Announcement!

The list of cast members keeps getting bigger!

 

New Skills!

It has been a few months since I finished learning the fundamentals of Toon Boom's Storyboard Pro. I felt the need to share some of my new skills.

It has been exciting learning so much about storyboarding and this great software. It is also giving my students at Vermont State University – Lyndon's Animation Illustration program an incredible advantage in their education.

I hope to have some of my own storyboards and animatics to share in the near future.

How to get through challenging art problems.

Often in illustration you come across a very complex visual problem. In this case I am working on developing the visual for the Wampahoofus, a Vermont cryptid that is a mix between a hog and a deer with one side of its legs taller than the other. This helps it easily walk around a mountain. The challenge I presented myself is how to depict it walking on level ground.

The solution, draw and test things out in sketches. This is only one page. I am getting closer to something I like, but I am not there yet.

This kind of exploration is invaluable to a strong visual concept and drawing.

More That Connects Us…

 

I am excited that 6 of my zoom portrait series “Zoomed Out” will be on display at the the Satellite Gallery exhibit's “More That Connects Us.” These are a collection of sketches that I work on while I am in my many Zoom meetings. I started them during COVID and just kept going with them. I have hundreds of them now that many of my meetings are still virtual. 

The exhibit opens on January 10 from 5-7 pm