like I said what a great year!!!

Voila! A Master Piece!

After being in prodution for roughly 9 months my son Logan Amadeo arrived on September 29th 2005. My best piece I've created yet! Well I can't take all the credit for this one, you see my wife Wendy was on the production side and took the role of pre-production and right now we're in post. I'll keep ya guys posted on how this one turns out. Damn---now I have to plan for a wrap party!!!