tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192631312024-03-13T06:42:45.444-07:00Shannon Tindleshannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-34526478140397058242013-04-12T20:54:00.002-07:002013-04-12T20:54:38.666-07:0070s Justice LeagueLast year I got a call from Warner Bros. asking if I'd be interested in working with Bruce Timm on a Justice League video. I think I was in the car before I finished the call.
I met with Bruce who told me he was looking to do a graphic interpretation of Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez's DC work from the 70s. Unfortunately, they decided not to do the project less than 24 hours after I agreed to do it (seriously). However, Bruce wanted to see what I'd do with the characters so they let me play for a week anyway.
Although, I probably would've added more Garcia-Lopez in later passes, it was one of best gigs ever.
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5i5b6qeVOg/UWjW4mgvSKI/AAAAAAAAASk/Q2xSFQkwG9E/s1600/justice.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5i5b6qeVOg/UWjW4mgvSKI/AAAAAAAAASk/Q2xSFQkwG9E/s320/justice.jpg" /></a>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-69344074277022025662013-04-07T12:29:00.000-07:002013-04-07T12:29:43.483-07:00CROODS PT 3Here's a bit more of the work I created for CROODS.
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Hey folks, just wanted to remind y'all that CROODS opens today. Here're some more drawings of the Boggs I mentioned in my last post, as well as the first drawing I did for the project.
NOW GO SEE DA MOVIE!
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Be sure to check out the film this Friday!!!
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A few years ago, I was one of the first people invited on board what was then called Guardians of Childhood, by production designer extraordinaire, Alex McDowell. I spent a year working on story and vis dev and here are some of the fruits of that labor. More to come!
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shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-91553696256256614512012-02-18T10:52:00.000-08:002012-02-20T20:17:42.627-08:00My Film!Well, I figured a year between posts is long enough. Truth is, I've been incredibly busy getting a few projects off the ground and am very happy to announce I'm directing/developing my own project with the brilliant folks over at Laika!<br /><br />I can't reveal too many details, but here's a sneak peak below;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O25Sdy0voK4/T0MasmAc0NI/AAAAAAAAANc/uc91Vd8DrFc/s1600/SaphylomostheMinotaur-Armature.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 377px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O25Sdy0voK4/T0MasmAc0NI/AAAAAAAAANc/uc91Vd8DrFc/s400/SaphylomostheMinotaur-Armature.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711438105854922962" /></a>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-68008878304316614662011-02-27T11:53:00.001-08:002011-02-27T11:57:05.740-08:00YUKI!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B28Y1aIpp90/TWqr-cfILUI/AAAAAAAAANQ/B1W_uduFDBE/s1600/yuki%2Bfalling%2Bfinal_001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B28Y1aIpp90/TWqr-cfILUI/AAAAAAAAANQ/B1W_uduFDBE/s400/yuki%2Bfalling%2Bfinal_001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578460177738771778" /></a><br /><br />My good buddy Kevin Dart invited me to participate in his upcoming Yuki 7 book. He and his lovely wife Elizabeth are putting it together and it already looks amazing. There are a lot of killer artists involved, including my wife Megan!shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-7726783841113985372011-01-31T17:36:00.001-08:002011-01-31T17:42:38.328-08:00Ghost Stories<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TUdkrScgLdI/AAAAAAAAANE/K3LB939UYQo/s1600/samurai_005%2Bflattened.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TUdkrScgLdI/AAAAAAAAANE/K3LB939UYQo/s400/samurai_005%2Bflattened.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568530159115447762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TUdkMZZZexI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Js8UWTONZ4I/s1600/final%2Bzheng%2Bhe%2Bflattened.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TUdkMZZZexI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Js8UWTONZ4I/s400/final%2Bzheng%2Bhe%2Bflattened.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568529628405529362" /></a><br /><br />Here are a couple of pieces I created for the recent Moonshine book. I likes ghost stories.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-1491898380616488722010-12-17T07:24:00.000-08:002010-12-17T07:36:36.754-08:00Christmas Inspiration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TQuDfeFtVVI/AAAAAAAAAMw/vTKghR_vKbI/s1600/photo%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TQuDfeFtVVI/AAAAAAAAAMw/vTKghR_vKbI/s400/photo%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551675542340457810" /></a><br /><br /><br />Most of the time, when artists talk about their inspirations, they mention other artists. In the world of animation, the names and artwork of artists like Milt Kahl, Mary Blair and Tom Oreb are often cited and deservingly so. Their work has had an incredible impact on our craft and provided many hours of inspiration for me. I could also add several illustrators and contemporaries whose art excites and moves me to better my own work every day. However, I only know the work of these people. I don't what their character was or how they treated other people. I can only admire their art.<br /><br />I usually don't get too personal on this blog, but something big happened yesterday and I want to brag a bit.<br /><br />After over 30 years supporting his family as an electrician, my Dad found out the plant that he worked for was closing down. He could've found another factory job, but instead decided to go back to school. Yesterday, he graduated at the top of his class from the University of Louisville Nursing School. This first award was given to to recognize the student with the highest GPA. This alone is quite an achievement, and speaks to my dad's intelligence and persistence. However, he was also recognized by both the students and the faculty with two additional awards. These awards were voted on by both groups and are given to recognize a student and colleague with incredible character.<br /><br />When these awards were announced a huge cheer went up amongst the faculty and students. I was overjoyed to see such a response to a man I have loved and respected my whole life.<br /><br />After the ceremony, one student after another came forward to congratulate my dad. I could see in each of their faces, the incredible regard they held for my dad. This is true inspiration.<br /><br />I can say the same of all my family and friends. My mother's big heart, my brother's boundless energy and my wife's support (and incredible artwork) have all lifted me to higher things.<br /><br />To all of you who have inspired my through the years, thank you. Anything good about me is because of you. May you each be blessed with the inspiration you have provided me.<br /><br />To my dad, congratulations you earned everything the hard way and I am incredibly proud to be your son.<br /><br />And to you, my family and friends thanks and Merry Christmas!shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-79169591885954071982010-10-24T15:16:00.001-07:002010-10-24T15:17:27.432-07:0040s vampire<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TMSwZphUh9I/AAAAAAAAAMo/VGnV08TNxw0/s1600/hirschfeld+drac_001blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/TMSwZphUh9I/AAAAAAAAAMo/VGnV08TNxw0/s400/hirschfeld+drac_001blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531740197006641106" /></a><br />A piece for Halloween!shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-15851678043557226022010-04-25T08:09:00.000-07:002010-04-25T15:53:23.248-07:00How to Train Your Dragon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9Re25ozwNI/AAAAAAAAAMY/ybpQxwhptgA/s1600/050+-+0980_1194.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9Re25ozwNI/AAAAAAAAAMY/ybpQxwhptgA/s400/050+-+0980_1194.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464096545185186002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReihYsYkI/AAAAAAAAAMI/W6rpkTafJ5k/s1600/004-0980_1145.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReihYsYkI/AAAAAAAAAMI/W6rpkTafJ5k/s400/004-0980_1145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464096195077759554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9RermM4_rI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/cGxiZMt8q1s/s1600/004-0980_1150.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9RermM4_rI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/cGxiZMt8q1s/s400/004-0980_1150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464096350989254322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReVljGnWI/AAAAAAAAAMA/cMglEFEhmag/s1600/toothless1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReVljGnWI/AAAAAAAAAMA/cMglEFEhmag/s400/toothless1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464095972856864098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReLIfHjjI/AAAAAAAAAL4/dYhHDJODv3g/s1600/green+death_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReLIfHjjI/AAAAAAAAAL4/dYhHDJODv3g/s400/green+death_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464095793256828466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReCqyKlzI/AAAAAAAAALw/1oVEyCwa4oo/s1600/green+death_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S9ReCqyKlzI/AAAAAAAAALw/1oVEyCwa4oo/s400/green+death_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464095647844702002" border="0" /></a><br />So, late last year I had the privilege of doing some work on How to Train Your Dragon. Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois had just come onto the film and wanted to redesign Toothless, Hiccup and the Green Death. At the time, they were pretty open to anything, even suggesting that the Green Death might not be a dragon.<br /><br />I also did some color/tonal passes on a couple of sequences from the film. The compositions are based on the extremely talented Tron Mai's boards; a heckuva a story artist with a REALLY cool name;)<br /><br />Thanks for letting me be a small part of this amazing film guys!shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-9262186036449059082010-03-09T20:27:00.000-08:002010-03-09T20:32:49.593-08:00ULTRAMAN!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S5cg5gzZ80I/AAAAAAAAALo/FKJ09WVVJQ4/s1600-h/blog+version+Ultra.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/S5cg5gzZ80I/AAAAAAAAALo/FKJ09WVVJQ4/s400/blog+version+Ultra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446858446758081346" border="0" /></a><br />Well, it's been AWHILE. I'm a HUGE Ultraman fan and this has been a labor of love.<br /><br />Hope y'all dig it!<br /><br />(BTW there will be a lot more stuff comin' soon.)shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-70933569378869533082009-10-08T23:29:00.001-07:002009-10-09T00:03:52.957-07:00Moraline<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7gTLXoiXI/AAAAAAAAALg/WDkESsPv3WU/s1600-h/other+mother+concepts+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7gTLXoiXI/AAAAAAAAALg/WDkESsPv3WU/s400/other+mother+concepts+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390492424083114354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7Zm8xu7kI/AAAAAAAAALY/vPIvNbwF3KA/s1600-h/townspeople.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7Zm8xu7kI/AAAAAAAAALY/vPIvNbwF3KA/s400/townspeople.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390485067182042690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7ZOvGuAVI/AAAAAAAAALQ/MwsaR84XW-M/s1600-h/silhouette.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7ZOvGuAVI/AAAAAAAAALQ/MwsaR84XW-M/s400/silhouette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390484651195105618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7Y7h6eVdI/AAAAAAAAALI/7Mya0pUEZM8/s1600-h/other+mother+comp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7Y7h6eVdI/AAAAAAAAALI/7Mya0pUEZM8/s400/other+mother+comp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390484321236571602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7Yn0tvwUI/AAAAAAAAALA/sBEbhfeJTC0/s1600-h/ghost+kids.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/Ss7Yn0tvwUI/AAAAAAAAALA/sBEbhfeJTC0/s400/ghost+kids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390483982686077250" border="0" /></a><br />Here's some more Coraline stuff.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-75848881563484812202009-09-17T23:51:00.000-07:002009-09-17T23:56:50.851-07:00Ghosts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SrMvK_rsICI/AAAAAAAAAK4/LEeLg7Ou_i0/s1600-h/sam_005+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SrMvK_rsICI/AAAAAAAAAK4/LEeLg7Ou_i0/s400/sam_005+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382697845577752610" border="0" /></a><br />Yep, it's been awhile. I've been REAL busy and unfortunately can't post most of the stuff I'm working on.<br /><br />However, I've been asked to contribute to a little side project and this is a sketch for one of the ideas I'm kickin' around.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-41668533208174537202009-05-19T08:12:00.000-07:002009-05-19T08:14:34.550-07:00Velcome...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/ShLM1XyelOI/AAAAAAAAAKw/LfaPeN2luCY/s1600-h/drac-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/ShLM1XyelOI/AAAAAAAAAKw/LfaPeN2luCY/s400/drac-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337553725678327010" border="0" /></a><br />I LOVE the classic Universal Monsters and am thinking about doing something with those characters. Here's the first piece.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-74133383156145871792009-05-09T08:50:00.000-07:002009-05-09T09:32:38.744-07:00Sharks and Gorillas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SgWva5Ie9ZI/AAAAAAAAAKo/SMzroHLybOQ/s1600-h/063_63+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SgWva5Ie9ZI/AAAAAAAAAKo/SMzroHLybOQ/s400/063_63+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333862210238084498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Last week was one of the best weeks ever! I went to a killer party last Saturday hosted by two of the coolest guys in the world (thanks Jeff and Darren!). On Sunday, I nerded out with some fellow monster enthusiasts and met a great new friend, Michael Roddy. Michael is the producer of the new JAWS documentary, <a href="http://www.sharkisstillworking.com/trailer2.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Shark is Still Working</span></a>. This is, by far the most comprehensive documentary on one of my favorite films of all time. If you love JAWS or are just a film fan in general , PLEASE check it out. Trust me you'll love it.<br /><br />Now after the sharks and monsters, you'd think I'd be in nerd overload. Well, you'd be wrong:) Thanks to Michael, I got to visit the legendary home of two of the sweetest people in the world, Bob and Kathy Burns. Bob has one of the most amazing collections of movie props ever. He has everything from Buster Crabbe's Flash Gordon costume to the Queen alien head. However, the most amazing pieces in his collection are the original armatures for King King and Mighty Joe Young!!! As I approached the pedestal they were sitting on, Kathy started giving me instructions on how to HOLD them. When I looked at her stunned, she simply said," What's the point of having them if you can't PLAY with them. The photo above shows how I felt about this incredible honor.<br /><br />While seeing the collection was cool, spending time with Bob and Kathy was even cooler!<br /><br />After all of that, I capped the week off watching Star Trek with my mom and dad. Yep, this has pretty much been the best week ever!shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-55225910649930480872009-02-01T22:53:00.000-08:002009-02-01T23:24:59.106-08:00Go see CORALINE!!!Well, I can't believe it's finally coming out. I moved to Portland on Jan.9, 2006 to work on Coraline. I loved Portland, I loved the crew and I am so proud that I got to work on this film.<br /><br />Here's some stuff I did while I was there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYaboXpJQnI/AAAAAAAAAJY/vlUXZCqkyXw/s1600-h/Mr.B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYaboXpJQnI/AAAAAAAAAJY/vlUXZCqkyXw/s400/Mr.B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298093129491628658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYabFJEjjKI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/1UbklaaTC7E/s1600-h/spink-force.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYabFJEjjKI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/1UbklaaTC7E/s400/spink-force.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298092524284644514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYab59GXANI/AAAAAAAAAJg/QX10iN7LqDg/s1600-h/motherstudy1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYab59GXANI/AAAAAAAAAJg/QX10iN7LqDg/s400/motherstudy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298093431604052178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYac4pU4NfI/AAAAAAAAAJo/QHGiMAvv2p4/s1600-h/scotties.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYac4pU4NfI/AAAAAAAAAJo/QHGiMAvv2p4/s400/scotties.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298094508627998194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYadoQPpFuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/x3M91_H5Apo/s1600-h/spit+girl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYadoQPpFuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/x3M91_H5Apo/s400/spit+girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298095326528870114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYaeW92cIXI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/z2FpZyQoT7U/s1600-h/spink+color+sketch1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYaeW92cIXI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/z2FpZyQoT7U/s400/spink+color+sketch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298096129045176690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYafGv8Fh1I/AAAAAAAAAKA/9eNuviXh2_M/s1600-h/belladonna.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SYafGv8Fh1I/AAAAAAAAAKA/9eNuviXh2_M/s400/belladonna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298096949944485714" border="0" /></a><br />The blonde gal above is based on a woman I saw in downtown Portland. She came stomping out of a halfway house and was so furious she spit really hard on the sidewalk.<br /><br />Now go see the movie. It comes out this Friday!!!shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-43447190958499441442008-11-30T18:42:00.000-08:002008-11-30T19:44:38.504-08:00ULTRAMAN!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/STNdnufaHJI/AAAAAAAAAJI/3ux4NtzAahM/s1600-h/color+sketches.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/STNdnufaHJI/AAAAAAAAAJI/3ux4NtzAahM/s400/color+sketches.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274662525657029778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/STNdbdAP8pI/AAAAAAAAAJA/djOiqp-zDZA/s1600-h/concepts_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/STNdbdAP8pI/AAAAAAAAAJA/djOiqp-zDZA/s400/concepts_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274662314804507282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/STNdP69y0mI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Im4MSP7QUxQ/s1600-h/sea+monster_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/STNdP69y0mI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Im4MSP7QUxQ/s400/sea+monster_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274662116688843362" border="0" /></a><br />Well hello all! I've been EXTREMELY busy, but figured I'd post some sketches I did for a dream project I'm working on.<br /><br />I'm doing a poster for a company in Asia featuring one of my favorite characters of all time. These are studies I did to explore color, composition and style. The final piece will have Ultra fighting one of his giant monster foes.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-29935656448457498572008-10-08T10:06:00.000-07:002008-10-08T10:44:53.236-07:00Tom Oreb deserves some love!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SOzvcjc_1lI/AAAAAAAAAF8/O51V-gYp4jk/s1600-h/1232767197_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SOzvcjc_1lI/AAAAAAAAAF8/O51V-gYp4jk/s400/1232767197_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254838139066766930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SOzvOJU120I/AAAAAAAAAF0/rGOnBSsRHBA/s1600-h/1232864882_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SOzvOJU120I/AAAAAAAAAF0/rGOnBSsRHBA/s400/1232864882_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254837891535067970" border="0" /></a><br />So I picked up the Sleeping Beauty Blu-Ray yesterday and it is MINDBLOWING! The images and colors are absolutely beautiful. The transfer is flawless. However, there's one huge oversight on the disc that I want to bring attention to.<br /><br />There's a pretty cool documentary on the dvd about the history of the film. They show tons of cool artwork and photos, including color film of Tom Oreb himself hangin' out with some animators. The thing that got my dander up was that they don't mention Mr.Oreb's name once. Oh, they show his artwork and talk about the evolution of the film's style; but they give all the design credit to Eyvind Earle. Now don't get me wrong, I love Eyvind Earle's work, but you can't really talk about the design of Sleeping Beauty without mentioning Tom Oreb. However, this is exactly what the producer's of this documentary did.<br /><br />I get to hear how Mary Costa "painted" with her voice. I get to hear about how they used live action reference. I get a discourse on how Walt gave absolute design authority to Eyvind Earle, because he felt the studio had missed something by not staying faithful to a designer's work. The example used was Mary Blair. I love me some Mary Blair, but it seems like they wedged her into this documentary just to talk about her work, AGAIN. As far as I know, she had nothing to do with this film.<br /><br />On the other hand, Tom Oreb, the guy who is responsible for the character styling of the film, get's no mention, no discussion... nothing. Also, they've omitted much of his work from the gallery section of the disc. The previous dvd has tons of model sheets and designs created by Mr.Oreb. Why they wouldn't keep this artwork for this disc I have no idea.<br /><br />Anyway, I had to get on my soapbox a little bit. I'm glad that Disney released this disc, but it's really awful that they don't even mention Tom.<br /><br />Tom, wherever you are, cheers to you man! Thanks for the beautiful work and the inspiration.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-42310309706887850392008-08-11T08:18:00.000-07:002008-08-11T08:31:50.180-07:00My wife and United Airlines<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bdm.net/videos/united_heart.mov"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SKBaszgqPEI/AAAAAAAAAE0/gqOAyF0174k/s400/Heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233282492792454210" border="0" /></a><br />Between January and March, I was a pretty lonely guy. My wife Megan, moved to Ojai for a bit to work on Jamie Caliri's latest United Airlines commercial, Heart.<br /><br />Thankfully, it isn't lame and I guess my lonely nights were somewhat justified.<br /><br />Congrats babe! I'm only a nepotist for you;)<br /><br />Click above image to see the coolness!shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-32018493011162387702008-07-30T09:24:00.000-07:002008-07-30T09:57:58.675-07:00Puppets!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCcyQ8H7wI/AAAAAAAAAEc/FTEoKX7Jqms/s1600-h/other+mother_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCcyQ8H7wI/AAAAAAAAAEc/FTEoKX7Jqms/s400/other+mother_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228851554731683586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCcyXfHn6I/AAAAAAAAAEk/ynPUT-5AsNk/s1600-h/ghost_boy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCcyXfHn6I/AAAAAAAAAEk/ynPUT-5AsNk/s400/ghost_boy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228851556489076642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCYYR1CI/AAAAAAAAAD0/U6TDrm__LPo/s1600-h/bobinski_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCYYR1CI/AAAAAAAAAD0/U6TDrm__LPo/s400/bobinski_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228849632583472162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCddKcjI/AAAAAAAAAD8/1xz55wc1314/s1600-h/bobinski_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCddKcjI/AAAAAAAAAD8/1xz55wc1314/s400/bobinski_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228849633946137138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCvt92ZI/AAAAAAAAAEE/D0mXD2gaEug/s1600-h/bobinski_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCvt92ZI/AAAAAAAAAEE/D0mXD2gaEug/s400/bobinski_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228849638848453010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCx9q8YI/AAAAAAAAAEM/O0v83WcdAd4/s1600-h/bobinski_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbCx9q8YI/AAAAAAAAAEM/O0v83WcdAd4/s400/bobinski_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228849639451193730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbDJ8JvLI/AAAAAAAAAEU/9htk6sJDjZY/s1600-h/Coraline_sheet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SJCbDJ8JvLI/AAAAAAAAAEU/9htk6sJDjZY/s400/Coraline_sheet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228849645887274162" border="0" /></a><br />I've been insanely busy with work, but now that it's slowing down a bit, I thought I'd post something really cool.<br /><br />I was walking around Comic Con this past weekend, and to my utter shock the Neca toy booth had the Coraline puppets on display!<br /><br />Finally, people can see how amazing the fabrication crew on this film is (actually the whole crew is amazing)!<br /><br />Anyway, thanks to these guys, I got to see my designs turned into amazingly, beautiful puppets. As anyone whose worked in animation knows, it's very rare that you get to a see design you created, make it faithfully into the final film. So, cheers to the puppet crew and to Henry Selick for giving me so much freedom.<br /><br />Speaking of the amazing crew Shane Prigmore did the final Coraline design (based on Dan Krall's early drawings), Other Mother, as well as all the beautiful expressions for the replacements heads. Dan Krall designed the ghost boy.<br /><br />I designed the blue guy, Mr.Bobinski.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-74803281422320983912008-07-14T13:45:00.000-07:002008-07-14T14:17:48.956-07:00Seaweed!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SHvCYtp7a2I/AAAAAAAAADs/fi-QeghfSxY/s1600-h/covweb1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/SHvCYtp7a2I/AAAAAAAAADs/fi-QeghfSxY/s400/covweb1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222981922694327138" border="0" /></a><br />Now you may think that this is a shameless plug for a friend; and you'd be right. However, anything I say about Ben's book is absolutely true. He's been working his butt off for 6 years to bring this to the light of day and I think everyone is going to be really happy when they see the finished product.<br /><br />So, drop what you'e doing, head on over to his new <a href="http://saltysugar.com/">website</a>, and buy as many copies as possible; 'cause Ben actually deserves to be rich.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-59254777225860570542008-01-31T00:16:00.000-08:002008-01-31T10:51:15.830-08:00Fox revisited<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/R6GFkTbGxXI/AAAAAAAAACY/dCiLn8NgyMs/s1600-h/fox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/R6GFkTbGxXI/AAAAAAAAACY/dCiLn8NgyMs/s400/fox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161553506679047538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A few weeks ago I was invited to Macworld to do a demo for the guys at <a href="http://forums.axiotron.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=13">Axiotron</a>, the fine makers of the <a href="http://axiotron.com/">Modbook</a>. I was trying to figure something to use and decided to revisit the fox I posted a while back.<br /><br />I'll be posting a step by step for this piece on Axiotron's forum.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263131.post-31031769063514214032007-12-25T20:21:00.000-08:002007-12-25T20:28:12.482-08:00CORALINE STUFF!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/R3HYR8ky6FI/AAAAAAAAACI/RvuoOWP9iCw/s1600-h/coraline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e96jA4Vtc7Y/R3HYR8ky6FI/AAAAAAAAACI/RvuoOWP9iCw/s400/coraline.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148133651891021906" /></a><br />So, Laika has finally posted some animation from Coraline. There are a lot of amazingly talented people working their butts off on this film and I can't wait to see more. <a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/Video/Coraline/sneak.mov">Check it out!</a><div> </div>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687990818744048891noreply@blogger.com11