Author Archives: Rodney

You’d be forgiven if you don’t quite recognize this shot of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Although any fan will instinctively know where in the film it belongs. Perhaps the reason it feels slightly different from your memory of ‘Robin Hood’ … Continue reading →

Here’s a doodle from back in the 1980’s featuring the never before revealed origin of Easter. You see.. Ecliazekuloploppen Starbunny (E Starbunny for short) had to crash land on planet earth. While sharing his space chocolates with the friendly neighborhood … Continue reading →

Back before computers… painting on the back of cels/plastic was a thing.

Just a reminder that the good stuff doesn’t always win the day. Al B. Moore’s ‘Lair of the Lizardmin’ wasn’t just good… it was great stuff. Al moved on to other fun projects: http://www.drawingitup.com/ Check them out!

Pressing toward some other things I thought I’d give SVG rotation using mouse/pen (and keyboard) a try.

Here’s a doodle from an exploration into creating a vector/raster hybrid drawing program that focuses on recording history of brush strokes. Added an option to output the sequence and this is a random doodle I was using to test fitting … Continue reading →

Heritage auctions are always fun to watch… even if you never buy anything. Go to individual entries for multiple views or alternate scans of artowork. Get an account at Heritage to gain access to the higher resolution images. Maleficent figure … Continue reading →

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