Morris Lessmore unused art

Here are just a few doodles in search of some answers on our short film, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. These concepts (among many others) were NOT used, but helped us get to where we were going. Here's a little peek behind the scenes:

I'll show more of this type of stuff very soon.

FESTIVALS!

Here is a link to the CINEQUEST film festival, one of the more exclusive film festivals, for animation. It takes place March 3rd and March 6th for animation, and it's cheap to get in. It takes place in San Jose, CA and should be fun. If you are in the area, support animation and check out Morris Lessmore!

A quick tour of MOONBOT Studios

Here's where I've been camping for the last 5 months. I've been working at Moonbot and with Bill, Brandon and others for nearly two years, but our new studio has been complete for less than a half year, and it's an exciting place, every day:

MOONBOT studios Office Tour from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

SKETCHES!

Here are some more sketches from this week. Just warm-ups and having fun.

We also started a Sketch Tuesday a while back, over at the Moonbot Blog - check it out each week!

Old caricature scan

I promised a few artists in 2009 at the ISCA Caricature Convention that I'd put this sketch up for anyone interested, at a print resolution. I was cleaning my studio the other day, and found it!

If you are one of those pals who wanted it (or even if you aren't), here you go!

Click the image for hi-res.

Musical Break

If you haven't heard of MONSTERS OF FOLK, they are Jim James from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogus from Bright Eyes, and M. Ward from She and Him. Their new album is pretty killer, and here's a video music break: