USAGI YOJIMBO

Greetings severely neglected blog. How have you been?

So, this is a painting I finished on the weekend of Usagi Yojimbo. It is 9x12 and it was painted with Acryla-Gouache on Paper.

I don't post much here any more, I hope that will change, but to be honest, it probably won't.

If you would like to see what I'm up to, I post sketches and other nonsense on my Tumblr account.

http://jhmonkeyfeather.tumblr.com/

And I also post a fair amount of drawings on twitter...

https://twitter.com/jhmonkeyfeather

I have an instragram too. Besides drawings, you will also see photos of my dog.

http://instagram.com/monkeyfeather

30 day sketchbook challenge, take2.

Last year, with some of my friends at work, I partook in the 30 day Sketchbook Challenge i.e fill a sketchbook in 30 days. I failed, but still filled it in about 40. 

This failure has been eating away at me ever since 

Last month, I decided to try again, on my own. I succeeded and here are a few pages from that book. 

Mugs

Mugs

Prints for SanFranLand

My friend Ryan Lynch has a kickstarter going to support the 1st season of her web series, SANFRANLAND. They will be offered as incentive prints, but the originals are ink and gouache.

The Grandmaster Peanut Butter Sandwich

White Elephant gift exchange at work. This time, we had to make some sort of art as a gift.

This character is something I created during my misspent youth.

CTN EXPO 2012

I will be at table T-91 with my buddies Kris Pearn and Craig Berry fri-sat. Stop by and say hello at the CTN EXPO 2012. Besides my books, I will also have a limited run of Linocut prints available.

Alternative Press Expo this weekend

I'll be at @APExpo this weekend with my buddies Craig Berry and Kris Pearn. Table 107, come on by and say hello. We'll have books and stuff.

Painting WIP

I took some photos while working on my latest painting.

Vancouver 2012

I have a tradition of drawing a thank you comic for my Aunt and Uncle in Vancouver after I visit them. My wife and I were up there briefly in early September and had a great time.

As with most of my comics, it is full of inside jokes, but my family will get them.

Mugs

http://t.co/6ImhSJ6x

Back to NUN WITH TWO GUNS.

I'm about half way through very rough layouts in the second and final book.

Some sort of skater dude

PARANORMAN!

Back in 2010, I worked at LAIKA ENTERTAINMENT as a Story Artist on a little film called PARANORMAN. Well, 2 years later, that film is finally in theatres! Or at least, it will be starting this Friday, August 17th!

Paranorman was written by Chris Butler and co-directed by Butler and Sam Fell. I was so lucky to get to work on this project and, am INCREDIBLY proud to have been a part of it.

I saw a screening on Saturday and it turned out FANTASTIC! Chris Butler is an animation director to watch, and I can't wait to see what he does next.

Check out some of the great trailers and promotional videos that have been done...

I also worked with an amazing and talented story crew. I learned a lot on this project. You should check out the work of...

Graham Annable
Vera Brosgol
Brian Ormiston
Julian Narino
Michael Schlingmann
Ovi Nedelcu
Emanuela Cozzi

Go see it this weekend. I want to see more movies from LAIKA.