CALVIN and HOBBES

A little tribute to the best comic strip of all time... :)
I must've drawn 50 pages of rough Calvin and Hobbes stuff over the last few days, before I decided to try a 'finished piece!'
I'll post some ruffs soon, too.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

-Dagan

some EXCITING news!...

There's a new animation book on the scene! That's right!
"Your Career in Animation: How to Survive And Thrive"

The author of the book, David Levy, interviewed a BUNCH of industry professionals, picked their brains nice and clean, and blended it all up into written form for us to enjoy! :)
Dave is a friend of mine, and he was my animation director last year over at Cartoon Pizza on 'Pinky Dinky Doo'... He really knows his stuff, and I personally cannot wait to get my hands on the book! .....
Oh, I almost forgot!... I AM one of the 'industry professionals' interviewed in the book!... So give it a read, and only THEN can you make fun of me! ;)
Here's the link @ amazon;

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581154453/qid=1148362855/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7185378-2263866?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

... I mean, just look at that pic ... EVERYBODY enjoys a good animation book!
Thanks guys! :)
-Dagan

damn potholes!

haha
... An all too familiar subject for me...
potholes!
ughh, i hate em...
-I'll show you guys the 'finish' for this when it's done, too!
:)
-D

... an apple a day!...

Here's the first rough for a little series of paintings
that I'm workin' on... each painting is a fairly tiny 3.5 x 5,
so I'm trying to keep things as simple, direct and FUN as possible!
:)
Oh, the theme for the series involves children and their
aversion to healthy foods! (aka FRUITS and VEGGIES) ...
-Dag

Happy Mother's Day!

... for the 'Cartoon Moms' theme over at the group-drawing blog... Jane, Jetsons mama extraordinaire!
Happy Mother's Day, all you Moms! :)
-Dagan

Renegade's Elmo Aardvark

Did this for Ashley and Darrell over at Renegade,
as a little thank-you...
Hope you all like it!
( just my humble take on a beautiful and fun original)
:)
-D

RENEGADE! :)

A couple' weeks ago, I got a great opportunity to do some freelance work for
Renegade Animation. I don't take a whole lot of freelance nowadays, as the fulltime
gig at AC is keeping me very busy, but I just HAD to jump at the chance to work
with Renegade! I have really admired their work for a long time now, especially their
wonderfully designed and animated commercial work, and it was so nice to finally get
a chance to do some stuff with them.
I just sketched-up a little drawing of one of their older characters, Elmo Aardvark... He is an AWESOME piece of animation design, and my fun little send-up doesn't quite do him justice!
;)
I would like to do a finished tribute piece of Elmo... I'll get on that!
Also, I hafta' add Renegade to my links, as well as AC and some other blogs and sites that I've been meaning to get up there!
See ya soon!
-D

Skate-Betty!

Betty Rubble and skating... that's an awesome combo!
I really designed this to paint in guache... maybe i'll actually
get around to PAINTING it this time!
Thanks.
:)
-D

Smurf-it-up

I was doodling for the themed-drawing blog, and I thought I would share this little Smurf sketch. Thanks, as always, for stopping by my blog! :) -D

Mega ruff-stuff

Did these in pen, on the train, in my animation production workbook-
amongst my timing and spacing charts... and grocery lists! ;)
Maybe they are more fun to draw than to look at?...
:)
-D

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