So I haven't had much of a chance to share work I've been doing for, ohhhh the past YEAR for my job! Just didn't really get motivated to compile a good little collection. And since most of these spots have aired for quite some time, I'm assuming they've run their course enough for me to share some behind the scenes of a few elements.

My biggest and most enjoyable position so far has been character design and color work. Color used to be my kryptonite funny enough, when I was younger, but I've beaten my weakness to a pulp over the years and now love working with it.

All of this artwork in this post are for just a few General Mills spots I've worked on so far.


I really loved this first design here:


This was the final:

I had to paint a doll concept as quick as I humanly could, and she came out super cute!

I love painting mock-ups for scenes to help set the environment. My painting skills in Photoshop are getting faster and faster:


I even got to paint (a ton!) of backgrounds for a series of Trix web shorts. Though since I was still new at it and doing so on a mass scale, I soon found out I was way in over my head and had to bring in extra help!


Which designs do you recognize? See any on TV recently?

Next post will have...DINOSAURS!

A little something for this morning to share, one of my newer characters...for goodness knows what at the moment to be honest. Wanted to post a bit today since I'll be really busy with guests this weekend.


Mellie the mysterious rock princess.

Been busy on and off, cutting into time to create pieces for myself or doing any daily drawing. I also lost time to work for July's 11-Second club, so it will unfortunately not be done in time. Will still work on it though for a demo reel pieces since I love the sound effects and idea I came up with. Good news though, I sought out an open drawing session in a gallery close to work, so I'll be working on figure studies once again (slacker me!). Also, here's a random gouache piece for you all:

Just gonna post random stuff all this week! Keep checking back daily for images added to this post.

A quick color and design sketch, two baby tyrannosaurs are stalked by a mysterious creature after their mother dies:

Some work done over the weekend; practice in gouache.

So I've had a "meh" week and a half not posting. Honestly, haven't been very motivated, but on the other hand was more concentrated on work. Got myself a new journal to jot down stuff while on the train though. I'm such a sucker for wanting a clean, purdy new journal when less than a quarter has been used in the last one.

I also saw Transformers 2 last night, and all I has to says is...when the heck am I gonna be seein' sum DINOBOTS HMMMM????

Nothing special happening as of yet, but I did get that disaster of an art room clean this weekend! Hopefully I'll be seeing myself at a desk working at home more often again.

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Monday Morning:

Starting off the morning with a beakey turtle man creature.

What weird weather we've been having here in Chicago...cold rainy to warm then cold again. In June. Thanks, climate change! =P (maybe I'll just move somewhere warm again...)

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Monday Morning:


For good news though, I got a brand new bike and took it for a fun test spin yesterday running errands. Maybe I can actually get into shape again...