Update and an image, boy oh boy!

OK,  Hopefully from the last couple of years you know that I keep this blog updated often.  The first few weeks of 2013 have been enormously busy.  I will hopefully have work to show sooner rather than later but everything I am working on is under NDA and very Hush hush.

The life of a freelancer gets busy quick as since the last week in December I started working with Trendy Entertainment, Disney Interactive, Shadow Machine Animations, Bento Box, and one yet announced slug for Slugterra.  That along with the holidays and such it's been overload of awesome.  I'll be getting back to regularly scheduled blog posts with new art soon.  Still hard at work on the graphic novel with plans for a new website redesign.  Time to get serious with all my free time.....  I plan on doing tutorials and free comics (one a week storyline etc)  Not sure which is first.  I'll post some Fil n Mantis tomorrow from the graphic novel to prove I'm still hard at work.

I'll leave you with this:

Burpy.  The main slug from Slugterra.  We went back and forth many many times and although he looks very different in the show, we had a much more adult Burpy for awhile.  Some early explorations and the such. (and yes, Dave and Greg did so good on how they presented their concepts for the show I used the idea too)
Thanks again for stopping by and supporting me on the journey.

cheers,

Bean

What?!? More Robots?

More Slugs

I've had a hard time doing any real work today given the tragedy.  So instead, I welcomed busy work.  All of this seems so trivial.  The internet, blogs... self promotion.  Please, hug someone today.

Crazed Elves

Some ideas for this weeks think tank. Some elves that snapped, some super cute,
but all revolve around:

 "Figgy the Harbinger of Doom elf"

Let off some steam, Bennett

OMG more slugz?!

 Some more slugs and just a smattering of thumbnail ideas I put together for Slugterra.

Check out the show on Disney XD http://www.disneyxd.ca/shows/slugterra/

So What's Next?

 So much is happening that I'm just going to type it all out here.  I really started this blog for me to keep track of myself and then all of you decided to join me.  And I thank you for it.

 So We had an amazing Designer con

It was a one day event in Pasadena Convention Center.  We met lots of great new friends and found some amazing art and toys.  Please check out Cody Williams and his Yetis at these cons.  You won't be sorry.  I have 2......  And he's a great guy, so win win.  http://www.yetisandfriends.com/

We had a wonderful APE con as well.

I got to hang out with some old friends, meet some new ones and even shake hands with some people that have somehow been influenced by my art.  It's very nice and humbling to know that I've helped a fellow artist out along their journey.  They do all the work but man, it's nice to know I helped in some small way.

The very next day after Designer Con, Julie debuted her Jewelry line.  A smashing success at the Patchwork Indie faire.

She did amazing and I am so proud of her.  Her art has come a huge long way and she puts in work hours that are astounding at times.  And then on top of all of that, has to deal with me all the time.  Hard, hard work.


AND ONTO THE FUTURE!

Next up is CTN Animation Expo! Nov 16th-18th in Burbank CA.  It's probably my favorite convention out of them all.  I will have a booth with originals, prints, art books, and myself.  I will be doing a couple demos that weekend as well as a guest panel with the amazing artists; Torsten Schrank, Jose Lopez, John Nevarrez, Tony Siruno and then lil' ol' me on Saturday.  It's always a good time if you can make it.  Link to the panel http://m.guidebook.com/guide/2806/event/678916/



Other news:

- I am still hard at work on the original graphic novel and on goal to get a kickstarter happening the first week in January.

- I got to be a lead Designer on Slugterra which airs on Disney XD.  Go check that out so there will be a season 2 with even more cool slugs!

Well, that's about it.  Thanks everyone who visits, tweets, instas, shows up, facebooks, talks, buys, and supports this crazy journey I call a "career".  It really does mean a lot to both Julie and I.  So stop on by, say hello so I can keep putting names to avatar faces and I will see you online or in person.


-Bean

More Slugterra

Some more designs from the show that are announced.

2D Artist Magazine

I got to do a quick tutorial for 2D Artist magazine for a new series called cartoon Creation 101.  Here are the highlights.  And here's the link, http://www.2dartistmag.com/latest.html  Man, just a few months ago and there's a ton I'd change now....never ending huh?

gator

Quickie before my meeting.

Think Tank Anthropomorphic Pirate

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with a "Herd of cows", a "Flock of chickens, a "School of fish" and a "Gaggle of geese". However, less widely known is: a "Pride of lions, a "Murder of crows" (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an "Exaltation of doves" and, presumably because they look so wise, and a "Congress of owls". Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not ... a "Parliament". A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!

-Auther Unknown but originated from  Africa

Check out Justins Gator Pirate and more of our shenanigans at

http://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/

 

Other Centaurs

Some of the other Centaurs that didn't make my cut.

The Deal

Trying different methodologies and brushes.

I struggle when I set out to paint "nothing"  so I

just messed around until I saw a story n all the shapes, then went at it.

Triplets

Well I do Declayah....

I haven't painted for myself in a long while so I wanted to make sure I messed around with a new rendering style.  Lots of clients along with putting together my novel and a new art of book for CTN.  Exciting and busy times but for today, I just needed to paint something for me.

Zombies!!!!

Playing around with the zombie king and basic shapes.  All for the think tank and 

my happiness over Laika and ParaNorman.  I heart you guys.

Think Tank Voodoo Priest

This week's think tank.  Check out Justin's Priest and all our past think tank ideas at http://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/ 

The voodoo that you do, so well.

This week's think tank, Voodoo Priest.  Here's some thoughts.

Vlad the Impaler

think tank

The Quest - Imagine FX

I got to the opportunity to be a part of Imagine FX's A-Z of Sci Fi Art tutorial book.  I got Q for Quest.  Here's the piece but the article has a how-to tutorial attached to it.  It was super fun to just do what I wanted in my style.