Company Christmas Card

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Eric Egerton

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I was looking through an old sketchbook, and I found this quick painting of my freshman roommate, Eric. I don't get the chance to do portraits like this much any more, so it was refreshing to find this.

More Soon.

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Not done. More soon.

Alligator Bag

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She found that beautiful bag tucked away in the corner of her favorite pawnshop, its price tag dancing in a twisted dangle and then falling still as a cranky oscillating fan rotated its head from side to side. She turned the tag so that the price was facing her and smiled at her find. It was a good price--a steal in fact. That is pride you see in her face. Yes, folded into the blistered wrinkles of her weary scute is the pride of a woman who now has something precious, an heirloom of sorts, which she may, at some point later on when her eyes no longer break the surface of water because she prefers instead to stretch along the lazy length of a sun-warmed rock, pass on to her child.

3 Character Designs

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Three early character designs for an animated project I'm working on with Aaron Hawkins. I cannot discuss the project in much detail, but the overall design ultimately took on a different, more simplified look, inspired in some part on the stylized designs that came out of the UPA in the 1950s. And while we're on the subject, Amid Amidi's beautiful book Cartoon Modern collects much of the work from this era--it is a beautiful book and I highly recommend it!

Little Black Dress

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Prismacolors

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Another drawing from the sketchbook...Gotta love the vibrancy of prismacolors.

Feeding the Beast

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I've never been as diligent as I should be about blogging, but I apologize for my recent delinquency. I have been kept busy by work, among other things.

I do not often do abstract pieces--and had not, until recently, done them since RISD--but there is something satisfying about abandoning oneself to application of paint and composition. I did this piece for my parents.

Not sure what the response will be by those generous few who follow my blog. Not even sure what my own feeling is about this work sometimes. But I haven't blogged in far too long. It is time to feed the beast.