"Ho Ho Ho.. and such"

Happy Holidays from California!

Sketchbook Compilations

I'm participating in The Sketchbook Project 2011. I'm not done with that sketchbook yet, but I compiled a few pages that are scanned already.

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!

Cinderella, Taller Sister

It was a sketch, but then came the lighting.

Royal Hallway

More Cinderella...

The Girl & The Dress

I took some time off recently, and I focused a bit on cleaning up some daily sketches.
For some reason I started doing a Cinderella series for daily sketches earlier this month. I cut it short, due to a creative block.
I like the style and coloring of the Disney version, but the story is just so... dated. I know it's not the original story, but that one isn't much better either. And Cinderella was hard to modernize... Aka, not finished. Aka, I need more scenes. Cohesive ones.

The Lighthouse

This is a daily scribble from earlier.
When I was little I used to want to live in an abandoned lighthouse. It's probably because of this late 90s Turkish tv show that I used to watch. It was about a brave journalist who would get in trouble to find the truth. The characters/story were so endearing that I think I watched the whole series, which lasted for about three years. At some point he moves into a lighthouse, and I guess they shot that part WELL, because I kinda still wanna live in one.

My Friend The Cassette

Does anyone remember making mix tapes on actual cassettes? Recording songs off of radio stations? Having to listen to that same intro every single time you listened to that song, for which you actually had to rewind the tape?
Something was special about music, and something was special about mix tapes. I miss it.

More 3LL Fun

I recently had the opportunity to work on a super fun project with the super fun Three Legged Legs again. I was excited about style they were going for to being with, but was super happy to find out I got to do a color script for this extremely colorful spot. It is now on display on their repertoire, with a full breakdown of the entire process. Go check it out if you haven't already!

Watercolor

Watercolor, gouache, gouache, watercolor.. Stepping back into the physical paint territory, we'll see how it goes...

Lil Sketch

Here' a quick gouache sketch I did the other day. Picking up real paint again is harder than I thought it was going to be.
I didn't use the right paper either, as you can tell.
Well, you live and learn.