pencil test

One of my rough scenes from "Curious George", prior to cleanup. This was back in 2005, while at Project Firefly.

More Recreated Cleanup Drawings

Here are the rest of the drawings I had done for guests of a recent presentation at work. I scrolled each one up so they were sort of a mystery; when the guests opened them, they were then encouraged to trade with each other for their favorites. It seemed like a nice way to bridge the natures of our Animation and Theme Park Merchandise heritages.

Kitchen thug

Another pencil from the "Tangled" activity book.

Tangled activity book page

This is pencil art from a Tangled activity book I worked on, back in 2009. The initial art notes called for Rapunzel to be playing dice with the kids.

Snoozin' Sheriff

This is a page from the first Random House book that I had the opportunity to illustrate from sketch to paint, "The Spooky Sound", back in 2009. This also led to "Go, Go, Go!" and "Fast Friends". 

Radiator Springs

This is from a Random House book I worked on a few years ago called "Go, Go, Go!" 

I scanned in my pencil art, and then painted the scene and characters in digitally.

Water Parks bus wrap

Here's a Goofy I illustrated a few years ago for a WDW bus wrap. The mat he's riding is based on the ones at Blizzard Beach, with handles on the inside. 

More "recreated" clean-ups

Here are more of the drawings I did as giveaways for some of the guests of our presentation last year:

Fun game!

Back in 2005, I had the opportunity at Project Firefly (assisting a company called Cecropia) to animate on a video game featuring traditional animation, named "The Act". We had a blast working on it, and the assumption at the time was that it would soon be playable as a tabletop arcade game and eventually on a home game. As it turned out, technology took a few years more to catch up, and it's now an app you can play on your smartphone!

 Here's a link to their site if you'd like to see the trailer: http://www.theactgame.com/

Also, click here to see an early pencil test of one of my scenes (just hit play): http://roncohee.blogspot.com/2009/05/rough-animation-act-cecropia-2d-game.html

Re-created clean-ups

Earlier in the year, I participated in a presentation hosted by the Disney Events Group. As a surprise for the guests at the end, I gave out original "recreated" clean-up drawings based on beloved characters from Disney's animated features. 

Italy

Way back in 2001, we spent our honeymoon in Italy, and I did my best to sketch some of Michelangelo's art. 

The original David is in the Accademia Gallery in Florence.

The Doni Madonna is in the Uffizi in Florence.

This is my wife looking at the Pantheon in Rome. She was fascinated with its beauty, and I with hers!

The Pieta in St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican, Rome. I could have stood there forever, it was so beautiful. He was only 24 years old when he sculpted this.

The Pieta in the Museo Duomo in Florence, features a self portrait of Michelangelo himself - toward the end of his life - as Nicodemus.

We were lucky to get a seat on a bench in the Sistine Chapel, where I attempted to sketch a tiny portion of that unbelievable masterpiece.

Art of Animation Resort

I'm very excited to see the Art of Animation Resort completed. It was an honor to have a part in all four of its themed sections. Here's how the Little Mermaid shower curtain developed: