A little commission I did recently~ I was very inspired by the watercolors in Miyazaki's books and wanted to get that loose, vibrant feeling I get from them in this piece. This girl made me think of a wild and tough princess like Princess Monoke.

I had some trouble with the water, but I learned I need to practice things like that :P

Mike Yamada

My Fiance posted on his blog for the first time in a year and a half. I've seen all of this stuff, but it's new to the world! I thought I would share for those of you who maybe have not seen it

http://mikeyamada.blogspot.com

Watercolors

More original art! I did these as commissions, the character is not mine, but belongs to the commissioner.

The peice I did for the Girls Drawing Girls gallery show, I actually did not find the time to frame or send to the gallery :( I was very dissapointed to not be able to participate in the show, but I'm now selling the piece in my Etsy,

http://www.etsy.com/listing/64726073/original-watercolor-painting-snow


55$ Plus shipping!

Santa Santa

Last life drawing workshop of the year with Bob! I pulled out some acrylics for the occasion. Most of these were done in 10 minutes, I only did every other pose.

This second painting I just did to try and use up the paint left on the palette.

Artwork from Tangled!

Some actual production art to show what I have been working on these past two years! This project was just so awesome and fun, I'm a little sad that it's over, but I'm glad it's a hit!

My Snow Gentleman

It's that time of year again...that time of year when Christmas themed art appears!

This was done for a show coming up on the 18th at the Syrup Gallery

939 Maple Ave, 3rd Floor
Los Angeles
7pm-1am

I won't be able to make it, but this little piece here is a steal! for sale for only 50 dollars!

Micro Gallery +Kevin Nelson

5x3 Mixed Media on Panel

One of my little pieces for our SUPER BIG MICRO GALLERY SHOW at Gallery Nucleus next week! It's going to be artists from Disney and Dreamworks and Pixar all doing small pieces (under 6x6) It should be a great opportunity to see some great work and maybe pick up some Christmas Gifts!

This is only one of my pieces the other one will be a secret shown only at the show! But that's only because I forgot to photograph it before I sent it off :P

Also! My Mentor and 15 year Disney Vet Kevin Nelson finally started a blog! Go on over and check out his awesome work!

http://artofkevinnelson.blogspot.com/

Tangled is in Theaters!!

Hey everyone! Tangled is in theaters today! I'm very excited and I think I will be taking some of my friends from high school to go and see it tonight! I hope that you all manage to get out there this weekend to see it!

CTN-X!

A couple of Christmas elves! I know it's a little early, but this was a little test for a christmas card this year.

Also, CTN-X starts today! Pecknpaw will have a booth there, and will be selling the book for those of you who have not yet gotten your copy! We will be at booth E11.

I will be there for the mixer tonight, and will be working the Pecknpaw booth on Sunday! Stop by and say Hello.

I will be taking some comissions while I am there. I will have a list of 5 small postcard sized pieces, watercolor for 50 dollars, and I will also be doing 3 larger letter sized watercolors for 100. CTN seems like it will be great this year, I hope to see you there!

Gaga Life Drawings

I had such a good time at life drawing this week! We had Sarah who is my favorite model!

Bride

A little speedy approx 30 min, Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed I just gotta get a painting out!

Life Drawing!

Went to life drawing today! I had a really great time doing these, the model was great and had some great poses! Next week we're doing Lady Gaga! I seriously cannot wait! I'm a die hard pop fan and Gaga is just amazing!

Tangled Little Golden Book

The book I illustrated is in stores now! I illustrated the Little Golden book for the film I've been working on, Tangled!

I hear it is in stores as well as online! I'm so excited to have something of mine in print! I've linked the image to the Amazon link.

I also wanted to mention my mentor Claire Keane, and my friend Brittney Lee did a book for Tangled as well and their books are AMAZING!! Check them out too!

Dancer

I always find Dancers to be such amazing performers! The great shapes they can make with their bodies tell such amazing stories!

Girl with a Tiger >EDITED

Just a quick little thing for a Sunday, Thank god the weather is finally cooling off!

Edit: Most of the time, with quick doodles, I just let things lie, but this time, I decided that I should fix the things that were bothering me :)

Life Drawing

It's been a really long time since I had a chance to go to life drawing. I decided to drag my tush to the class and had a really great time!

I recall during school how important it was for me to have a nice drawing at the end of class. I was always trying to emulate the teacher or the other great students in my class, but I think that because of that I didn't learn as much as I could have from life drawing. Instead of focusing on finding forms and rhythms, I was always just trying to make my drawings look like "that guy's" Today I decided to go into class just trying to learn and doing my own thing without worrying about a nice drawing that looked like anyone else's, and things worked out quite well! I both had decent drawings and I learned, and I had fun!

Watercolors

A couple of pieces I did as commissions! Watercolors have always been pretty fun, but I am definitely getting the hang of it! I've ordered a number of books recently on watercolor techniques but I really wish there were a class I could take!

I hope that everyone is having a good summer! Pecknpaw is planning on doing CTN this year and I think I will also be doing commissions and prints!

An intreview I did for Tangled!

Hi Guys! Just thought I would post this, as many have seen it already :)

Pecknpaw At Gallery Nucleus

Hello Everyone!

Our Book is going to have a signing at Gallery Nucleus! Please come by this SATURDAY at 7PM to say hello and check out some of the original artwork and get a book signed by the artists!

Comic con 2010

This year at Comic Con, we worked at the Pecknpaw booth selling our Disney Vis Dev Collaborative art book! It was a great con where we met tons of awesome people!


Scott Watanabe, and My BF Mike helping to set up.
On Friday I started to take my commissions. This is one I particularly Liked of Jessica Rabbit!
This one was a simple prompt of "Girl with a Dragon" I did one with a girl and a large dragon but it was so embarassing I had to redo it! This one turned out much better!
My very First Commission! Princess Leia with a Chibi 3P0 and R2. I'm a huge Star Wars Nerd, so I super loved doing these!
Padme with a Chibi old 3P0! These two were a set.
This wonder woman I actually did for myself. I always loved wonder woman's design and did her for fun, but this piece actually ended up selling as well!


Skeches for a Harley Quinn Commission. I like to test out poses before I commit to anything on the watercolor paper

This guy was great. He had a Rascal but dressed it like a dragon!


Vamperella and Red Sonja. I ended p adding a little black bat to the Vamperella piece so that she wasn't staring at nothing.

I actually had so much fun doing these commissions! It was my first time doing so (which is why if you got one from me, I might have seemed sorta scatterbrained) But I loved it!