More Packaging

Obviously an ocean theme here. The doll that goes with this image has a bunch of blue and red anchors on her dress so this is her background. I finally have a Real reason to be doing some BG's in an Eyvind Earle style! Not that I need a reason of course. Heh.

Product Packaging

I get to do the design and/or the product packaging for various toys from time to time. This is one backdrop I did for some dolls that are due to come out later this year. Not sure if it will get used or not so I figured I would post it here. Happy 2009!

Ultimate Wild Thing

I'm really looking forward to seeing Spike Jone's feature film of Where The Wild Things Are. It was one of my favorite books as a kid (and still is one of my faves). I like how these big monsters aren't really scary. Then I started to think how Totoro is like the Ultimate wild thing. Some giant creature (even bigger than the wild things) that isn't scary at all. If anything, he looks like something you want to hug all the time. So this little piece is of Max meeting Totoro. Rar!

Sketchbook Vs. Paper

Here is another page of work doodles done on some random piece of paper. For some reason I can't seem to work in a sketchbook. I can draw on any paper that I find without a problem but if it's a sketchbook page it stays blank. I've even bought some nice looking sketchbooks thinking that it would intrigue me to draw in them. Nope. I think I have this idea that they should only be full of pristine nice drawings. Not no loose drawings or half ass looking doodles. I need to get over this somehow because they are a good way of keeping artwork all together. I'll see how that goes, heh heh heh. This doodle though has me thinking that a tattoo that's as crazy and full as this might look cool, no?

Work Doodles

So these are some of many doodles I do during many a waiting time at work. Some I don't even realize I've done until I look back at the paper. I guess that's why so many are upside down.

Love That Joker...

This new Joker from The Dark Night was such a krazy kool and new take on that character that it's a shame that it will never be performed again. Heath Ledger did a great job with him. I like seeing super insane villains. Ones that are capable of anything, even hurting themselves. Even the new look is kool, mutilated face and all. Although I do like the permanent white skin and green hair on him rather than it being make up. Again, the Joker is someone else I have never drawn, despite him being my favorite comic bad dude, so here he is. Would have liked to have seen a Harley Quinn down the line too. Want to know how I got these scars? Intense!

HellBoy and Abe

So I'm pretty excited about the new Hellboy movie coming out soon. Mostly because of the direction by Guillermo Del Toro, mostly. I think that man can't go wrong with what he does. Inspired, I figured I would do a Hellboy and Abe Sapien piece since I had never really drawn these 2 characters before. It was fun. Time now for my next upcoming movie inspired piece. Why so serious?