Hope everyone got to see Prep and Landing on ABC this winter break! I was lucky enough to do passes over the character designs and they even used some of the designs on the show: Santa, and Ms. Holly (the secretary lady).. There were also a lot of exciting preproduction art that never made it to the screen.. We earlier envisioned a more Rankin and Bass meets Pocoyo Christmas Special style.. but later got scrapped sadly! I would have liked it to be more of a mini Asterix flavored european comic world.. but it still came out appealingly! Some great character designers that contributed were Joe Moshier, Lorelay Bove, David Coleman, Bill Schwabb, Bert Youn..

Just started getting interested in learning about C.O.G.(center of gravity)! A lot of the drawing and animation books I've read mention the concept of balance in figures.. and this is terribly important in drawing, design and animation.. but hardly devote a lot of pages to it..

Remembering Milt's advice, "You need to know what you'r doing before you caricuture it".. I changed my focus from art books to google videos and books! If you really want to know what weight is and understand it is from the inside out.. I really recommend using google to find out! There are a ton of videos, and ebooks out there for free online.. and during my search I found a lot of other topics on the way as well..

During my search on google you can watch a physics teacher taught about c.o.g, people that design toy airplanes talking about balance and c.o.g, ballet books that talk about c.o.g, rock climbing books that talk about c.o.g, sports coaches talking about c.o.g, martial artists talking about c.o.g... all cross-referencing each other!

one of the most interesting things that came up from this search was learning about gait analysis.. there is actually a field of study that centers around the mechanics of human movement.. and books that talk specifically on what goes on in your body when you walk! I found that c.o.g. is extremely important in the movement and structure of humans..

learning about weight and balance really helped me connect the dots when I came back to drawing the figure.. Not only did it help with thinking about posing and movement, but how I design and structure my characters as well! It opened my eyes that there are reasons why living things are designed a certain way.. and how appropriate things are designed based on their function.. and within that amazing grace! Made me think on how God designed our world with a purpose and with great beauty!

I really recommend learning c.o.g. and concepts of weight if you are studying anatomy! Great anatomy artists that I look up to like rico lebrune and marc davis all had a great understanding of this~ why shouldn't we?

Anyway, hope everyone gets to take advantage of the google search on their learning journey!

awesome! kite and fishboy~

This is Popin Pete, One of the original members of the Electric Boogaloo, dancing! He's been popping since 1970s with his brother Boogaloo Sam.. A popping Legend~ (You might have seen him in Breakin next to Poppin Taco, One of the robots next to Michael Jackson in Captain EO).. Here is a clip of him freestyling with a pole.. haha

Sam Jackson studies from Soul Men!

in memory of michael jackson.. Kite ripping the shit out of the Heartbreaker track!!

a caricuture of yumeki~ young talented dancer who destroys that guy in the clip below- found out she was out here in Long Beach but I couldn't make it to the competition.. anyway she is hella funky! She hits these poses that remind me of capcom!

inspired by Bob Tupper.. just recently signed up for cartoon retro.. love all the art on that site!

Now for color..

slowly trying to transition into tone and light..

Hey everyone~ I was lucky to be a part of this project for the sawarovski's crystal cat commercial.. It was awesome being able to work with my friends from calarts.. and the final piece looks great! check it out!

http://www.swarovski.com/Web_US/en/magazine?contentid=10007.72260

some cold ass shiiit.. more kids serving grownups!

these kids serve some older bboys! boogie brats!! : D

hey everyone! check out torch tiger book that's comming out for this summer's Comic Con~ Me and a couple of newbies were allowed to join the group of great artists in that book.. the cover for it is done by Paul Felix.. It's SICK!!!

this is Frantick- one of the most amazing dancers in LA! Love the timing and staging of his movements.. His movements tells a story~ Watching him in person is unreal*

this is an old clip but check out this two man tut routine from jsmooth and future! sick~~

Chronotrigger fanart inspired by early Dragonball

OG bopper Scorpio! this guy is nastier then michael jackson~ He was in the same crew with another famous popper Robot Prince.. They have a big rep in Los Angeles

Here's Scorpio.. (the first guy on the clip)!

here's me trying to be more thoughtful and purposeful with my lines.. I got inspired from one of art babbit's lectures that said "lines have a character to them.." : )