Dagan's Blog

Day(s) late, dollar short.

2011-06-02T00:54:00.008-04:00

Bert

2010-12-03T11:30:00.004-05:00

I get the chance to work with these classic characters

everyday of my life, so a tribute is definitely in order.

Here's one of the gang that meant so much to me as a kidlet growing up watching Sesame... and it's pretty cool now to have kidlets of my own who enjoy it (almost) as much as I did... and still do.

Bert, you're the man.

I think I'll do one of these each week, until the gang is fully

assembled.

Thanks for stopping over, my friends.

-D

a journey of a thousand miles...

2010-10-14T23:26:00.004-04:00

starts with a single sketch :)

KING of the ROAD

2010-06-28T00:25:00.008-04:00

18 wheels!

mid-MARCH sketchiness

2010-03-15T00:32:00.003-04:00

Our ladybug's 3rd B-day !

2010-03-04T22:59:00.002-05:00

The invitation to Lilya's 3rd birthday party... :)

Thanks for stopping by the blog, ladies and gents. Hope all is well. -D

23 years deep

2010-02-17T23:55:00.004-05:00

When I was thirteen, in the 8th grade, I met

skateboarding.

23 years later, I love it just as much as I did

during those first Spring days of rolling around

town with my friends.

cut-paper tribute to the best thing that ever happened

to the wheel. ;)

-D

expedition

2010-01-12T01:36:00.003-05:00

AHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!

2009-09-24T18:14:00.007-04:00

Swing-on-a-Star

2009-08-06T11:03:00.005-04:00

This is a digital mock-up for a painting that I have been wanting to do for Lilya...

Still trying to figure out the colors... When I do, I'll pick up the paint brushes and tubes

of guache and FINALLY get this done for my lil' gal.

-D

man-in-the-moon

2009-07-17T01:30:00.002-04:00

Hey, somebody's gotta change the lightbulbs up there.

-D

new X 2

2009-06-23T01:09:00.003-04:00

predicament # 0002

2009-05-12T16:35:00.002-04:00

Imperial March

2009-03-25T20:24:00.003-04:00

Some sketches for a BIG storm-trooper painting

that I'm workin' on, along with some post-it

doodles... I like to call them upload doodles,

because I usually draw them when I'm uploading

and downloading stuff for work. :)

Salut, blog posse!

sketchies X 6

2009-02-17T23:31:00.011-05:00

busy, busy, busy these days, my friends...

Usually, these little doodles build up gradually and then get put away in boxes

when the stack gets too high, never to be seen by another living soul...

...So this time around, why not share them? ;)

Hope everybody is well.

See you again soon!

-D

Big 'W' !!!

2009-01-15T00:04:00.005-05:00

I guess I don't talk about work very often here on the blog...

So, continuing in that tradition, let me just share a pic with you instead, which will serve as a clue as to what I'm up to these days. :)

( They won't look like this, though!)

-haha

-D

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ! ...

2009-01-03T12:48:00.004-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hope everybody had a fun and relaxing time over the holidays.

Trying to get back into the swing of things as we ease back into the real-world... ;)

Thought I'd get started with some cut-paper stuff... Construction paper and glue, easy-peasy.

Gonna try to get back to posting once a week, now...

Thanks so much for swinging by!

-D

'TOO ART for TV'

2008-12-04T00:11:00.005-05:00

Hey gang,

I hope everybody is doing well...

I've certainly missed you! ;)

Doing the full-time commute into NYC again, so life is busy!

But I had to take a moment to plug the upcoming Too Art for TV show in Brooklyn this Friday!

The show is always a lot of fun, and I am very excited and flattered to be a part of it again this year.

Here's a link for you... Please have a look!http://bunnycutlet.com/2A4TV/2008.html

If you're in the NY area, definitely try to swing by for the opening

reception this Friday night from 6-9 PM... You'll have fun!

I'll see you there!

Oh, here's a couple of details from my 2 paintings.

Salut!

-D

Happy Halloween! OH-8

2008-10-21T23:48:00.003-04:00

Looks like these guys don't know that Halloween is right around the corner... poor saps! ;)

Happy Halloween!!!
-D

KING of the MOUNTAIN

2008-10-14T16:48:00.008-04:00

Hope everybody is well.

Thanks for stopping in!

-D

Mega-Man (9!)

2008-09-22T23:21:00.012-04:00

Sooooooooooooo, word on the street is
that Mega-Man 9 is now available on the
Wii's Virtual-Console!?

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!

Thanks to everybody's favorite little brother,
Colin Moriarty, for the heads-up.

Colin's been following this game since pretty early in it's development and has been covering the ins-n-outs for IGN where he toils endlessly playing and reviewing games for a living. ;)

(The kid's barely 24 years old but has the heart of a TRUE old-school gamer... MY MAN!)

If you like video-games, politics, US History, the New York Jets,

or cashew nuts, Colin's your guy, btw...

There's his blog near the top... check it out!------------------------>

...Of COURSE, what would this post be without some celebratory

drawings of our beloved Mega-Man?!

thanks very much for visiting!

-D

never too early for.......

2008-09-14T22:25:00.010-04:00

HALLOWEEN !
:)

And it's ESPECIALLY never too early for
giant vampire-bats and horrified kidlets!
-haha

i always liked the look of graphite accompanied by ONE other color... Graphite with just a -hint- of yellow looks pretty interesting, dontcha' think?

thanks for swinging by my neck of the woods, cool cats!

-Dag

Rock The Vote! (in cut-paper)

2008-09-10T12:23:00.004-04:00

I'm getting ready to do a couple of cut-paper

illustrations, so I thought a bit of practice was in order.

Who do you think this cat is voting for? ;)

I have so much fun doing cut-paper stuff... I'll be

looking forward to sharing my 2 illos with you soon!

thanks for poppin-in!

-D

i heart greeting cards!

2008-09-02T11:40:00.004-04:00

hey blog bros and sistahs :)

I've been doing some freelance work designing greeting cards for a great little card company out in SF.

I've been wanting to try my hand at doing cards for a long time now, and it's JUST as fun as I expected it to be! What an amazing gig... I'd LOVE to attempt it on a fulltime basis, for sure.

There's SO many different directions you can go in, I hope I'm just getting started!

Other than that, autumn is in the air out here in Philly... WHERE did Summer go?!

What else?... Les' seeeeeeee... Haven't commuted into NYC for over a month now, and

I miss it already... GREAT to be home w/ my 2 lovelies, though! ;)

I hope everybody is enjoying these last few weeks of sunshine and BBQ's!

Salut!

Thanks for swinging by!

-D

BEEN TOOOOOOO LONG!

2008-08-20T09:22:00.003-04:00

Mannnnnn, it's been almost 2 whole months?!

Life has been busy, so we have some catching up to do,

my blog brethren! ;)

I hope everybody is well and enjoying their summer... I have
a few days of vaca left, so i'll write more when i return to the ol'

routine, i promise...

thanks for stopping over and for putting up w/ my lack of posts

lately!

ohhhhh, this is just a little painting i did for fun... guache on white-pine

;)

-D

Gatchaman !

2008-07-03T17:30:00.007-04:00

Gatchaman, G-Force, Battle of the Planets...

Whichever way you slice it, I LOVED this show as a kid!

Man, I totally ate this series up as a 6 year old in the late 70's...

I really dig the nostalgia of late 70's and early 80's era anime... it left such a huge imprint on me! :)

BOTP/Gatchaman was one of my all-time FAVORITES, though!... Hope you enjoy these silly renditions of the character 'Keyop'... He totally rocked!

Thanks for taking a little stroll down memory lane with me.... haha ;)

-D

drawings-that-lead-to-illos :)

2008-06-30T00:39:00.004-04:00

hey blog gang,

Here's some sketchies that I was playing with for a new illustration.

I think the final piece will be digital this time around... i'll share here

when it's done, of course!

thanks for taking a peek!

-D

the hunter & the hunted

2008-06-17T23:29:00.003-04:00

heyyyyyyy bloggin' hombres :)

Been WAY too long since my last post, so lemme share this

little illo with you guys...

I'll be back with more soon!... Serious!

Thank you as always for taking the time to stop by, cool cats!

-D

scariest slide ........ EVER!

2008-05-23T17:53:00.004-04:00

Alice

2008-05-09T13:20:00.003-04:00

Here's a detail from a painting I just finished

for a friend's wife... I hope that she digs it!

I'll post the whole thang' once my pal and his lady

see the piece!

Have a great weekend! :)

-D

Kickin it.......

2008-05-08T01:10:00.003-04:00

... OLD-SCHOOL, baby. ;)

-D

mean girl & Alice

2008-04-30T17:50:00.003-04:00

...also, working on an 'Alice' painting
for a buddy. Thought it'd be fun to
share some little sketchies as I explore
how i'm gonna tackle the piece. :)

... i'll try to post more soon!

Just messin' about a little, as work winds-down for the day.

-Hope you are all well! :)

-D

WHO WANTS A PIECE ?!

2008-04-17T23:37:00.004-04:00

brawler.

Luv -D

"Robots in the Metropolis"

2008-04-14T23:26:00.004-04:00

My friends over at Frederator asked me to contribute art for this years annual 'Channel Frederator Awards' book!

This years theme;
"Robots in the Metropolis"
:)

I had a lot of fun doing my own version of the Frederator Robot!

Hope you guys dig the pic!
Thanks for stoppin' by, amigos and amigettes!

-D

surprise from my Lilya :) ...( and "Buh" )

2008-04-09T00:56:00.005-04:00

Guess what Lilya brought me today while I was upstairs working?...

haaaaaaaa.... :)
thanks for making my day, sweetheart!

...and here's our little gal with one of her favorite things... left over balloons from her birthday!

Oh, i mean "Buhs!"

;) -D

Gamorrean-revisited ;)

2008-04-08T00:35:00.003-04:00

A little while back I did a super-goofy doodle of one of Jabba's Gamorrean Guards... and i hated it!

-haha ;)

I had to give it a second try, cause these guys are SO fun to draw!

But, why is he only HALF colored?...

A- my dog ate my crayons?

B- I got too antsy to draw something else?

(*hint; this isn't colored with crayons)... -ha

Thanks so much for stopping by, blog pallys!

-D

Happy Easter! :)

2008-03-21T11:50:00.001-04:00

VE -Dagan, Helene and Lilya ;)

masked crusaders...

2008-03-11T15:53:00.000-04:00

been drawing these little guys for the last few days...

i hope you enjoy em! ;)

thank u for stopping by!

-D

Notre Dame's finest ...

2008-03-02T21:03:00.000-05:00

;)

-D

You're not going ANYWHERE...

2008-02-25T22:10:00.000-05:00

....... til' you eat ALL your veggies!

-D ;)

....... that's not right.

2008-02-19T20:41:00.000-05:00

What's wrong w/ this picture?... haaaa

Just a little sketchy-action and a quick hello to all my blog pals!

Life has been busy between the day jobbie AND an evening/weekend animation job that just wrapped-up...

(ps, thanks Dan!)

I am gonna make a very serious effort to start posting up here
once -or- twice a week now... it helps keeps me drawing and animating

OUTSIDE of work, and that's super-important! Also, gonna start-up

'Inspiration Wednesdays' again (especially for you, Big-Al!), and a new

fun little-thing I'd like to do on Fridays or Mondays, we shall see! ;)

I have a ton-o-sketchies that i'll add here soon, too... I hope everybody is well,

and keepin' busy with work!

thanks for stoppin' by, -D

BIG-BAD

2008-01-21T23:44:00.001-05:00

... This is what happens over a week's time when you're uploading and downloading stuff for work and have just a wee-bit of time here and there to doodle... :)

Thanks for stoppin' over!

-D

wild-blue-yonder

2008-01-10T00:11:00.000-05:00

When i was a wee-lad i DEFINITELY wanted to be a pilot...

F-14, F-16, X-Wing Fighter, didn't matter! ;)

Now we're lucky if i'll even step foot on a plane, scares me to death, i tell ya!... In fact, the only way I'll fly these last few years is to head down to our absolute favorite spot on the planet, St. John in the Caribbean... And EVEN then i'm a sweaty-palmed, white-knuckled mess while i'm in the sky! :)

Ah, but this little fella is still starry-eyed about taking to the skies...

... I imagine he'll likely realize his fears and grow up to be an animator!

-hahaha

Thanks so much for stopping by, see ya soon.

-D

Happy OH-8 !!!

2008-01-04T23:16:00.000-05:00

Happy 2-thousand-n-8 everybody!

Gonna bring this year in on a sorta' smoothed-out, classy, ambient hip-hoppy vibe... ;)

Sounds good ta' me!

And, oh yeah, Happy Birthday BLOG! You're 2 years old now! Goodness, how the time does fly... ;)

Hope everybody enjoyed their Holidays... Here's to an amazing 08' !!!

-D

'girl in the moon'

2007-12-12T00:24:00.000-05:00

Just havin' fun tonight. :)

Hope my blog pals are doin' well...

See ya soon!

-D

LOTS of rain

2007-11-27T01:52:00.000-05:00

Seems like ALL it's been doing is raining lately out here in Philly. This drawing MUST have come out of that! :)

This is still missing some 'collage' elements... I'll finish and repost later!

Salut!
-D

'Inspiration Wednesday' #2 Jamie Hewlett!

2007-11-15T01:10:00.000-05:00

Jamie Hewlett!... Of course, along with Damon Albarn, creator of the Gorillaz!

Man, for MY money, you'd be HARD-PRESSED to come up with a more influential

artist than Mr. Hewlett. This guy's stamp can be felt on so MUCH of today's animation design... Such a unique style and vision. It'll be a LONG time until something rocks the animation, comic and design world like Hewlett's Gorillaz.

And while we're at it i think it's just about ESSENTIAL to mention Passion Pictures in London. These guys and gals have animated the lion's share of the Gorillaz videos up to this point, and the quality of their work has been an absolute inspiration. ALWAYS great animation and superb direction! :)

Thanks for stopping by the blog, compadres... THIS week's inspiration will be a fun little change of pace! ;) See ya Wednesday!

-D

'Inspiration Wednesday' #1 Akira Toriyama!

2007-11-07T14:55:00.000-05:00

OK, so just to jazz things up a bit, i think every Wednesday will NOW be 'Inspiration Wednesday' around here. :)

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Every Wednesday I'll talk a little bit about an artist I admire and do a little 'take' on their art, like these 'Goku' sketchies.

I have a really diverse set of artistic influences, so I'm sure this will turn out to be a pretty fun and interesting list. :)

( At least, i hope YOU guys think so!)

For week #1 i thought it would be cool to set things off with the great Manga (and Anime) artist, Akira Toriyama.

Most famous for Dragon Ball, and the wonderfully old-school manga (by today's standards) 'Dr. Slump.'

I found this cool Toriyama interview on 'youtube' (unfortuneately, it's ALL in Japanese w/o translation!) ... BUT, the music in the beginning is funny... -haha

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yQpFaycedls

Oh, and the 'bird' drawing above has NOTHING to do with Dragon Ball, just an unrelated doodle that I wanted to share. ;) -haha

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I'm gonna go and try to find the time to do a 'Goku' cut-out piece, too... Stay-tuned for that!

...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

-D

cut-paper Zelda, in celebration... :)

2007-10-26T17:04:00.000-04:00

Well, i FINALLY broke-down and got a Wii.

My brutha (who also happens to be my BROTHER) lives out in SF and works for IGN. Goes by the name of Colin Moriarty. Yes you MAY have heard of him if you're a super videogame nerd! ;)

Anyway, Col-man knew I was having a little bit of trouble finding a Wii out here in Philly (granted, i wasn't always trying all that hard) ;) ... so he found one in a mall in SF and mailed that bad-boy. :)

So, in celebration, I offer up this cut-paper Link. I have SO much fun working like this, i expect to be doing more and more.

Thanks for stoppin' over the blog, and thanks to Col for hooking up his big-bro. Please check out his blog when you get a chance. The boy can WRITE, and he knows his stuff! Plus, he's guaranteed to make you laugh, i promise! Over in ma' links... -------->

Thanks again,

-D

more more & more

2007-10-08T00:00:00.000-04:00

It's been too long, and I wanted to finally share some new sketchies with you guys! :)

Hope all is well with my bloggin-pals... Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and comment, time and time again! I really appreciate all your feedback, and I have a lot of fun reading em!'

Btw, "mista-turtle" is cut-paper, of the 'construction' variety. Gonna
be messin' around with cut-paper a lot more, it's too fun!

...Cook some stuff up for the wee-babe's room! ;)

-D

sketches -n- more sketches

2007-09-14T00:27:00.000-04:00

i'll keep adding to these, and soon we'll have an army of little

drawings that i hope you all enjoy. :)

-D

all heart

2007-09-10T09:55:00.000-04:00

more Bullyin' from me!

2007-09-04T23:28:00.001-04:00

...PLUS, kid in frog-suit?... haha

Now, you KNOW i'm obsesssed with bullys, so here's another one! :)

Greatest bully of ALL time?... Johnny from Karate Kid!

But, this little guy will hafta due for now. ;)

Someday, I will do my short concerning my horde of

wretched-but-somehow-loveable bullys! -haha

-D

big-D

2007-09-03T23:29:00.000-04:00

haha

I have no idea where this came from, i just saw the shapes in ma' head and went with it.... ;)

Well, i DID say i wanted to do a few simple, graphic, shapey things like the good ol' days... And boy, is THIS simple! hahaha :)

salut!

yer pal, -D

something NEW - something DIFFERENT

2007-08-20T01:22:00.000-04:00

I've spent the last year or so really experimenting with my art... Well, i wouldn't even call it experimenting maybe, I just think my work is going through a ton of changes, and I suppose a lot of my aesthetic tastes are changing, too. ;)

This is the sort of stuff that's been creepin' out of my pencil lately,
and I've been having a lot of fun with it. It's funny, I think I've been
sorta' calling-up some of my artistic influences that haven't necessarily come out too much in a lot of my older stuff... Burton, Silverstein, TenNapel...

I have a lot of fun with the more thought-out, graphic, 'shape-based' stuff, and it's SO fun to just be loose with the ol' sharpie or even ballpoint or pencil like I love so much. But this stuff maybe falls somewhere inbetween... It's a little stream-of-conscience AND a little "rendered"... sort of a nice harmony for me! :)

Let me know what you think, I have lots more to post... including a quickie of the twins from
'The Shining!' booooooooo! ;)

Thanks for taking a swing by the ol' blog, here.
-D

Nerd Alert. (again)

2007-08-16T01:46:00.000-04:00

Gamorrean Guard! (sorta folk-arty styley)

I always felt a little sorry for these guys, they had to deal with Luke at his most bad-ass! -haha

Reading the book 'Droid Maker; George Lucas and the

Digital Revolution' right now... I highly recommend this bad-boy,

it's an AMAZING read!

Keep nerdin-out my fellow nerds! :)

(OR maybe I'M the only nerd?!)

-haha

More Gamorreans to come... Just warmin' up (it's GOTTA get better than THIS one!)

-D

"Very Low Self-Esteem Boy" and "Radish"

2007-08-10T01:55:00.001-04:00

Two misfits, off to search for their

purpose in life.

-haha

I've had this silly ol' thing in my head for SO long now, I just HAD to get it

out! :)

Hope all is well with all you cats!

Stay-tuned for many more posts,

ESPECIALLY one concerning my (not so) little bro, his move to SF, and his

sweet-ass new job at IGN!!! :)

Proud of you Col-man... but MUCH more on that soon!

-Thanks for stopping over, and for not giving up on me... SEE, I STILL post! ;)

Skunk-Fu !!!

2007-06-28T23:08:00.000-04:00

Law of averages says;

Check back frequently and Dagan will FINALLY put some new drawings on his blog... EVENTUALLY! :) -haha

Been super busy on my new gig, animating on Cartoon Saloon's

Skunk-Fu with the FatKat guys... I gotta tell ya, it's SO nice to be working on a show again where the QUALITY actually MATTERS!

It's a great looking show and it's been a blast to work on... Don't have a whole lot of time to draw on my own time these days, but it's OK when your day job is ACTUALLY satisfying! :)

Here's a few goofy doodles of 'Skunk'... And please stop over at Cartoon Saloon's site and/or blog to check out how Skunk and his friends REALLY look. :)

( I'll add 'Saloon' to my links soon!--------------> )

[ AND, I added a random page of not-so-random cuteness!] ;)

Also, big ol' thanks to Gene and my pals at FatKat! It's so nice to finally get the opportunity to work with you guys!

Also, our baby-girl is 3 months old already!... Lilya is an absolute joy, and I can't stand being away from her for more than like, 5 minutes! -haha :)

Well, now you know what's new with me... That's more than I've said on this blog than ALL of my other posts combined!

More 'Skunk' drawings to come... just gotta scan em. ;)

Hope all is well with you all!

yer pal-Dagan

glum :( ...and some 'Madeline'

2007-06-02T23:02:00.001-04:00

Ludwig Bemelmans was
the MAN!... He created 'Madeline'
and was one of the great old
'New Yorker' cartoonists from
the 40's and 50's!
Here's a great link explaining
a little about his life and art;

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/madeline/bio.htm

I always found his work to be full of elegance, and even a little bit dark and haunting...
Really beautiful stuff!
Here's a tribute to his best known creation, the little French girl 'Madeline!'
Be well, blog friends!
:)
(Oh, and below is an unrelated drawing of a depressed girl with a.... skull balloon?!)

predicament #1

2007-05-30T17:34:00.000-04:00

FRAWGS :)

2007-05-21T01:15:00.001-04:00

MORE ZELDA ?!

2007-04-27T01:48:00.000-04:00

... HEY, blame all the ladies and gents doing stuff for the new 'I AM 8 BIT' show for inspiring me with so much amazing work! :)

thank u for droppin' in!

-D

3po AND tink !

2007-04-19T17:42:00.000-04:00

Thought I'd take a quick break

from work to post up a little somethin'...

Being a brand-new Poppa is the best thing in the world, but life is BUSY!... I'll be posting

a bunch of new things this weekend and early next

week though, so stay tuned for that! ;)

Hope all is well with everybody... Lilya and Helene

say "hi" to all my illustration and animation pals out there!

See ya again real soon,

-D

Lilya !

2007-04-07T14:16:00.000-04:00

Ladies and gents!!!...

Please give a warm welcome forrrrrrr...

LILYA HELENE MORIARTY

born; Thursday, March 29th 2007

...It's so awesome to be a Daddy!!! :)

Thanks for stopping over... See ya soon!

-D

(ps- AND a little rough tinkerbell, for our new little 'tink')

random-sketchies

2007-03-16T23:51:00.000-04:00

Little Red

2007-03-06T23:26:00.000-05:00

Hey gang,

Working on some rough comps tonight for an art show coming up in

Brooklyn...

I've always been into drawing 'Little Red Riding Hood.'

You can go in a million different directions with "Little Red" style-wise, so it's a good way for me to loosen up and have fun with my pieces.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak... :)

-Dagan

Chewie

2007-03-01T00:03:00.000-05:00

Wookie-amongst-Wookies,

the infamous 'Chewie!'

Quick 'Sharpie' rough for

the last painting in the little

series... I might throw in

the backpack with "3PO's"

head and limbs stuffed in there,

from 'Empire.'

Nerd-out, baby! haha

;)

-D

GUESS this 80's cartoon character !!!

2007-02-26T01:06:00.000-05:00

OK gang,

Step-right-up and roll the dice!...

Can you guess this well-known character

from the Saturday mornings of yesterday?...

Here are TWO details of my little 'tribute' piece

along with ONE hint; It's from the 80's! ;)

I'll post the complete pic late tomorrow night...

...What are ya waiting for?!...

Get your guess in and impress all of your fellow

artists with your extensive knowledge of cartoon

nostalgia! :)

(Hope everybody had a great weekend)

-Dag

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**Wow, everybody got it right!

You guys are too good at this, we'll hafta play again soon

and try to step-up the difficulty a bit... Although, I thought this

one WAS pretty tough. You guys have displayed some

honest-to-goodness cartoon knowledge! ;)

Special kudos to Mr. Steve Mack who guessed first, and to Andy

for suggesting that I try a "Gargamel' in the first place. :)

-D

'Earthworm Jim' !!

2007-02-15T18:00:00.000-05:00

One of my all-time favorites!

Such great design, and AMAZING

animation in a 16-Bit game?!...

UNREAL!!! :)

-Dagan

Where the WiLD Things Are

2007-02-06T00:22:00.000-05:00

Quicky little 'Wild Things' pieces...

Addicted to drawing Max this week, so they'll be more to come!

Also, a finished 'Earthworm Jim,' and some LONG overdue 'Goonies' stuff!

...gotta get away from all this "inspiration-driven" stuff and continue with my self-promo work and paintings for the nursery, but what can I say, this stuff is addictive! :)

Hope all is well...

-Dag

VADER !

2007-01-28T15:41:00.000-05:00

The baddest mutha' of em all! :)

haha

I was fooling around with these during the week when I got home from work... But I can't BELIEVE

I forgot his Force 'death-choke' and him in his tie-fighter!... I'll hafta add em this week... ;)

Darth, you're the best! heh-heh

See ya soon, thanks for swingin' by the blog!

-Dagan

CAT-in-the-HAT

2007-01-23T00:35:00.000-05:00

Hey gang!

On the hunt for some new inspiration... I decided to take a trip
back and remember some of my earliest artistic heroes...

Dr. Suess is probably the first illustrator that really opened my eyes
to "cartoon art" as a child. I remember that the art really gave me a specific feeling. It was unique and warm and it swept you RIGHT into the pages of the book!

It was totally impossible not to get caught-up in those funky little worlds, ya know?
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Hmmmmm, what's next?... Been thinking about 'Earthworm Jim' a lot... maybe he'll have his turn tomorrow?! ;)

-Dagan

EA ;)

2007-01-11T00:33:00.000-05:00

The studio just aired a new show this week... I didn't have the opportunity to work on it at all, but here's what the main character might look like

if she was stuck in 'Dagan World.' :)

Can anybody guess what the show is?...

...It doesn't look very much like these sketches, so this MAY be a tough one for you! ;)

Always fun to do some 'nice-n-loose' Sharpie/Design Marker roughs, but I'm

jonesin' to do some finished illos again... I'm gonna get on that,

as SOON as I get some sleep.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

-Dagan

feedin' the ol' boids! :)

2007-01-04T00:51:00.000-05:00

*update*

hated that drawing, so I'm replacing it with more sketches for the nursery!...

...But, i'll probably hate this one in the morning, too!

haha :)

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...for a special somebody ;)

2007-01-02T23:55:00.000-05:00

Starting to get to work on some stuff for the nursery of a special little somebody that's on her way into

this world!!! :)

How's THAT for breakin' the news to my blog-buddies!?

haha

Gonna do some guache AND some cut-out stuff, i think... right

now just formulatin' some roughs. ;)

see ya soon, thanks for stopping over!

-Dagan

Elf-a-Day !!!

2006-12-19T23:34:00.000-05:00

OK, so here's elf #threeeee....
;)
(actually, SIX of em')

nice, messy CHARCOAL!

Can ya tell I've been looking at
'Cartoon Modern' A LOT ?!

haha

-thanks for stoppin' in!
-D

Here's elf #2 !!! I'll try to do each one in a different
style, maybe?... ;)

Happy Holidays!

In order to celebrate in style, I'll be posting a NEW elf

every day until Christmas.

Then we can have a whole army of Santa's little helpers... or, errrr,

SIX of em,' anyway! ;)

Enjoy your Holidays, everybody!

See ya tomorra...

-Dagan

Yoda rocks

2006-12-12T23:38:00.000-05:00

Trying to come up with a 'Yoda' design for my next
lil' guache piece... Such a brilliant character, i could draw him for
hours... :) Lots of fun!...

think i gotta add some hair coming
out of those ears!

-D

painting WITHOUT a wacom! :)

2006-12-07T23:30:00.000-05:00

hey gang!

Been trying to do a little more non-digital work
these days... So i thought i would attempt a little
series of 'Star Wars' characters, just for fun.

Actually, I was gonna enter my little 'Star Wars Trilogy' of paintings into work's "Holiday Art Show," but i couldn't sit down long enough at night to get them all done! :(

But, here's a friendly neighborhood Storm Trooper, guache on wood.

also, coming soon;
-Yoda
-Chewie
-'Sand Peoples'
-C3P0
-Boba

:)

Goofy little painting, but tis' a start, anyway...
Thanks for lookin!'
-D

'One Bit Wonder'

2006-12-04T00:18:00.000-05:00

(*update; painted texture added...
thanks for the kind words, all!) :)

Working on this piece for the 'Holiday Art Show' at
work... haha- It's not a holiday-themed piece, unless
you count the Christmas of 1980 when me and my sisters
got our first Atari ?! .... :)
This is a detail of the piece, and still unpainted as you can see...
But i wanted to share it with you guys now, as this is gonna be a busy week!

I'll post the finished version up here very soon, too.

Hope everybody is well... see ya soon. (Thanks for swinging by!)

-Dagan

SLUMP and SPEED RACER

2006-11-30T10:40:00.000-05:00

Mannnn, in a WICKED slump right now.
Yeah, i deleted that last post... ughh.
When I feel like this, i wanna go thru the
blog and delete EVERYTHING! :(

Gotta loosen up a bit... so in the meantime,
here's a little pic I did when we were asked to
develop a new 'Speed Racer' series at work...

My boss told me to just go at it and try anything!
Now THAT'S fun!

I found myself doing a lot of 'Chim-Chim' and 'Spridle'
as we were visually developing stuff... of course, the show
ended up looking NOTHING like this... haha!

ok, gotta go loosen up!

-Dag

Happy Thanksgiving!

2006-11-22T01:41:00.000-05:00

:)
-your pal,
Dagan

Ninja-Turtle-Sketcheees

2006-11-16T01:24:00.000-05:00

Just riffin' with a ton
of TMNT doodles... I'll try to
scan more, soon. Havin' a lot
of fun with these!!! :)

-Dagan

TURTLE POWER!

2006-11-10T16:51:00.000-05:00

Yep, still got these guys
on the brain!
I have a ton of rough-stuff, too...
I'll scan em' and throw em' up!

Thanks for dropping by.
Have a great weekend!
-Dagan

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2006-10-31T16:47:00.000-05:00

Have a fun and spooky Halloween...
Be safe, and don't 'egg' any cars... especially mine!
;)

Did this little pic for the 'Black and Orange'
contest over at http://penelopeillustration.com/

Some really fun and interesting pieces up there!...
And A LOT of participants, which is awesome!

Go here, and have fun;

http://penelopeillustration.com/projects/halloween2006/index.html

-Dagan

TMNT -quickie!

2006-10-24T00:08:00.000-04:00

Like almost EVERY night after work,
ate a little dinn-dinn and then made some time
to sketch and play around with some doodles...
this little Ninja Turtle made me laugh, so i thought
i'd share it... Leo's always been my favorite!

Hope to have some finished work up here soon... getting
ready to send NEW samples out to publishers and such,
so hopefully a WHOLE new body of work to show... soon!

;)
-Dagan

Who lives in a Pineapple...

2006-10-18T01:05:00.000-04:00

EVERYBODY'S favorite sponge...
a little tribute to the pride of the 'Krusty Krab!'
:)

-D

BLINKY, PINKY, INKY...

2006-10-07T01:34:00.000-04:00

... and CLYDE! :)

The 4 most famous ghosts ever to
chase a little yellow blob around a dot-filled
maze.

Now, I have a question for you guys... Who was
the ghost who ALWAYS managed to chomp ya!?... Let's
see if it's the same one who always ate up MY quarters...
and still does!
More Pac-Man fan art to come... ;)
-D

...startin' the boards :)

2006-10-03T00:49:00.000-04:00

YES!
I'm FINALLY starting the storyboards for my new
little short!
I'm gonna say VERY little about it until it's ALL done,
but, of course... it IS about ' breakfast cereal!' :)
As those who know me best ALREADY know... Cereal
commercials, past AND present, are some of my
favorite bits of animation AND animation design... I mean, as an animator, WHAT can be better?! HUGE "Madison Avenue" budgets and SUPER-SLICK animation!!!
I'm gonna be spending nights workin' on this baby... Time to get a short DONE,
once and for ALL! ;)
Thank u for stoppin' by!
-Dagan

Lucky!

2006-09-27T00:34:00.000-04:00

In a little bit of a bad mood tonight...
Think I'll drop a safe on this guy!...
haha
See, I feel better already!
;)
-Dagan

William Tell...

2006-09-20T01:18:00.000-04:00

Shooting an apple off of somebody's
noodle is a bit crazy... but it's fun
to draw the poor sap with the red-delicious
atop his bean!
:)
haha
-Dag

ANIMATION !!!

2006-09-07T01:24:00.000-04:00

{updated; slightly higher res, and lil' timing tweaks}
... Finally, something animated OUTSIDE of work! :)
Just having fun with timing and spacing...
The one thing I really do dig about Flash is the immediate control
over the overlapping bits, and such... so easy to make quick tweaks, make
sure your arcs are working, all of that jazz...
I'll tell ya though, I'm really jonesin' to hit that ol' punched-paper and
do some TRADITIONAL business! :)
I'm turning-over a new leaf... MORE of my OWN animation!

Oh, I'll find a way to get a better quality version up here, too...
Hope you guys dig this... better stuff to come, I promise!
Thanks for coming by!
-Dagan

more Mickeys :)

2006-08-31T00:09:00.000-04:00

... workin' on another for the 'Mickey blog'...
Here's some mostly-Sharpie roughs, as I work
towards getting some shapes and an overall design (and idea!)
that I'm happy with!
;)
Thanks for sneakin' a peek at my humbley-blog.
yer pal, Dagan

Mickey's bad day...

2006-08-27T22:50:00.000-04:00

Wanted to do a quick-little 'Mickey Mouse'
for that blog, everybodyneeds2drawmickeyonce.com
...
I've been doing a wee-bit of experimenting lately, messing with new
approaches and such... Been wanting to get something a bit more organic
into my digital stuff, so I tried out a new technique!

I would like to enter a few more 'Mickey' illos over at that blog... It's
a fun opportunity to try out some new looks and things. ;)
Thanks for stoppin by!
-Dag

BEARS-n-BEES-n-THINGS...

2006-08-25T01:30:00.000-04:00

I'm on vacation, but STILL gotta draw! ;)
Starting to explore designs for a few things that I
would like to animate OUTSIDE of work...
I hope to have a few pencil-tests and the like up here
soon... In the meantime, hope you dig the 'Sharpie' looseness!

Enjoy the rest of your summer! :)

-Dagan

BAND of BROTHERS

2006-08-16T01:07:00.000-04:00

A couple' of years ago, my Dad and brother turned me onto
the 'Band of Brothers' mini-series which first aired on HBO (in 2001 ?) ...
The 'History Chanel' ran the complete series last week, so I FINALLY
got to see the entire thing! :)
Mannnnn, what a fantastic production...
I just HAD to draw a WWII era
American soldier, and a jeep!

-Dagan

* UPDATES TONIGHT !!!

2006-08-15T16:56:00.000-04:00

:)
I'm not slackin'!... JUST got back from a long-needed
vacation!
... allright, I was KINDA slackin,' but I really WAS on vacation!

See ya very soon with some new work! ;)

-Dagan

never enough BEAST BOY!

2006-08-05T15:36:00.000-04:00

So, I've been having a bit of trouble coming up with a drawing I like enough to make into a finished 'Beast Boy' piece... ... Here are a TON of sketches, though!
haha :)
-Dagan

Teen Titans!

2006-08-03T00:15:00.000-04:00

I really dig a lot of the character designs in this show... Here is a
little 'send-up' of my absolute favorite Titan... Beast Boy! :)

Also, some rough sketchies as I played around with shapes and such... He's a
fun character to experiment with!

I'm working on a finished 'Beast Boy' piece, too... I'll post it soon!
Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by the ol' blog! :)
-Dagan

' DRAWN! '

2006-07-26T00:22:00.000-04:00

An old friend IM'd me today to let me know
that I had just gotten a 'plug' on the 'Drawn' blog!...
WOW, very flattering stuff!...
I really dig that blog, and visit it often for inspiration... :)
Thanks a bunch to the group of designers, illustrators and animators who work hard
to give us the 'Drawn' blog... Check it out if you haven't seen this awesome blog, it's at the tippy-top of my links over there. --------> :)
See ya soon!
-Dagan

BULLY-of-doom

2006-07-20T01:12:00.000-04:00

I've had these 'bully' characters in my head for a looooong time now...
I initially had a little story brewin' (for a short) that I had wanted to pitch around...
But I realized it's pretty twisted, and kinda pro-bully... haha -but in a totally FUNNY way, seriously!
:)
Anyhow, every time I sit down to draw these guys, I have a good time!... Maybe that speaks to
the project as something worth doing, just for laughs?!... It's high-time I get a short DONE!...
hmmmmmm...
Anyway, got more of the gang coming, and some funny little doodles of 'atomic wedgies,' 'nuggies' and of course, MORE stolen lunch money! haha ...and MAYBE a poor little nerd stuffed in a locker?... Wow, I'm pretty sick. ;)
see ya soon,
-Dagan

ps- ...haha ...he looks like a kid-version of 'Guile' from Street Fighter! :)