"Sistine Bears"

This was just something I drew in a friend's sketchbook, which was being passed around the studio during "Lilo and Stitch" to be drawn in for fun - sort of like a yearbook. I photocopied it and colored it with colored pencil. At the time, we were looking forward to working on "Brother Bear", and my wife and I had recently gone to Italy for our honeymoon (our "luna di miele") -so there were a couple of mixing influences!

"The Adventures of Lady" children's book

This is another book I had the pleasure of illustrating (again, with the painting talents of Bob Stanton) at Project Firefly. Based on a true story by Iris Pearson and Mike Merrill, it won the 2007 New York Book Festival award for best children's book.

"All of Life is a School" storybook

When I was with Project Firefly, I had the opportunity to illustrate a children's book (with Bob Stanton, who provided the wonderful color) based on a story by Kermit Weeks, about vintage aircraft at his Fantasy of Flight attraction in Polk County, Florida. To call it an "attraction" is an understatement - it's an amazing facility that celebrates the dreams and achievements of flight.
The website is http://www.fantasyofflight.com/. It was definitely a lot of fun to work on this book, and I learned quite a bit. Taking reference pictures while flying in a biplane added to the thrill, as well!

Wall-E storybook

This is one of the pages I penciled for the Wall-E storybook.

Cars

This is a clean-up I did a few years ago for the first art pool of the "Cars" storybook, for Disney Publishing.

Meet the Robinsons

A clean-up I did for the "Meet the Robinsons" storybook cover.

Cars illustration for upcoming book

I used Adobe Photoshop to paint the final background and character levels.

Here is the final pencil (I usually use a Tombow HB pencil or mechanical when necessary).

This is the rough layout I submitted first.

Ratatouille cover

The above is a rough layout of a Ratatouille book cover as I received it, prior to cleaning it up.

A Ratatouille cover I cleaned up for Random House via Disney Publishing.

Toy Story pins for Zoetrope set

These were drawn as part of a pin set about the Pixar zoetrope (which is spinning at Disney's California Adventure), in collaboration with Brett Brooks, who did the original concepts for the set.

Toy Story pin set

These were done as part of a Toy Story pin set. I tried to draw them as clean as possible before digitally inking them in Adobe Illustrator.

The Princess and the Frog

Today is the wide release of Disney's official return to traditional feature-length animation after more than five years: "The Princess and the Frog". I can't wait to see it tonight with friends and colleagues, and hope it does well this opening weekend. Needless to say, I'm very proud of this film, and grateful for the chance to work on it with Premise Entertainment in Orlando (one of the studios that helped in a big way with clean-up, effects, backgrounds, and ink and paint) - hopefully this will usher in many more traditionally-animated films. Please go see it and enjoy!

Candlelight Processinal pin

This is another pin for which I drew the characters just before the layoff back in March. I just saw it previewed on http://www.disneypincast.com/, which analyzes new and upcoming Disney pins on a frequent basis. I enjoyed this one, since the Candlelight Processional is such a beautiful event at both Disneyland in California and Epcot in Florida. The first time I saw it was at Disneyland, and James Earl Jones was the guest speaker narrating the Christmas story. If anyone hasn't seen it, it's something you really shouldn't pass up!