For this photo essay, we’re flashing back to 2013, back to my very first experience at CTN Expo, where I spent most of it working at my cubemate and co-worker David Boudreau’s booth. Sitting next to us, was character designer and animator Craig Knowles, who hails from Manchester, England. When he wasn’t chatting with CTN attendees, he was sketching away on post-its. Here’s a post-it sketch that he gave me.… Read More »CTN 2013 and 2014: a photo essay
Meant to do a photo post about last night’s episode of “Family Guy,” but my computer is unable to detect my camera at the moment, and I don’t have time to figure out why. Oh, well. Talking about something else! My mom’s wish was to have the entire family go with her to Boston to celebrate her birthday – March 11 – and visit my brother Andrew, who is attending… Read More »Sketches from Boston
On Saturday, I went with my mom to Salon Vertigo, where we both had an appointment with my favorite hair stylist, Yasaman Gharavi. My mom’s appointment was before mine, so while I waited, I sketched the view of the entrance in front of me. It made the wait go by so fast, it was my turn before I knew it. A productive visit overall. By the way, for any of… Read More »Salon Vertigo sketch
Sketches of antique luggage and gift boxes for Will Weston’s Composition for Animation class at the Animation Guild.
Went on a long walk through Studio City, Toluca Lake, and Burbank yesterday, which all began with a near-2.5 mile walk to Aroma Coffee & Tea for breakfast and sketching. Spent two hours or so on the above drawing with a dying Tombo pen. By the time I was done, the last half of my breakfast burrito that I couldn’t finish earlier became my lunch for the day. Very convenient.… Read More »Aroma sketch
For reasons that I don’t want to get into at this time, I’m pulling the plug on the 30 Day Drawing Challenge, and resuming the regular schedule of Monday/Thursday posts. Granted, today is Tuesday, but whatever – gotta start somewhere. Anyway, here’s a sketch I did last week during breakfast at Bea Bea’s. See you guys on Thursday!
Day 14: Favorite Fairytale – “Snow White.”
I nearly dropped the ball on today’s post. Things have just been so busy for me that I wasn’t sure I’d have anything new to share, but, luckily, I was able to squeeze in an hour and a half of drawing yesterday while waiting for my girlfriends to arrive at my friend Sam’s apartment for some much-needed girl time. Was feeling hungry, so I made a break for the nearby… Read More »Wendy’s sketch
The morning started off innocently when I took my car to the nearby Ford dealership for maintenance around 8:15 AM last Tuesday. To pass the time, I stopped in for breakfast at the usual spot for mornings like this: Panera. Over an hour went by as I inked the above image with a dying Tombow pen before a slight feeling of dread washed over me. My car should have been… Read More »Car maintenance issues and a Panera sketch
Nothing new this time around, but got to scanning a page from my sketchbook that was pictured in the AKA Bistro sketch photos entry.