Some designs of Bacchus for Rik Maki's Character Design class. I tried to focus on generating a number of possibilities as opposed to one final design. I tried two directions: the fratboy and the fatboy

Super Late Update: I went back to school in September to study animation. And it's awesome. And I have a ton of work to post to make up for the yearlong hiatus. Starting with poses of me as a six year old:

So I moved home to Colorado for couple months, and a lot of my friends have been asking what I've been doing with my time.

It's hard to believe how seamlessly that green lego platform merges with nature.

And isn't it amazing how the woodchips look just like Sherwood Forest?

Incidentally, if you dig legos you should check out this guy. He's got some neat stuff. Oh, and he happens to have been a supervising animator on two of the best animated films ever made, Wall-E and The Incredibles.

Hooray Robots!

This is a birthday card I did for my friend Greg. He likes the Simpsons. And the color orange.

I recently came across some photos of live caricatures I did while working at Six Flags this summer:

As soon as I finish this post I'm heading over to CalArts to drop off my portfolio for the character animation program there. Here's everything I'm including:

Merry Christmas y'all!

I got to paint Santa on a window last week and it was awesome!
I'll bet you didn't know Santa sometimes rides an aerobic exercise machine and drinks tasty smoothies! Well he does. Here's some process:
Incidentally, the owners of this establishment are good friends of mine and if you live in the SCV (what what) you should check 'em out in Old Town Newhall.
They've got maniac exercise equipment and tasty/healthy smoothies and teas. (I can personally vouch for the bananna split smoothie and raspberry tea, respectively: DE-lish!)

vo2nutrition.com

Some pictures from a
top secret project I'm working
on with some friends:

pictured:
greg smith
alden underhill
mike butler
austin underhill

more to come...