Notorious Newsquirt!

sketches from the sketchbook

2012-01-09T22:50:00.000-08:00

Trying to keep this drawing thing going! Solid post for the new year. Hope to keep it up and not just post less than 5 times for the year.

rockin the xmas sweater!

2011-12-21T00:46:00.000-08:00

Rocking that Christmas sweater boyee! haha dorky I know.

boy and his bot

2011-12-09T00:19:00.000-08:00

I been trying to draw more and more everyday. Trying to get better. Gotta draw all the bad out so the good will eventually come!

green guy

2011-09-27T14:01:00.000-07:00

just doing a little sketch when I can. Trying to get excited about drawing again.

epic mickey boss battles

2011-07-12T15:34:00.000-07:00

Here's another post that I should of posted when Epic Mickey came out. I did all the animation for the TronPete boss as well as the animationicHook boss for Epic Mickey. I also did most of the work for the sails in Hooks ship as well. We were a small team at Avalanche that got to do the boss battles for Junction Point. I had a lot of fun working on this project.

some Cars2 motions

2011-07-12T15:26:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been a LONG time since I updated my blog. Here are some motions from the Cars2 video game I worked on.

monsters...

2009-10-21T00:03:00.000-07:00

a small monster study...just playin...swiped the frame from google...hehe dont sue me.

new sketches

2009-09-27T23:08:00.001-07:00

still at it...still much to learn.....

mo sketches!

2009-09-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

been tryin to draw more...cant give up on this drawin thing yet....still pulls me in...

some new doodles..

2009-09-01T21:44:00.000-07:00

i posted these to my facebook page a little while back...didnt post them here though...Been sketching quite a bit more than usual. Inspired.

been a long time...new sketches!

2009-06-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hello to my 3 or 4 visitors...haha!!

Here's some new sketches that I been working on the last few days. Gotta roll with the inspiration when it comes, that's for sure!

meal anim

2008-09-16T15:48:00.000-07:00

wow, long time no blog. I've had no real desire to post to my blog in a long time. We've been doing some anim tests at work, since we are pretty much done with Ultimate Band. A great feeling, and one of my favorite games Ive worked on so far. Anyways, I got this soundclip from my buddies at animationbeefcakes, a bunch of Amaze employees I use to work with.

I hope to post more in the near future. If you have crits or whatever please let me know. Thanks.

just playing in sketchbook pro again....

2008-04-15T01:31:00.000-07:00

started with the white canvas, the joy of creating art. You get to see what comes from nothing.

sketchin

2008-03-19T00:04:00.000-07:00

just doodling in sketchbook pro.

horton hears a what?

2008-03-14T01:13:00.000-07:00

I really want this movie to be good, but have a feeling it's gonna be a turd. I sure hope it proves me wrong. We checked out the 7 minute thing on Youtube, and it still feels very Ice Agey to me. Im just talking story wise, because the animation is super top notch stuff, which could be a good enough reason to see this on the big screen. A bunch of us from work are going to see it for lunch. Ill have to give my opinion once I see it. Until then...check out my sketch yo...Though doesnt even come close to the brilliance of Suess.

Bill Presing inspiration

2008-03-07T00:33:00.000-08:00

I was inspired by a Bill Presing piece this evening, and Ive always wanted to draw Vampirella. Such a cool design, and Im a BIG fan of Bill's so hopefully he doesnt mind. :) I know it's nowhere close to what Mr Presing would, could, can do....But I had fun with it either way.

mmmbop a doodlebop

2008-03-06T00:19:00.000-08:00

just playing around in alias sketchbook pro, dont know where or why this came about but it was something at least. Anatomy issues galore...check...Must practice drawing.

colors for ds drawing

2008-01-30T23:48:00.000-08:00

new ds sketchadoodle..Im working on a new project at work that Im really enjoying. We are getting to animate some really fun characters, in some really fun wacky cartoony style. I cant wait til it's announced so my friends can see what Ive been up to. On another note The Chronic "what?" cles of Narnia is almost all ready to be put on the shelfs. This is for Prince Caspian. Hopefully I'll have a more formal announcement as the ship date gets close.

Anyway..onto the sketch...

couple new ds colors doodles

2007-12-18T01:11:00.000-08:00

here are a couple more ds doodles...

mentorlike anim without the Animation Mentor

2007-12-06T15:34:00.000-08:00

A couple of the guys at work like Mel and Jamie, have done some tests with the same model as Animation Mentor guys are using. Well not exactly, but it's pretty much the same thing. Anyways, I took the challenge and just did a little test myself. I hope to take on a dialog piece within the next week or so. Anyways, if you have crits, definitely let me know. I want to get better at this anim thing.

Jack Sparrow animations

2007-12-04T22:18:00.000-08:00

posting some animation finally..Im surprised Ive never really posted much animation on my blog, hence what I do for a living so I thought I'd start sharing a bit more of that...Here are a couple of Jack Sparrow anims that I did for Pirates 2 for the PSP while I was employed at Amaze. These anims are a few yrs old now, and I feel Ive improved a bit since this stuff. Ill try posting something new that Ive done recently in the next couple of days. I've be playing with something on the side that is almost complete...Was a test for myself. Ill post that soon..Anyways, check it out....

new toons

2007-11-21T23:41:00.000-08:00

just a couple of new doodles done in colors for the nds. This program has sure been a great creative booster for me to just sit down and doodle some new cartoons out with. Anyways...There they are...Hope to keep it up...

last night sketch

2007-11-16T08:49:00.000-08:00

drawin before heading to sleepland.

more ds drawin

2007-11-13T12:18:00.000-08:00

less talk more draw

You can go here to see how it was drawn....pretty cool feature of colors...if you scroll down you can see it.

doodlebug ds...my mini wacom on the go.

2007-11-12T00:04:00.000-08:00

like my buddy Mel said...my mini wacom....and on the go or whereever i wanna draw i can...

another colors post

2007-11-10T08:45:00.001-08:00

wish I could post this directly from the ds, that would make life even that much sweeter. Here's another one that I did. This program sure is cool.

ds colors!

2007-11-10T00:02:00.000-08:00

loving this new homebrew program for the Nintendo DS called Colors by CollectingSmiles.com

Since it seems like Im always playing my ds more than anything nowdays, maybe this will get me doing some doodles with it. It's pretty dang cool...Here's my first just messing around in it.

traffic sucks here!

2007-09-27T00:16:00.001-07:00

traffic sucks here!
Originally uploaded by newsquirt

what my day home typically looks like. They are building a rail system that doesnt open until spring 2008. Im waiting for the day I can take the train....Until then this is what I look at for about an hr on my workout days.

sorry been busy and just lack of wanting to draw lately. Been animating a bunch though and playing Team Fortress 2 which is an amazing game.

inkin my drawls

2007-08-30T21:56:00.000-07:00

So I picked up one of those cool Pitt inking brush pen's just to see what they are like and even though I cant ink worth an ish, I really like what you can do with them.

Just a couple of random quick sketches.

wow! long time no blog..well here's some drawins for ya..

2007-08-18T23:57:00.000-07:00

Hey folks, lots been happenin in my world. I moved to Utah, but ya'll knew that already, but I also since my last post, bought a new house, been workin my tail off on the next gig for Disney, moving my family down to Utah, done lots of wakeboarding and wakeskating with my sister (got pics too), went down to San Diego for Siggraph 07 and just been chillaxin as the kids would say. I've been without the innernet for a lil bit at home and just recently got it back THANK all that is HOLY. :D My lifeline is back in full effizzle. Want my friends to know I got's nuttin but love for ya all. For now you get some of my sketches from my sketchbook that Ive been honestly trying to do more of. I need to also post some notes about Siggraph which I had a good time at. Also gonna try and do some more posts from my sketchbook as I draw more. Most of these sketches are just that, sketches....On to em!

Also just for fun Ill post my one and only picture from Siggraph...I got to go to a coworker(friend)'s graduation at Siggraph...He graduated from Animation Mentor, and can draw like nobody's bidness....

See, I was excited to hang with Mel and Mel wasnt so excited...haha Look at me everyone Im hangin with Mel Milton...hah Hollywood himself...haha

NSD (new sketch daily)

2007-06-13T01:46:00.000-07:00

i got inspired by one of the pics on this blog that Bobby Pontillas sent out a while ago. "The Satorialist" which is a fashionista blog...The person running the blog takes some fun pictures...Anyways, here's the sketch...Id like to get way more cartoony, and need to practice making the shapes funner and not just try to copy the picture, and Im just rambling...blah blah...here tis...

update final

2007-06-10T01:27:00.000-07:00

new banner for Around the World on my Vespa! Hope you like it Jihan.

next stage..color added...

2007-06-07T01:40:00.000-07:00

Here's the next stage of where's this is at...It's fairly close to handing it over, but there are still some thing I want to try with it. I know you had a lot of suggestions Jihan, but Im just going with what Ive done so far...Hope that's ok...I might want to add some shading and some highlights to some parts or to all of it...Want to play with it a bit more, but got tired and wanted to sleep instead...hehe

Hope to hand it off to Jihan in the next day or so...

posting a wip...silly me

2007-06-06T01:53:00.000-07:00

So Im posting a work in progress just so I can show that Im keeping to my drawing everyday...Im doing this one for a member of my wife's side of the family. She runs her own blog as well, and Im trying to paint up a new banner for her...This still needs lots of love but if you see something that I could change or have anything to say about it...let me know so I can change it....i know there is no face yet...tons to still do...but Im still trying to get the shapes and stuff to look ok. Gonna keep posting...

sketch 6_2_07

2007-06-03T02:07:00.000-07:00

keepin drawin...trying to make a habit of it now. I threw a bunch of stuff away, but felt this turned out fairly decent out of the bunch. Hope to keep bringin it...

new sketches

2007-06-02T02:10:00.000-07:00

Hey there my peeps who come check out my lil ol bloggie. I finally got out the digital pencil and started on some sketches...mindless stuff really...but at least I practiced a lil bit. I must do it way more often if Im gonna see any results of my slop. :D Im enjoying the new gig a ton, and it is nice being back in Utah. Im getting to visit with my sister a whole bunch which is really great. And you cant beat the desert heat around these parts. I love the sun...and it sure beats the rain that I was so use to in the great state of WA. You wonder why it's so green there....haha Anyways..onto the sketches..I hope to keep drawing, like I always say..but this time Im serious....lol....sure.....

my friends are FREAKIN awesome! THANKS!

2007-04-30T00:07:00.000-07:00

Well look at some of these pics...they speak volumes about my friends....Im simply just amazed at the time and effort people took to see me out the door with love. Man...just too freakin cool.

I got surprised at the going away thing at Redhook. My good friends presented me with the box in front of me...And made "me".....Holy crap is that thing cool or what!!!!!!!
It was drawn by Tony Ravo, Sculpted by Law Ruelos, Base by Jason Southwick, and paintjob was by Todd Lovering (Todd doesnt have a website I dont think, but the dude is a kick ass painter) Picture was taken by Moksha

Moksha capturing the moment I opened up...haha So cool! The 10 on the back reflects the yr's I put in at Amaze Entertainment

Here is a picture of the plaque that I was presented at work. This was put together by Pete King, and Tony Ravo

A close up of the sculpt. So cool to actually see in person. So well done. THANKS A TON friends!!!! You guys really made my exit special, and I appreciate the thoughtfulness. It means a whole lot to me.

This pic was taken by Danny Ngan (you can check his flickr page...He's got some shots from the party)

cats outta the bag, Ive given my 2 weeks

2007-04-24T00:35:00.000-07:00

Hey there peeps, some news you can use. Ive given my 2 weeks at my current place of employment "Amaze" which is up this Wednesday the 25th. And starting May 1st, my new place of employment will be............dun dun dun..........drumroll please...........

Fall Line Studio's in Salt Lake City, Utah. Which is a division of The Walt Disney Company. Im so looking forward to getting closer to family again. And to also work for such the media giant known the world over. I will miss my friends and the lovely state of Washington, but this opportunity is too good to pass up, and Im looking forward to working with such talented folks. Here's a little blurb about the new studio...

Built around a core of industry veterans, the studio will focus on small-team, creative projects that leverage the Disney brand in new and innovative ways. Fall Line Studio will operate as a sister studio to Disney Interactive Studios Avalanche Software studio, also in Salt Lake City, giving the company an advantage in reaching the strong pool of creative talent in the region."This studio will be one of our centers of creative excellence and it gives us the ability to fully capitalize on our properties and expand our market share on Nintendo platforms," said Graham Hopper, senior vice president and general manager of Buena Vista Games. "Scott Novis brings the perfect mix of team building and relevant business experience to the position of studio head for Fall Line Studio." Scott Novis is the former head of Rainbow Studios in Phoenix.

Everyone that I met down there was so friendly and seemed really positive. Hope we can make some fun games for the masses, and get the Disney Interactive name back on the map respectively!

Hope to keep the art coming, and hope to get better in the process.

boy with ridiculous hat!

2007-04-20T16:12:00.000-07:00

Every Friday a bunch of artists from work draw at lunch time. A topic is chosen at 12:00 and you have an hr to pull off the topic. Today our topic was boy with a ridiculous hat. I decided to go with it this time and see what I could do. I had fun with it. It's a bit sloppy, but it was a speedy done in less than a half hr.

geekdom weekend! ECCC

2007-04-02T17:26:00.000-07:00

Had a friend take this at the Emerald City Comic Con this past weekend. I always laugh at these guys who dress up, but these guys sure looked cool, and how many chances do you get to pose with Darth Vadar! Heck yeah! haha

Holding in my hand is Sean "Cheeks" Galloway's new sketchbook which is amazing! He sketched out a kickass Superman for me in the book. Sweetness. Dude was super friendly too. Very very humble artist as well which was cool to see.

I also picked up Robin Mitchell's new sketchbook as well. Another one who is smoking awesome as well. I sure wished he would of been there at the con, but was not, due to other plans. Too bad really.

Also finally picked up one of Alberto Ruiz 11x17 big ol sketchbook which is amazing as well. Alberto is one of the nicest dudes too. He just took on a new venture of publishing art books. The two books above are part of his master plan to take over the art book world! haha Give the man your business, he sure deserves it. The books are awesome.

Hope to start posting more work. I got inspired to draw.

nother old one.

2007-03-28T15:18:00.000-07:00

bettie page!

2007-03-28T15:15:00.000-07:00

I did this drawing a while back on the drawing board. Posting again just to get something out there. I need to get back in the swing of things...Soon friends....soon!

3 red rings of DEATH!

2007-02-21T15:20:00.000-08:00

My Xbox360 finally kicked the curb...I got the sudden 3 red rings of death. I have to send it into Microsoft down in Texas. Good thing my Xbox is still under warranty, so things will be covered. It still sucks having to send the thing down to Texas. Ill be missing out on my Gears of War playing with friends.

One good thing, I started playing Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess on the WII, so my Xbox wont be missed all that much.

Zelda is pretty awesome so far. Ive played every Legend of Zelda game to date, and this one doesnt look to disappoint at all. It's been very fun so far.

words I heard today...

2007-02-20T00:34:00.000-08:00

I've linked this guy's site before...Trevor Romain....a tribute to his dad http://www.trevorroma in.com/blog/archives/2007/01/dont_wait.html

My Dad called me up today and told me he'd recently been to see the doc, and that his heart is failing. This hit me deep today, and I couldn't hold my emotions together very well. Yup, I sobbed like a baby. You never know when a loved one could be taken from you, and I know Ill be crushed when my Dad does eventually pass. So I want my Dad to know how much I love him greatly and what an awesome dude he is! I know he reads my blog, so I love ya Dad! I am probably over-reacting, but dont want to pass on the chance to say so...

new banner

2006-12-12T00:41:00.000-08:00

posting a new banner that I slopped together pretty quickly

Staying busy in life. Xmas is just around the corner, can't wait to get that over and done with. :D

inspired by Avalanche!

2006-10-03T01:44:00.000-07:00

wow, these guys and gals are good..

Disney/Avalanche artists blog

They hail from my motherland of Utah. A lot of really talented peeps down there.

Anyways, I got inspired to do something of my own after looking through their stuff. I found a great reference profile, and started at it. You can tell I got bored and just wanted to finish it after I slopped the face down. I had a lot of fun working on it...Anyways, here it is.

hey friends

2006-07-26T01:57:00.000-07:00

im still living, just havent taken the time to blog. I hope to get Stella's groove back real soon.

more Pirates press...arrrrgh!

2006-06-01T12:47:00.000-07:00

really great review that was forwarded around at work today...

http://www.pro-g.co.uk/psp/pirates_of_the_caribbean_dead_mans_chest/preview-215.html

Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"

2006-05-25T23:53:00.000-07:00

One of the most creatively cool video's made in an awfully long time. This is so fresh to see, and I love the song too! Good album Dangermouse and Cee-lo made!!!!!

Off to LA for E3

2006-05-09T14:31:00.000-07:00

Im outta dodge for a little while. Im heading to E3 Wed and Thursday, then Im heading to Denver for my sister's wedding.

It's VACATION TIME BABY!!!!!!!!woooooooooooooo!!!

I hope to post some e3 antics while Im down in Denver. Here's to safe flying!

Cirque Du Soleil Varekai Seattle!

2006-05-05T18:50:00.000-07:00

Thursday May 4th my wife and I got to go and see the Cirque Du Soleil show that is currently showing over in Redmond at Marymoor park. First off it was one of the most amazing shows I think Ive ever seen. The set, costumes, choreography, everything about the show was just so amazing. All the acts were so spot on with what they do in there. It really made me want to run away with the circus afterwards too. They really have to enjoy what they get to do day in and day out. The standing ovation they recieved was so moving they came out 3 times I think it was.

I have to thank my wonderful cousin Bridget who works for Cirque Du Soleil who comped us into the show. We had just amazing seats in section 102 row D which was pretty much 4 or 5 rows off the front row. Down below you can pretty much get a view of where we were at. Though we were closer to the middle, right on the aisle.

I hope to catch more of the Cirque shows as they come through Seattle or on up to Vancouver BC if I need to, that show definitely made me a fan for life. If you are in the Seattle area and can afford to go to the show I would definitely suggest picking up tickets. It is so worth every penny. Though I do have to say King county charges $10 to park which is a ripoff just to park at the park, they are totally pulling one over on the people. But they can do it I guess....You need a place to park. Though Id suggest parking in the bizness's close to the park and walk over. We paid the parking since we were comped into the show already...

We had a chance to go into the Tapis Rouge after the show where the cast and crew unwind after the show, but we didnt go in cause we went to pick our kids up instead. Hopefully we get that chance to maybe do that again someday. Next time Ill be staying after for that no matter what...haha

The red section ($185 a seat -- Ouch) there on the right is where we were at, in row D, which you cant see, but it's 4 or 5 up from the front.

Pretty much the view we had from the seats. It was awesome!

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest PSP

2006-04-14T23:12:00.000-07:00

images courtesy of IGN...

Hey folks, check it out, the game that Ive been working on for the past year and couple months, is finally getting some press. I cant wait to see what people think of the game. We had a lot of fun making it. IGN interviewed our producer Matt Turnbull, who's a great producer. Check it out..it's a pretty good read. All of Jack Sparrow's gameplay moves were done by your's truly. You can actually see a game trailer on ign's site as well. Shows a lil bit of what to look forward to.

IGN Article with Matt Turnbull

letting the pen go tonight

2006-04-04T23:49:00.000-07:00

not really thinking, just going with where the pen takes me, I kinda like how it turned out, I know it's not anything great, but I had fun.

sketch3-30 redhead

2006-03-31T00:18:00.000-08:00

inspired by this post on the drawing board I came up with this lil sketch.

sketch 3-29

2006-03-30T10:31:00.000-08:00

sketch from yesterday

sketch 3-28

2006-03-29T14:46:00.000-08:00

Got inspired to pick up the pencil and sketch yesterday.

one mo fig

2006-03-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

one more since I could only upload 5 at a time.

tata

yesterdays figure drawings and a hello!

2006-03-03T13:45:00.000-08:00

hey friends, long time no blog. Long time no pick up the pencil either... :( Been super busy trying to get this Pirates thing all done up and ready to go. Also the freelance has been going all last Feb as well. Been busy as of late. Work, family, and freelance makes for a very busy life.

Anyways, here are some figure drawings from yesterday's session that I attended. It was nice to pick up the pencil again. I need to do it more often. I can see some glimmer of hope in my drawings but still see a TON of flaws. But that's why I share them here, if you have any comments on what could get my work to that next level please feel free. Im a professional and can take constructive criticism with the best of them.

Hope to get the blog thing going again. We'll see how the freelance goes. :)

A big WERD! to my pals who support me and to new readers thanks for stoppin on in. On to the drawings

Guitar madness

2006-01-26T22:42:00.000-08:00

Guitar madness
Originally uploaded by Hideki Saito.

The life of a game developer is sure hard work "sometimes". Both Danny and I rockin out the "Guitar Hero". Killer game btw.

SEAHAWKS headin to SuperBowl XL!!!!!!!!

2006-01-22T22:57:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah, Im a happy footballer today!!! hehe Im a fan of the Bus, but hope for the Steelers demise!! Go Hawks!

Jolly ol St Nicholas..

2005-12-22T01:46:00.000-08:00

This was just a little something I was playing with in photoshop. Hope ya'll have a good Xmas. I know I will, I have the week after Christmas off from work!! yeah boyee...Our alpha is in January, so my January is gonna be a fun one!! hehe

Which Superhero are you? Results

2005-12-12T13:52:00.000-08:00

I took this test off my buddy Ravo's site Here's who I would be, if I was a superhero mind you. I always had a stong liking for this fella...

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman		100%
Green Lantern		85%
Robin		75%
The Flash		70%
Batman		70%
Spider-Man		65%
Iron Man		60%
Wonder Woman		50%
Supergirl		50%
Catwoman		45%
Hulk		40%

You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

Yahoo! Movies - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2005-12-01T12:03:00.000-08:00

Yahoo! Movies - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

The trailer is out now, looks awesome, I cant wait to see it. Fun to see some of what Jack is up to this time around. Working on the game we get to see a lot of the concepts and what not for the movie which is pretty dang cool. It's gonna blow the other movie away imo.

hoop inspired!

2005-12-01T01:35:00.000-08:00

after playing some hoops tonight I was inspired. A little different than normal, just hitting the lasso tool trying to find the shapes. It was a fun exercise anyways...

quickie sketches for the night

2005-11-30T00:53:00.000-08:00

been inspired by all the great's in the blogosphere lately. My daughter playing in the snow today might of helped with the lil sketch of her playing. Thought Id share. Here goes, hope to stay inspired and draw more, so easy to get frustrated and give up, but alas I keep coming back for more punishment :D

Superman Returns Teaser Online!

2005-11-18T01:21:00.000-08:00

Brings a tear to the eye...Wow, this looks amazing just with the short bits and pieces, but man, this teaser gave me chills. I love Singer's work here...Summer 2k6 cannot come any sooner...

Thanks to my other Superman homey Ravo for pointing it out!

Who's awake at this hr?

2005-11-11T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hey friends, what's up? Wow, a whole month has gone by without a post by me... My lack of posts are for good reason, Ive been super busy at my day jobby doing animations of Jack Sparrow kickin bootay, and by night Ive taken on helping out Liquid Development on a game currently in production (that I can't talk about) hehe gotta love this industry...Get to see stuff before it comes out to the masses. Ive felt like I should post something just to let people know that Im still alive and still doing the art thing animating to my hearts content. Getting lots of animation practice in, which is helping me get better, which I need, but Im very critical of my work, so this is a good thing. I recently made a demo reel, which is how I got work with Liquid. If any would like to see it please let me know and I can send you the link personally, I dont want to just give it out to the masses quite yet, plus I dont know what kinda bandwidth I might get tagged with. Dont want to be paying out the nose in bandwidth fees. It's around 30 megs or so.

I mainly use Maya at Amaze, but Liquid uses 3dStudioMax which is nice to have to get used to all over again, but it's just like riding a bike. It was funny I totally forgot how to copy a key in max, had to go to the help file to remember. It's nice knowing both programs though and will be good since Autodesk bought Alias anyways, just hope they keep Maya up and going for the long haul, it's such a way nicer program to use. I was very reluctant to switch over in the beginning to Alias, but now that I use it, I would miss using it to anything else.

ps dont know who came out in the sketch but just wanted to draw something so at least im coming with something...hehe

Modern fine artists!

2005-10-07T12:59:00.000-07:00

WOw, long time, no blog friends. Whats up! Anyways, here are some recent finds that Ive come across that I find inspiring right now.

This guy can paint! Check him out. Morgan Weistling
I got Morgan's link from one of his friends that Ive recently started to read his blog. Very friendly chap! I found this guy from TheWardOMatic, his name is David Darrow and here is his site David Darrow David is another great painter himself. Check him out.

Morgan just released a DVD that Id like to pick up once I find $200 laying around. Also, been fooling with the notion of picking up some paints myself and trying my hand at the ol oil painting. Looks like fun.

Speaking of oil painting, a former co-worker has recently launched his site and his still life's are pretty amazing. I happen to own the pomegranate painting David is a super cool dude and hope his stuff takes off. Super talented cat.

The internet is so dang cool that artists and others as well can connect with each other. Thanks to those checkin my blog out. Hopefully I can be less sporadic and post more stuff I come across or post more of my work. I have some recent figure sessions that I can post, just need to get them scanned.

sketch8-30

2005-08-31T01:32:00.000-07:00

quicksketch for the night. On the left is a caricature of myself. Kinda liked it. Simple but efficient.

Hot links!

2005-08-30T22:57:00.000-07:00

Some really recent links to some really outstanding artists have been posted on various internet forums and other blogs that I go to check out that I thought I would share the one's that I've really been checking out a lot.

All the links are something special imo.

John Neverez is a Disney artist that recently had posted to the Drawing board, and he's also done a blog. Really appealing stuff he has. You can tell he's been at his craft for a long while now
http://john-nevarez.blogspot.com/

Stephen Silver is another really amazing Character designer who recently started blogging himself which is awesome to see. Looks like he posts to 2 blogs, his own and sketchclub which is with another artist by the name of Marcelo.
http://sketchclub.blogspot.com/
and
http://stephensilver.blogspot.com/

Harald Siepermann is another awesome character designer for all kinds of great films that I find inspirational. I came across his gallery site browsing the Drawing Board at one point, Thorsten Hasenkamm pointed out his gallery. Here that is
Harald Siepermann gallery
Also recently started blogging as well.
Harald Siepermann blog

Justin Ridge I just recently came across his work. Awesome stuff.
Justin Ridge blog

Definitely stuff to aspire to, makes me want to get out the stick of lead and draw, which is what it's all about. Inspiration. Hopefully they inspire you too. Good day!

Badly drawn right arm

2005-08-24T02:00:00.000-07:00

drawing for the night. Dont know where the right arm came from but Im drawing, and that's a good thing.

Figure drawing

2005-08-23T14:01:00.000-07:00

My pal Tony Ravo posted a figure drawing from his blog which is located here It made me want to post some of my figure drawings that Ive done semi recently so here goes. I still need lots of work, but that's the point of figure drawing, to be a better artist which I can sure use. Thanks to work, we have access to figure drawing every week. I use to go pretty faithfully but as of late Ive not gone. I need to get back in the habit. I made it last week so that's good. Non-clothed figure drawing would probably get me in there more often. :P Our session at work is clothed and the some of the models like to wear really dark leotards which make it hard to see some lines when they wear them. Im not all that fond of drawing dudes either. I find the female form way more appealing and more enticeing to draw. Anyways, here are some of my drawings.

These were taken with my crappy camera phone. The newsprint is kinda hard to get scanned in without scanning in pieces and putting it back together in photoshop. Big pain. hehe Que sera...

Beautiful Canada!

2005-08-23T01:33:00.000-07:00

120-2006_IMG
Originally uploaded by newsquirt.

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted eh. Ive been busy with work and life in general, that I havent taken the time to post to my blog. This pic was taken the weekend before last up in Harrison Hot Springs in BC, Canada. Such a sight up there. Tree's and mountains surrounding. It's beautiful up there. Living in the NW is pretty dang nice itself, but man this place is somewhere you need to see if you can make it. It's only 3 hrs away from the Seattle area. Not too bad of a drive. It's a great drive really. The beach there is really really nice. Like having the ocean beach right there on the lake and the water wasnt too bad. It was a little chilly due to it being glacial water from the mountains. Mid Aug is not too bad, considering it was 90 degrees up there too. It felt good to get in the water.

The also have some great sand castle building up there. Coming up very soon in September they have a sand castle building competition. I think I may have to take the family back up there to see that. They have a website which shows some of the past exhibitions. Pretty dang sweet what they can do what that sand. Here is the link Harrisand.org

If you follow the pic above there are a couple of other pics that I took while up there. Some good ones of some of the sand castles they have on display right now.

One plus is that the American dollar is worth more than the Canandian dollar so our money is a little easier spent there. Another plus to Canada is the chocolate. :P I had one of the best candy bars Ive had in a long time up there. I heard someone say that they put a waxy like substance in American chocolate. Im not sure if that is accurate or not, but I did notice a different taste to the chocolate up there.

Anyways...Take a look up there if you are in the area, it's worth the trip.
Harrison Hot Springs

Amaze Golf Tourny yesterday

2005-07-21T17:28:00.000-07:00

This was my posse that I rolled with for the day. We shot an 8 over for the scramble. The winning team shot a 2 over so we didnt win... :( I had a great time hanging out with pals from work on the course.
I won $50 for the longest drive. Ya gotta like that...It was a good day.

These pics were taken by my pal Lawrence. Swiped em for my own use. :D Give him a holla in the Seattle area for picture takes.

doodly doodle

2005-07-21T01:32:00.000-07:00

more drawing time. Just trying to go with the flow of course. I need to really get working on my posing and try to get full body gestures going. I need more figure drawing and more sketchin. Keepin it real yo! heh

as my buddy Todd would say "Keep on truckin"

Purrrrrple!

2005-07-20T02:12:00.000-07:00

YO!

Bustin out the wacom for a dust off session. Im really anxious to start drawing way more often that I do. I get so much inspiration from so many sources I really need to start putting some of that to use and just go with the flow. My mind likes to tell me I suck, and I need to get over that. So Im going to try and sketch a little something everyday from here on out. As an artist, the only way to get to the good sketches is to get the awful piece of crap sketches outta your system. I know someone has said that. Was it one of the nine old men or someone else. Ive heard it before.... Well I gotta get the crappy sketches outta my system. May come across some goodies...who knows...It's a process....

Heres what I busted last night...or this morning...tired...must sleep...

Google Earth

2005-07-14T20:05:00.000-07:00

Holy smokes, what a time waster. Ever since I downloaded this thing it has sucked up some time. You can get some great imagery of places all over the world. It's pretty dang exciting what google is doing with this. I can see tons and tons of potential with this new tool. You gotta check it out for yourself if you havent played with it yet. You can fly directly over Mt St Helens and get a really good view of it. Really amazing. Ive also looked at the house and street I grew up on as well as my current residence. Ive looked up work as well for some unknown crazy reason. Just good fun surfing around on this. Ive read on some blog about contests on who is able to find national landmarks the fastest with it. :D

Here is the link to go and download it. Google Earth

Been gone for a bit. Back into Seattle safely! :D

2005-07-07T01:55:00.000-07:00

Blue mountain pass in Oregon
Originally uploaded by newsquirt.

Hey there friends. Long time no post. Glad to be back safely from my vacation that I just got back from. My wife and 2 kids just recently packed up the Tahoe and took off down to Utah to spend some time with my family and to get a nice break from work which was much needed on my side. We were also able to spend some time in Boise with my wife's family also. It was a good time had by all to go out and enjoy life for a bit and not worry about work.

Some of the things I was able to do over the time away was to go boating in my sister and fiance's boat, which was great. I also was able to play a couple of rounds of golf. The round I played in Utah I shot a 99 for 18 holes and the round I shot in Boise was a 47 for 9 holes. Not too bad for being the first 2 times out this year on the golf course.

One of the other highlights that I didnt get a picture of was being able to ride my Dad's Dyna Wide Glide Harley, which was a joy and made me want a motorcycle even more so than ever. Thanks Dad! heh

Got to also see all my nephews on my side of the fam. Which was cool. Ive posted quite a few pics on my flickr site.

One of the other things I noticed while away was that Ward from the wardomatic posted a link to my blog off his. Thanks Ward...Didnt have a way to say anything at the time. heh Hopefully I can post something cool that will be worthwhile for some of the new traffic from there. And a big ol hello to ya all.

When we were in Boise Id, we got to go to the waterpark there. Pretty much spent all day on the 3rd at the waterpark. I think I was having too much fun that I forgot to put some sunscreen on or I forgot that I was a Seattle whitey who needed to be lathered up in sunscreen. Anyways....Ill spare ya the painful details unless you want to see a great pic of the blisters I was able to get tagged with. I do know this, next time I go and spend a whole day out in the sun, that Im going to make sure that I put the sunscreen on and not try to be tough. Beats getting skin cancer.

Also we spent our 4th of July in a small po dunk farming community outside of Boise, Id called Melba. It was real small, had that home town feel. They had a cool, very small parade that they threw out candy to the little kids kinda thing going so my kids were super happy just filling their bags with candy. Then they also had a small carnival that the kids were able to go and do some fun stuff. After the little carnival we were able to head back into Boise for a bit to hang out then we headed back out to Melba to see the fireworks. For me personally I enjoy seeing my kids have fun and be around thier cousin's but I think Seattle's fireworks are tons tons better in quality and quantity. Gotta figure the market is so much bigger up here compared to down there. Get what ya get...But anyways...We had fun.

You can follow this pic to my flickr site to see some of the photo's or the top pic on the right should take ya there too. Check em out.

WORD!

2005-06-09T14:55:00.000-07:00

Im known to throw out the word "word" often due to me running with the wrong crowd as a teenager, and when I said it today to one of my pals at work he showed me this. I thought it was pretty funny. Guess it's been around, but I had never seen it. Maybe you havent either.

Adding my workspace to the mix.

2005-06-07T21:55:00.000-07:00

My workspace at Amaze
Originally uploaded by newsquirt.

I love seeing other artists workspaces. Ive seen workspace thread's on tons of threads all around the net, and Ive never took the time to take the photo's to share. Well I was inspired this time by Ward from "The Ward O Matic", and I also noticed one of the guys that I work with posted his new space on his blog too. Danny is one of the new animators on Pirates.

We just moved over the weekend into cubeland. So all my pictures and artwork are not displayed. But I was able to add a bit here and there.

If you click on the picture it will take you to my flickr site which has more photos and notes added 'splaining some areas. Man I really dig flickr, you can really add nice touches to pics. Im thinking of moving on up to the pro account. The free account only gives you 20meg upload room. Not all that much room, if you plan on sharing tons of pics.

Fencing project over Memorial Day weekend

2005-06-02T00:52:00.000-07:00

Here is a glimpse of what I did over Memorial Day weekend. All day Saturday was taken up by doing this fence, mainly by myself til my neighbor came out and helped later in the afternoon. I did a majority of all the hard work like digging the post holes and mixing the cement and placing the posts in. I also put up all the 2x4's and the 1st 3 sections you see I put all the cedar boards up. Lot of work. The last 3 sections had to be taken down 3 times, cause things got lopsided, and another time we decided to try and step it down, then I contacted my contractor friend who came over and took a look and said why not just cut it with the skilsaw, so that's what we did. I also cut all the posts to match. It was a lot of hard work but so worth it. The price I was quoted by some fencing co. would've set me back $1200, but I was able to put this up for about $500. Big difference. Damn labor jobs...They kill ya, but they get the job done a lot faster than some scrub who's not sure what they are doing :) Here is another photo

Star Wars Ep III Revenge of the Sith books

2005-05-19T00:08:00.000-07:00

Art of Episode III

The Making of SW Revenge of the Sith

2 books that are amazing and should be in your library if you are an artist. Holy smokes I love the Art of book a lot. So many wonderful pictures to look at. I think this is the best book out of all the Art of SW books that have been published imo. So many really amazing artists like Ryan Church, Iain McCaig, Feng Zhu etc etc... I name those 3 because I have their DVDs from gnomon online that are really dang cool too. Awesome to see how they work.

Ill definitely be posting my review and take on the movie once I see it tomorrow. Some pals from work are heading out for a 12:20 showing of ROTS. CANT WAIT CANT WAIT!!!! Im such a dang SW geek... :) Happy to say too! Im not your typical Lucas basher, Ive been a big fan of all his work, cept for Howard the Duck (just gotta make that point) lol Though plot holes abound and yes the dialog will be total cheese and ugh but, I think Georgy is a visionary! We would not have ILM, THX, Star Wars, Pixar, were it not for the man with neck! :) Anyways, more to come as I see the film and geek out over it. Reviews have been mostly kind so that is good to hear. My review I already know will be glowing unless he really f's up, which I doubt.

GO VADER! woot

Amaze Entertainment!

2005-05-11T00:34:00.000-07:00

All the published games I've worked on while at Amaze!

This is what Ive been doing for the last 8 years. Just kind of a little retrospective. Kinda like my little resume in graphic format. It sure is fun to look back and see what has been accomplished in the time Ive been doing this art career. Onward ho.

The Drawing Board

2005-04-24T22:15:00.000-07:00

One of the sites that I check pretty regularly and frequently get a daily dose of inspiration from is The Drawing Board There are a lot of pro's working in the art industry, ranging from Movies, Games, Graphic Art..You name it artisticly and there is someone from that group represented at the db.

Anyways, part of one of the sections in the drawing board is called drawing jam, in which the mod posts some new photos that are to inspire and all the artists who want to participate can. The new photo that was posted up inspired me Friday to drop my work that I was doing for a bit and do a quick sketch. I kinda liked how the sketch looked so I decided to email it to myself and paint it at home when I got off work. This is what came about.

Still working on all my dang drawing flaws. The remedy to that is to freakin draw! Gotta remind myself daily to pick up the pencil. Can only get better if I practice, practice, PRACTICE!

Out!

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest PSP

2005-04-19T16:43:00.000-07:00

Captain Jack Sparrow

Cat's outta the bag. This is what I be working on yargh!! http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9225

Im the lead animator for the project, it's been pretty fun so far. We're just getting the E3 demo ready for the big show in May. It looks awesome. As soon as I can show stuff I will. I'm working with some really amazing artists on the team too. Hopefully it will put us on the map. We need it....

Lack of updates!

2005-04-06T16:45:00.000-07:00

I suck..My serious lack of updates is due to sickness and burnout. Two things that dont go well together. I think Im coming out of it now though so that is good and I can get back to updating.

New posts are a comin...

More house plans!

2005-03-18T01:08:00.000-08:00

You know those first house plans that were posted a while back, well whatever I did it worked. My bro-inlaw worked me an awesome deal. Some new freelance coming my way. Gotta like that. I didnt know the market for this type of stuff was out there. What a cool way to earn some extra $$. Painting house plans baby... :)

I should probably put a disclaimer on these and say they are the property of CapitolBuildingCo in Boise ID.

Expressive hands

2005-03-17T16:52:00.000-08:00

I've always had a hard time drawing hands, and Ive gotten over the years some really valuable sheets showing great expressive cartoony hands. I thought Id share some of the sheets. I dont know who actual drew these but they are really nice.

Drawn! blog

2005-03-09T11:49:00.000-08:00

A new blog that looks like it will be an amazing resource. Taken from their site

Drawn! is a multi-author blog devoted to illustration, art, cartooning and drawing. Its purpose is to inspire creativity by sharing links and resources.

Go check it out!

http://www.drawn.ca/

Basketball

2005-03-04T00:41:00.000-08:00

Had one of my good nights in basketball tonight. I scored 15 points. Boy my shot was hitting every time I got the ball. You gotta love that when it happens. Get the ball and take it to the rack man! Im learning to be more aggressive with the ball. One of my downfalls, but Im learning. I've been watching a lot of the And-1 stuff on ESPN. Man those guys are just sick the way they play. Amazing.

The team that we played was all under 25 or so. The team I play on is made up of mostly older guys over 30, but we have a couple guys in the late teens and early 20's. One of the guys we have just joined us. He's still in high school and he's 6'6 or 6'7, it's super fun to play with him, cause you can pretty much just watch him dunk the ball every time he gets it. That was the case tonight, a number of alleyoops, and slamma jamma. It was sweet. Our team just played some really good fundamental basketball and we crushed the other team. I think the final score was 45-20. Kind of embarrassing for the young guys actually. We were playing regular 2-3 defense and we were shutting them down. It was a lot of fun. It's games like tonight that make me keep coming back for more. Killing my knees and my back! haha

On the way to work!

2005-03-03T16:17:00.000-08:00

Washington has to be one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

This was taken with my camera phone on my way into work today. The sun has been shining lately up here in Washington. I have to say when the sun is out here, it cant be beat. Trees everywhere giving us the fresh clean air.

I was trying to get the mountain in the picture too..Well actually it is in the picture, but you can't see it. My camera phone takes shitty pictures. It's really awesome when it's out. I come around this corner on I-405 and if the mountain is out "Blam, it just sticks out like a sore thumb." It's a massive volcano too, sweetness...Cant wait for it to blow it's top..NOT!

The singing hellova dancing pedo.

2005-03-01T23:49:00.000-08:00

Man it's really sad what my man Michael Jackson has come too huh? I really admire his amazing musicianship and he will live on in his music but with the trial starting up, I have a feeling he's gonna get busted this time around. Ive always been one to really believe in MJ but there's something about this time that Im having a hard time keeping him not guilty, til proven guilty.

Im gonna try and catch some of the reenactment that Court TV supposedly is gonna televise. That should be funny...a reenactment...What an idea...Jeez..

Jackson May Testify, Pop Star's Lawyer Suggests.. That should be interesting.. hah yeah..

I dont know, there's something about ol Mike that really just reeks of pedophilia now days. Maybe it's cause Im older, but I use to be soooo naive as to what Mike was doing with all those kids. He's wacko Jacko to me now.... sad really....I wont be surprised if they find him guilty.

Good luck MJ, you're gonna need it. Dont know if money's gonna help this time round..Maybe it will who knows. Look at OJ.

Making it happen!

2005-02-26T23:16:00.000-08:00

I came across this guys blog a little while ago, and I really enjoy what he has to say for the most part. This guy has a great way with words, though most of it was through his Grandfather. It's a nice read anyways.

Making it in life

Colored house plans

2005-02-17T11:40:00.000-08:00

I just recently did these for my brother in law who designs houses. He needed some colored up so this is what I did for him.

house

house3

house2

house4

Retro drawing

2005-02-14T16:35:00.000-08:00

This thread over at the CartoonRetro forum has a great discussion about Christoper Hart's new book coming out which looks atrocious compared to the "Real retro artists". Like it's stated in the forum, "Why go to that book looking to draw retro, why not just go to the actual source"

Like subscribing to Cartoon Retro! Which I plan on doing soon. Sooooo much great stuff over there. Plus some of the stuff Shane is planning on adding seems like it will be pretty valuable.

Seattle Comic Con Sketches

2005-02-08T15:44:00.000-08:00

Here are the sketches from the con that my son and I were able to get. Good times. Im going to the San Diego Comic Con this year, and Im looking forward to it. Im going to make sure I take my sketchbook with me this time so I can get some more sketches.

Pigtale sketch!

Lieber's batman

Awesome Rex sketch from Michel Gagne

Kevin Hanna's sketch
I forgot that we had gotten a sketch from Kevin til I went home and grabbed the sketches to scan so here is Kevin's site too http://www.frogchildren.com

Kasey Q's sketch

Emerald City Comic Con

2005-02-07T15:03:00.000-08:00

Over the weekend I went to the Emerald City Comic Con, which was awesome. Really inspired me to want to draw for sure. My son had come out with me, and he seemed to have had a really good time. He was able to get some really great sketches from some really good guys. Ill have to scan them in so peeps can see them. We were able to get sketches from Ovi Nedelcu, Steve Lieber, Michel Gagne, and Kasey Quevedo. Each has a website showcasing their art.

Ovi Nedelcu's site is http://www.ovinedelcu.com/
Steve Lieber's site is http://www.unrewarding.com/steve/
Michel Gagne's site is http://www.gagneint.com/
Kasey's site is http://www.kcqillustrations.net/

Ill try and post the drawings that we got real soon.

I also watched the movie Ray with Jamie Foxx this weekend. Wow, what an amazing movie that was. I think I was more amazed at what Jamie was able to accomplish in the role of Ray Charles. I really hope he wins the Oscar. He deserved it very much so. He's a pretty dang talented piano player himself. He went to school on a piano playing scholarship. Really cool.

Incredible Annie Awards

2005-01-31T14:37:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Brad Bird for his take at the Annie's! The Annie Awards were last night and The Incredibles won a ton of stuff. Deservedly so. It was such a wonderfully inspiring film I thought. Let's hope they win the Oscar as well. Shouldn't be a problem going up against Shrek2 and Sharktale. I didnt really care for either of those films too much. We got to work on the games for Shrek2 and Sharktale at the company I work for. I didnt get to work on Shrek2 but I was the lead animator for Sharktale (PC games btw).

2005-01-26T22:27:00.000-08:00

I dont watch all that much television, but there are a couple of programs that I really like to watch. One of them is DOG the Bounty Hunter. I always love watching what kinda person he is after next. I also love watching the interaction between him and his wife. They seem so perfect for each other. I think it would be a hoot to go out and bounty hunt like that. I'd love to do it in Hawaii just as well. Hawaii is my kind of place...Seems so laid back. If only there were tons of game companies out there, which there is not. :( I still need to go and visit at least.

Cant leave without sharing an art link for the day. One of the guys that frequent's The Drawing Board, and a wonderful artist. Dean Yeagle
http://gallery.bellefree.com/dabeagle

2005-01-24T17:00:00.000-08:00

Animation Show!

thanks to the Ward O Matic for this one.

It will be here Feb. 25th at the Varsity in Seattle, with Mike and Don in attendance. I'd really like to go to this. I missed last year, but I'd seen quite a few of the shorts that were included in the 1st. This one looks pretty good, and I really respect Mike and Don for what they are doing in the Animation field.

Poster by Tim Biskup is mighty fine as well.