DEAD BLOG

Welcome to my dead blog! Yes, the once-living blog that I used to update at least once a week with happy cartoon fun is now a MySpace-esque wasteland of forgotten internet assortments. This is all in part due to myself being one of two things: too busy with work/interviews for new jobs/making videos/just going out and being social, and too lazy to just sit down and update this thing.

But while I have been drawing, it's all been secret stuff that I cannot share at this time. Most of these secret drawings are all for a huge, HUGE project coming soon that is top secret right now. I think the only thing I can show from that is possibly this:

Perhaps even that gives too much away. And two other little drawings have been kept a secret up until right now. Allow me to present them... now!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOLLY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACH!!!

Zach's birthday was the 15th, and Molly's is today! So if you haven't yet wished either of them a happy one, go do it!! GO!

For those who don't know yet, I recently bought a new car!! Her name is Phoebe, the little blue 2010 Ford Mustang. She is ACTUALLY this bright of a blue! So vintage-y and cooool.

I'm not afraid to say this about my drawing: a million times cuter and more appealing than anything from Pixar's CARS, am I right?

Playing around with this in Photoshop afterwards, I thought it looked cool when I got rid of the outlines and played with the shading a little.. Kind of looked more 50's style, maybe ever Mary Blair-esque, which is pretty much the initial design I was going for in the first place. Phoebe is very Susie the Little Blue Coupe in her own right.

That's about all for now! If you're still actually following this blog after such a long time that it has been neglected by me, you have my utmost surprise and thanks. And I guess if you actually want to follow me and see what my life is like beyond cartoons, my Tumblr is right here.

Y'know. If you're into that sort of thing. Bye!

THE WORLD OF SCRIBBLE AND SKARFY

I'm slowly developing the world of these hipstergirls, Scribble and Skarfy! I really love these characters, so I've been coming up with tons of ideas and stories for eventual short webcomics and cartoons I wanna make with them. Here's just a little bit of what I've been coming up with.

Wanting to add more characters to this universe than just the girls, Scribble has a boyfriend named Cliff. A hipster dude of course, complete with hair in is eyes, a man-scarf, vest, and tighty tight black jeans. This is only my first in some concept sketches I've done of him, I wanna see if I can work more at making him a tad more appealing.

Skarfy on the other hand is a loner and is completely content spending nights relaxing in her room with a book and some Radiohead records. But that doesn't stop Cliff's fat hipster friend from always trying to make the moves on her. Poor Skarfy!

Here's just an average day in the lives of two 20-year old LA scenesters.

But life isn't all fun! The girls have day jobs too. Persistent to associate herself with only the utmost non-mainstream world of fashion and culture, there's no more obvious choice for Scribble's career than at the hippest of the HIPPEST in clothing retail... Urban Outfitters. Of course.

I've met plenty of real-life Scribbles in the form of Urban employees during my visits to these stores. They may be there to ring up your purchases and guide you towards the fitting rooms, but that doesn't mean they're not gonna serve you up some hot 'n fresh 'TUDE while doing it.

The more artistic type, and with a true love for the most alternative music and indie films, it's only fitting for Skarfy to work at America's largest independent record store.

A surly Amoeba cashier helping clueless customers find music and movies, this is Skarfy's view for 8 hours a day.

So there's a little bit of what I've got so far. I can't wait to keep developing this series. I hope you're excited too!

Here's a goofy doodle I did while I was bored. UH-OH SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT

Finally I'd like to present a little gift for my awesome pal, and yours, Zach Bellissimo!! I wanted to draw some fanart of his cool character Jillyan, and while doing so, I seemed to add in my girls as well. I hope you like it, Zach! Everyone go to his blog if you want to see his own drawings of Jill!

Scribb and Skarfy's #1 priority is to be the hippest kids in the room, but as soon as someone cooler walks in, the girls drop EVERYTHING and start taking notes. They are very eager to learrrrrn!

Here's just the ink for Jillyan.

Thanks for reading. I have more surprises to post soon... plus Scribble and Skarfy fanart by my friends! I'm so honored. Okay see you all next time!

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