Animation with Light

Check out this piece of animation by Ryan Cashman.


Light-Paint Piano Player from Ryan Cashman on Vimeo.

Creative Juices

Have you ever wondered where creative juices come from?

Cupid

Here is a new character I designed for a special project I am currently working on.

Here are some old designs that I cleaned up for the portfolio.

Expedition Everest

Here's a drawing inspired by my son, Ethan (age 5). He drew the top picture after riding the Everest coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom (he loved it!), and I drew the bottom picture after seeing his drawing.

Ethan's Drawing. (age 5)

My drawing based on Ethan's drawing.

Fun with Computer Animation

I just finished watching a great two hour show about the life of Ub Iwerks that was on TV. It inspired me to put this short piece of computer animation together to try and make it look like it was a cartoon from the twenties. The transfer to YouTube really lowered the resolution of the image. I am trying to find a better host for video.

Character

Here is a character design I've been working on for several years. I finally have a design I'm happy with.

Knights

Here are a few sketches of some knights I drew years ago.

Inspired!

Kids drawings are a great source of inspiration. Below is an image my son Ethan (age 4) drew and my drawing based on his.

Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Hey everyone! Today was talk like a pirate day. I found an old film to help you in the ways of pirate talk. Enjoy and Aaaarhhh!

Little Fish

Here is a cute little fish that I have been working on for fun.

Sketches!

It sure has been a while, but here are some sketches. I Hope you will enjoy them.

Self Portrait

El Dia de los Muertos

Abigail's Daisy Troop (Girl Scouts for kindergartners) studied Mexico this week, and Abigail chose to do drawings represening the holiday of The Day of the Dead. The first drawing she did on her own ... the second drawing she did by looking at the children's book, "Clatter Bash", by Richard Keep.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Abigail Drawings

Here are two more drawings done by my daughter Abigail(age 5). She drew these by looking at some of my drawing books that I have.

Old Pirate

I usually don't like to draw realistic, but this guy showed up while I was trying to sketch something else.

Abigail's Drawings

This is something I saw at subconsciousink.blogspot.com The artist of that blog shows a weekly drawing made by one of his kids. I really enjoyed the drawings and would like to do the same here. These are some resent drawings by my daughter Abigail (5). Sometime I use her drawing as inspiration for my own designs. The mermaid drawing posted earlier on this blog was based on one of Abigail's drawing.

The first drawing is of SpongeBob Square pants. She drew it from looking at the show.


The second drawing is from December, but she wanted me to post it anyway. She likes to go through my "How to Draw" books and draw from the pages. She starts with the basic shapes in red and then cleans it up in black. She's been watching me draw too much. This drawing is from a book called, "Fantasy! Cartooning" by Ben Caldwell.



Well, I hope you enjoyed these as much as I do.

Pirate Captain

Aaargh! Here is an image I did in Illustrator from an old sketch I did a few years back.

Little Indian Boy

Here is a character I designed for a friend a while back.