Hey gang,

Just finished up another illustration dedicated to The Wicker Man, this time experimenting with ol' watercolor! I really dig how it turned out, and even though it was a royal pain in the ass, I hope to crank out some more watercolor projects:

The Wicker Man

As for animations, I always dread coming back to Newgrounds because I see all these boss animations, and it makes me disappointed in myself that I have yet to dust off the cobwebs on my animating since I've been focusing on illustrations. Also, I'm a lazy doof, and should quit that.

P.S. If you haven't viewed the terribly hilarious glory that is The Wicker Man starring Mr. Nic Cage, you're missing out.

So, in January I was chosen, with 9 other inspiring artist/animators, to be inducted in an online Animation Master Class taught by none other than Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, and my all-time favorite animator and inspiration! You can understand how insanely honored I was that Joe liked my stuff enough to be part of his course, he even told me how much my final storyboard assignment made him laugh! Instant mind blown and black out.

Not only did I receive feedback from Joe through email, I also got weekly one-on-one rap sessions via Skype to discuss my assignments, goals, and just shoot the shit! It seriously is an experience I'll never forget, and it still blows my mind that I was a part of it.

I even asked for a doodle of Filburt saying "Oh Fish Sticks!" and he obliged me no problem with a signed sketch! An incredible last minute bonus and definitely my next tattoo!

Follow the link below to check out my final storyboard for the class and more info about it:

Final Storyboard

So I entered a contest for Jessica Lea Mayfield which involved taking her tune "Blue Skies Again" and creating a 5-15 second animated clip. If you win, you snag 500 bucks and get to animate her entire music video.

I probably should've added a link to it weeks ago for people to vote on it, but it doesn't really matter since she'll be picking the winner.

Check it out anyway, if you please, and dig it hopefully:

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinv ites/preview/abe227e59834e50107bf674c8 9bd4237/319

I might have missed the news post, but is there still going to be a Newgrounds Calendar 2012 contest??

Threw together a cartoon for NG Halloween 2010, finally got it finished even with basically having no free time at all to complete it. Working well into the morning (8am) today tweaking stuff helped. It was worth it but I probably should go crash before I use up the tiny bit of energy I have left...my rooms upstairs.

Check out my Halloween toon, In Sanity Castle

I finally finished my NG 2011 Calendar Contest entry, so I'm finally going to try and whip some cartoons together, or finish the ones I've started.

I have two in production now, Unlucky Stan and Dr. Larry. US I've been trying to finish for a while, but once school started I kind of lost my focus. Plus, I wanted to work on my NG Calendar entry, and I'm glad I made it before the deadline, with some days to spare.

Dr. Larry I want to start as soon as possible. Need to kick-start myself into motivation mode. Itll happen. Eventually.

Right now I'm either going to watch some Futurama eps or go to bed. Both tempting.

Yea! New toon!

Like I said in the toon's description, The New Idiot Bros. is an update to one of my first cartoon and series from my days of using Paint and Adobe Livemotion, back in '03.

I wanted to make a new cartoon that really wouldnt take long (this took 2 days, not including days that I took a break and did squat), so I just threw this together and satisfied my toonin' bone for a little bit atleast.

Im still working on getting 'Dr. Larry,' a cartoon series Ive been trying to get off the ground for awhile, to be a reality so hopefully I can get a huge dent in it before school starts again.

THE END.

**Screenshot of an early trailer (circa 2007) of 'Dr Larry', released never**

Finally kicked myself out of lazy mode (for 2 weeks at least) to create another toon. Its called Turn That Frown and you can watch it here

It was nice to shell out another short toon again, since usually when I make longer ones I lose interest for awhile and sometimes just scrap the idea altogether.

I have alot of ideas floating around, so Im hoping as the Spring semester is winding down (and finals dont eat me alive) I can bust out another toon before the Summer. Until then, back into lazy mode.

I havent posted much of my computer art, but my newest one "Conan's Hair" Ive been working on for my school's (Kent State) art gallery and thought Id post it on NG...especially since I havent posted anything on here for a long time.

Im currently working on a new toon, "Turn That Frown," and still have to motivate myself to finish "Unlucky Stan" (which has been a WIP since last summer).

Time fo' bed.

"Oh, shit! Swamp leeches. Everybody, check for swamp leeches, and pull them off... Nobody else got hit? I'm the only one? What's the deal?"

I've started on my newest toon, Unlucky Stan, and trying really hard to get it done

Not far into it, trying to knock my imagination back into gear to get motivated (plus schools eating me alive)

For now, check out the Unlucky Stan 'Coming Soon' pics below!