Parable: Warm-Up Sketch

Part of my new "post more" aspirations... thought you might like to see a warm-up sketch. I was working on Page 3 last night, and before I start penciling a page, I do a few warm-up doodles (just like stretching your legs before a run)... and this is one of them (Page 3 is all the Tempter character.... so here he is)

End of January and KIWI!

So January is coming to a close, time to recap my new year's resolutions and see how I'm doing.

Since I didn't make any New Year's resolutions... it looks like I'm doing GREAT! Haven't broken a single one!

All kidding aside... I'm hoping 2007 will be a productive year. With Parable coming out and a couple of other projects in the works (most just in the idea stage... for example... seeing more cartoons from my brother and I... maybe even a series?), I'm hoping this'll be a great year! That being said... I need to start posting more. More doodles and such. More random thoughts.... I guess just more stuff in general.

So with that... I leave you with this... a hilariously tragic tale (it truely is quite sad... you'll see what I mean)

Thistles: Page 1

Well, it's not so much as progress as it's "WHAM! A PAGE!"


This is the first page/title page of the story John and I are submitting to Parable. Currently I'm playing with different ideas for the treatment of the title, and will be adding two text boxes to start telling the story.

Like I said, deadline is approaching, so the idea is I'll be cranking these out! Woo!

Tastes Like Chicken: Glasses

Is it just me... or is this year just flying by? :D

Another week and another TLC toon. Things have been a bit busy... the Parable deadline is fast approaching, so I've been working on pages for that... I'll post some progress art tomorrow!

Hope everyone's doing great! Until next time....

Tastes Like Chicken: Decisions

This week's toon:

IYS Voting Open!

That's right... voting is open! Please click here select our entry ("For the Birds by Josh Alves") enter your email, accept the rules (must be a US citizen and "Each person may vote only ONCE per Challenge from a particular e-mail address), and submit your vote!

Tell your friends. Vote for us.

IYS Challenge 45: NBC Logo

So for another attempt at the cash prize awarded to challenge winners over at It's Your Show TV", I decided to team up with my brother Jake and enter Challenge 45 "Make the Peacock Proud". You can check out our entry by clicking here or at Jake's site.

This was done pretty last minute (Jake animated and didn't sleep the night before deadline) so there are a few things we'd tweak... but overall it was a great learning experience.

I thought it might be fun if I posted the initial sketch for the worm along with the storyboard I supplied (concept and art was me, compiling and animating was Jake)... so here it be:



So yeah... there you have it! A brief behind the scenes... OH! Before I forget... I thought it was cool that the worm's sound effect is Jake rubbing his finger on a glass.... fun stuff!

Tastes Like Chicken: Falling

Wow... another week... time flies! Here's the new toon:


If you haven't already... make your way over to LittleGreenBall.com, check out the other submissions for "Falling" and then enter the photo caption contest for a chance to win a prize! More details at the site.

You'll notice I haven't done anything along the lines of re-designing my blog with the links and such... I'm hoping to make time to do that soon... it's been a hectic week.

And last... I'm entering another submission to another challenge at ItsYourShowTV.com... more on that... probably tomorrow!!!!

Tastes Like Chicken: Weather

This week's toon:


Edit: Whoops... Things looking different? That's because they do. I updated the template and everything went bye-bye.... I'll have to fix it later....