CHALK DAY!!!!!!!!!!

That's what the kids of George Washington Elementary School here in Burbank screamed when they ran out of their classrooms for recess... A bunch of us artists and volunteers from Nickelodeon went to GWE early yesterday morning and drew cartoons all over the playground. Then, when the kids came out to recess we drew with them, showing them how to draw Bessie, Patrick, Tuff Puppy, Fanboy, Chum Chum, and of course SpongeBob. It was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast. I can't wait to do it again next year!!!!

Hey!!! I did that!!!!

Seeing your drawings on screen is a trip... Here are some side by side comparisons of what my storyboards looked like next to the finished product... This job is SO AWESOME!!!! I have to give thanks to Eddie Trigueros for the thumbnails of these funny drawings... His quick sketches taught me a lot. Enjoy...

Pug

I don't even own a pug, I own an Australian Shepherd, but pugs are just SO FUNNY LOOKING, and a blast to draw...

What in Tarnation?!?!?!

There was this awesome dude who came and posed for our costumed life drawing at Nick a few weeks back... He had such an amazingly animated face, I tried pushing his features even further than he was... Then I got tired of all my bad drawings so i drew the successful banker he was robbing...

Some Mighty B! for ya...

Hey guys, here is the test that got me the revisionist job on The Mighty B!, and started my career in animation. i still don't know what Wiese was thinking but again, I am eternally grateful for his decision... Enjoy

-b

Look... it's a dinosaur...

As some of you may know, Jurassic Park is my favorite movie... and I have currently seen it 173 times (honestly, i keep a running tab.) So... of course I am bound to doodle some dinosaurs from time to time. Here are some of them...

Letter from the editor...

I am first and foremost a dork... I study and draw cartoons for a living and will continue to do so until someone realizes that I'm making this "I know what I'm doing" attitude up. I am currently working as a storyboard revisionist and have aspirations of eventually becoming a full fledged board artist some day, but even getting to a revisionist position was never intentional. I kind of accidently fell into storyboarding when the extremely talented and generous Erik Wiese gave me a shot on The Mighty B! cartoon. Even though i went to school for background painting, after one look at some random Post-It doodles, Erik decided I would become a storyboard revisionist instead. And I thought, "Well, who the hell am I to turn down artistic work?" So for the first couple of weeks, I waited to be fired, but with everyday, I learned more and more from the talented likes of Eddie Trigueros, Justin Nichols, David Gemmil, Carey Yost, Bryan Arnett and Alex Kirwan. After my nerves settled, I realized that I really enjoyed working in the story department and have decided that Erik was right, I should be a board artist... So I am eternally grateful to Erik and the entire Mighty B! crew. After the B! was canceled, I was forced to find another gig and was fortunate enough to land onto the new Nickelodeon Production, "Robot and Monster." So I've been working here as a revisionist for the past month or so and again find myself amongst an array of extremely talented and generous artists, now with a CG perspective. Lastly, I try to live my life by an insightful quote and I challenge you to strive for the same... "Take your work, but never yourself seriously..." -Chuck Jones. So far i've found that he actually knew what he was talking about... Thanks for checking my stuff out!!!!


-b