Author Archives: Rodney

There are tons of great resources out there and animation pulls all those resources into it. Every once in a while something really stands out and Russ Edmonds youtube channel is one of those. Specifically this video: And this isn’t … Continue reading →

John Pomeroy has been posting some outstanding and very useful videos lately. While this whole video should be seen and enjoyed I want to highlight one area of the video as it contribtutes to a long observed and criticized process … Continue reading →

My sister found this drawing I made some 40+ years ago in some of my Mom’s files. It is drawing of a character created by Tom Sjoerdsma. Tom was kind enough to show me around ‘Good Apple’ when I was … Continue reading →

Many years ago (1988) when I was mostly drawing macho superheroes I would occassionally draw some girls in pretty dresses, etc. This seemed detrimental to where I wanted to go in comics or animation so I considered for some time … Continue reading →

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 →