Dance Party

So the other night I was lucky enough to see the band Passion Pit with openers Mayer Hawthorne, for free at the Rapids Theater in Niagara Falls. What a show it was indeed, full of dancing and laughter...much laughter. The Rapids Theater was recently renovated and this was their first sold out concert. I'm sure there will be many more to come, this has become one of my new favorite venues. The stage is pretty much in view from wherever you are in the theater. Complete with a V.I.P. section on the balconies to the back with a full classy bar. All in all it was a great night and will def be returning for concerts in the future.

The Volcano Bazaar

Sup kids, so this is a last minute piece I did for one of my good friends Natalie and her band The Volcano Bazaar (check em out on myspace!). She came to me needing a banner of sorts for a recent show her band had. The actually image is a sketch I did a long time back when I was still in Savannah. I never ending up using the sketch for anything but I've always really liked it, so I figured this was a good opportunity. All in all im pretty happy with the way it turned out for an extremely last minute commission. Lemme' hear your thoughts folks

Portfolio Book

Hey boys and girls,

So a new posting has been lonnnngggg overdue, I guess there just hasn't been much going on Art-wise worth posting. That's probably a bad thing, I guess it shows that I should motivate myself more! I will report though that I have recently completed my portfolio book which I will be sending to Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios in hopes of possibly obtaining a summer internship. I doubt I'll get it considering there's a gajillion other folks shooting for the same thing as I am, but I guess you don't know unless you try. Can't win the lottery unless you play right? So anyways, above is an image of what the book cover looks like, I think it's pretty savvy lookin. I ordered the books through a company called Blurb, and created the actually book with a program that you can download from their website called "BookSmart". This program is actually really awesome and completely user friendly. It allows you to pick from a bunch of different templates depending on what kind of book you are trying to make. There are also loads of different styles to choose from. If you are considering creating a book I highly recommend using this program. Originally I was going to use InDesign to create my book, but I've never been the greatest at using that program. You also have the choice of getting soft cover, hard cover with book jacket, or hard cover with image wrap (which is what I got). Anyways that's what I've been up to, not to mention updating/redesigning my resume and all that good stuff. Working at Pixar would be an absolute dream and I probably wouldn't believe that is was happening if it does! Wish me luck everyone!

Paying a visit

So I was recently a special guest for my cousin's class of 2nd graders that she teaches. The purpose of my visit was to show the kids how I use pictures to tell a story, much like every illustrator does. They learned how to take the only the important parts of the story to illustrate. In class they were currently reading the "Wayside Stories", and my cousin will be giving them an assignment in the future where they have to illustrate one of the many stories from the book. It was a great experience and the kids were a lot of fun. I will say that it is difficult at first adjusting to their level of understanding. I really had to "dumb" myself down I guess you could say, being mindful to use a vocabulary that they will understand. The kids really enjoyed it though, and I'mhoping they were able to take something from it.

The Legend of the Cricket Mask: Vol. 2

Here's my final for my Intro. to Sequential class. This is also the last project I'll have to do for school, because I am DONE with college. I cannot believe its finally over, it has been a long, hard, and very interesting road. It still hasn't hit me yet that it is over and the next chapter in my life is about to begin. Yeah I know that sounds really cheesy but it's true. I can't wait to start working professionally, and anxious to see just what road I will travel down. The world of storyboarding has been on my mind non-stop, and I'm praying that I will be blessed with the opportunity to work on some great projects in the future. Alright that's enough jibber-jabber, keep posted people, I'm gonna try my hardest to keep it interesting...

The Return of Teddy & Rex

Whipped out some Teddy & Rex again for an assignment in my Intro. to Sequential class. Painted with watercolor

Battle Studies

John Mayer's new album Battle Studies....go listen now

Some less than recent work...

Some pieces that I completed over the summer that I'm pretty happy with. The camping and holiday illustrations were both used in the magazine "What's Up Annapolis" based out of Maryland.

Trick or Treat

This was also for class, we had to experiment with panel design in a short 6 panel strip. This is what I came up with. I love halloween :)

Jhg

Messin' around with some watercolors and india ink... thought this was pretty cool.

The Walk

Here is a short comic that I also did for class, which had to depict a true story that involved ourselves. This is from my recent journey to Europe, during me and my friend Steph's stay in Beaune, France. This is pretty much exactly what happened, I guess I exaggerated a few things, like the vicious dog in the middle of page two. Actually no that isn't exaggerated, it was really that scary! We were just walking through the town in the middle of the day when this german shepherd (which is running around freely by the way) comes out of nowhere, sees us, and decides to lunge towards us with a terrifying bark. Then it just ended up running right past us, it was really bizarre and almost gave both of us a heart attack.

Sentence Sketches

Another homework assignment. We were given a bunch of weird, random sentences that we had to sketch. For example; "The monkey stole balloons from the baby clown"... weird