101 Treasure

While on my lunch break; a month and a half ago, i came across this very old looking mounted story board. The board had been placed in storage in our building from the main studio lot along with movie props and some office furniture. I was curious and decided to investigate the board more closely. Upon seeing in at a closer distance i immediately knew what was in front of me, an original, hand drawn storyboard from 101 Dalmatians! The board was probably done in the late 1950's and was an amazing thing to see and touche it up close.
I stood there thinking about Walt and a room full of guys (nine Old men) looking at this scene and working the magic. I imagined all the talent in the room at that one moment gazing at that which stood before me now, it was an unreal feeling.
Most of the board was intact and protected by a Plexiglas covering, except for a small bit at the bottom of the board, the drawings there had long been torn away.
I quickly realized that this artwork should be archived and restored for generations to learn from. I contacted a friend at the Animation Research library and told him of the find, he was very excited by my find, he informed me that this scene had never been documented anywhere!
About a week later after all of the red tape had been taken care of the board was on its way to the A.R.L. and a much needed restoration and documentation process.
The scene turned out to be the one where all the puppies are gathered around watching the hero dog on the T.V.

Mario

"Stitch" house by night

Well i dug up the final rendering of the "Stitch" house, again it was a night time shot so playing with mood was a kick.

Comic Con

My friend Mike, my brother Ed, and I headed down to San Diego on Saturday, it was Ed's first time down and he was blown away. We had a good time but fitting your whole comic con experience in one day is just not enough. I think next year I'll have my book out and be in town for a couple of days.
I have to give a shout out to Patrick for hooking me up with his new book, and a shout out to Alberto Ruiz for the print!

Oh Bother!

I did this for a Pooh project a few years back. Pooh happens....

3D Warrior chic

I made this for a Maya class, unfortunately the class never got to the point of rendering figures.

Online Stuff

Here are a few concept drawings I did a few years back for online. At the time it was an exciting endeavor, but it soon got bogged down with office politics. Some of the concepts were realized but most were not.

Night House

Here is another Layout for the "Stitch" story.

Bloggery you say!

Here is a layout and background from a "Stitch" story I am working on, the story takes place at the wee hours of the night so I had to get used to painting everything in moonlight. It was a good challenge and gave me an insight to how color works in this type of light.

GI-BOT in amazing 3D!!!

GI-BOT in amazing 3D!!!
Here it is folks my GI-BOT character in Maya. I created him in Maya for a class project; he was my first attempt at modeling a figure in 3D. I have yet to rig him, so that will be my next step. I eventually would like to paint him up like a 1940’s Sherman tank; that is to say I want him to fit in that time period in terms of color scheme. Anyways I thought I would show you all what I have been up to lately.
M.

The Virgin of Guadalupe

I made this drawing of the Virgin of Guadalupe for a class project, the image was to hang on the wall of a Mexican resturant. The backgrounds were created in Maya with my painting maped on a frame. Here is a little history og the Virgin.

The Nican mopohua is considered to be the "primordial account" of the apparition because it is written in the indigenous Nahuatl language. It describes the 1531 meeting between La Virgen and Saint Juan Diego on Tepeyac.
In the Nican mopohua, "it had been ten years since [...] Mexico had been conquered" when a man baptized with the Christian name Juan Diego. On the chilly morning of December 9, 1531, Juan Diego crossed the barren hill called Tepeyac to attend Mass. He was brought to a sudden halt by a blinding light and the sound of heavenly music. Before him appeared an astounding vision--a beautiful dark-skinned woman who, calling the Indian "my son", declared herself to be the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. She told Juan Diego it was her desire to have a church built on Tepeyac hill, and asked him to relay that message to Bishop Juan de Zumarraga.It was no easy task for the humble Indian to be granted an audience with the top prelate, but the persistent Juan Diego was finally admitted. The incredulous Bishop demanded that he be provided with some proof of the unlikely encounter. Confused and fearful, Juan Diego avoided Tepeyac for several days, but on December 12, while rushing to find a priest to attend a seriously ill uncle, he took a short cut across the hill. The Virgin once again appeared and Juan Diego told her of the Bishop's request. The Virgin instructed him to pick roses from the usually barren and desolate hill and deliver them to Zumarraga as the sign. Juan Diego gathered up the miraculous blossoms in his mantle and hurried off to complete his mission. Once again before the Bishop, he let the roses spill out before him. To the wonder of all assembled, a perfect image of La Virgen of Guadalupe was revealed emblazoned on Juan Diego's cloak.Juan Diego's mantle, carefully preserved in the new Basilica, has been subjected to extensive analysis over the years. Experts have authenticated the fabric as dating to the 16th century, but have been unable to determine the type of pigment from which the image was rendered. It seems doubtful that in the Colonial era in Mexico human hands were capable of creating a portrait of its exquisite nature. It is even doubtful it can be done in Mexico today. Most wonderous of all, after 465 years, the image of the Virgen de Guadalupe remains clearly imprinted on the miraculous cloak without visible signs of deterioration.

Recent Layouts for a animated short i am working on.

Here are a couple of layouts i did for a short i am working on for release overseas.

A day in the yard

I did this layout and BG for a short animation dealing with the idea of "rainy day". I have no clue what the the deal is but I guess it's common in Japan to great others on rainy days. The idea was to have a certain duck enjoying some rays in his yard when along comes a storm cloud.

Welcom to ZOMBO.COM!

http://zombo.com/

The best site on the web in years! It's so funny i almost wet my pants! You have to have you audio on.
Mario

Mexican Poster Art

I have always dug the awesome work that Mexican artist have done over the years especially on butcher shop calendars and in movie posters here are examples. Note the Palmolive poster the one I had copied for my lady death image.