3 from the sketchbook

Lately, my wife and I have been taking small sketchbooks with us to the pubs...occasionally to draw patrons, but mostly just to doodle.

Red Riding Hood: werewolf hunter

From the Clipboard

I'm pretty happy with the "cheap" brush pens I've been picking up in Chinatown...I don't have much experience drawing with brushes, or pens, but find these to be pretty easy to control.

Clay Morrow

Been watching Sons of Anarchy a lot lately, so Clay was the natural choice for a Sunday morning sketch while waiting for my wife to get ready for brunch.

More ParaNorman

I've been preoccupied with important life stuff lately, so haven't had any time for ME drawing time... but today I managed to squeeze out another ParaNorman drawing.

Smoker on Bike

On my way home from lunch today, I saw this sporty lookin' hipster smoking as she coasted down Main st...am I the only one who finds that odd?

ParaNorman

I was pretty disappointed in the movie going public, this past weekend, when I read the box office numbers for ParaNorman. I think it brought in 14.1 million, which was about 2 million less than Coraline's opening weekend, and 2-3 million more than Aardmans Pirates. Why stop motion films seem to suffer at the box office is beyond me...
Anyway, I thought it was great...loved the design, loved the animation, the story was, (albeit presented in a fun, supernatural world), very meaty, and topically appropriate for both kids and adults alike.
Laika, once again, creates a stunning world that's both fantastical and real...do yourselves a favour and go watch it. 
To all the artists who worked on it, thank you! I work in animation as well, but early on realized I didn't have the patience for stop motion...it takes a special breed to do what you do.