We're the Chipmunks

Image: One Chip and Two Misses
Notes: The title for the piece is a play on a title of an old Chip and Dale cartoon from Disney called Two Chips and a Miss. I do so love character design. When I was a kid, I had the VHS tape of 'The Chipmunk Adventure' and played it constantly. I now have the DVD and play it in just the same fashion. The Chipmunks, those lovable squeaky voiced scamps, made my imagination run rampant. I found, through searching on the internet, someone that was selling scans of the model sheets used to make that movie. The model sheets tell in detail how to draw the character from various angles so that any artist can draw the characters in the style required for a feature film. I was fascinated by these sheets. I studied them a bit and decided I wanted to draw my own version of mine and my friends' characters as characters from the Chipmunks. This is the result. PS: The sheets also included the Pantone color charts for the characters. I feel like it was a great find, and I would love to do more art using those sheets.

Let's Go Surfin' Now

Image: Surf's Up!
Notes: Anyone who knows me knows that I like to push the realms of expression. In the chill of winter there is nothing I find more pleasing than going to a place in my art that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. The animal pictured here is a Red Panda and he's surfing. What's more warm and fuzzy than that? I'll also add that I really suck at backgrounds. Most of them are very minimal, very simple and plain. For this piece though I feel like it fits. SURF'S UP DUDES!