Archive for August, 2005

Some drawings and a new blog

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Yesterday was a tough day, it felt like we were all on slow motion here, having difficulty focusing on anything, eyes mostly glazed. I was unable to do much … much but one thing, at lunch time I went to the weekly figure drawing session … drew away, charcoal and newsprint and it felt pretty [...]

Sad Sad news

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Joe Ranft, the heart of Pixar, died yesterday night in a car accident. We are all hit hard by this sudden news and we’re all beyond sadness here at the studio. Joe’s contribution to Animation has been immense and far reaching. He taught and mentored a whole generation of creators, I can’t even begin to [...]

World Wide SketchCrawl #4

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

So … the next World Wide SketchCrawl is scheduled! Saturday August 27th it is and it’s gonna be in memory of our talented friend Dan Lee, we miss him dearly and we thought it’d be great to go about town and draw away thinking about him … he was an avid sketcher himself and I [...]

Comic-con 05

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

I just got back from a nice vacation in Italy which coupled with the San Diego Comic-Con has made for a real nice break for me.