Pixar children's books

An assortment of Pixar-themed books I've worked on over the years, through Disney Publishing and Random House. 

Films and shorts

Films I've worked on, including three direct-to-DVD, some shorts, and one for Universal. ("A Few Good Ghosts" was the last feature we were ramping up for at the Florida Studio, before its cancellation.)

1st year student film

This was my first student film at CalArts in 1993. No sound, just a simple pencil test, and it wasn't quite finished. Somehow, it ended up in the Producer's Show that year!

storyboards

These are some of the storyboards I did while at Project Firefly, for "Pooh's Heffalump Halloween", back in 2004. John Hurst and I boarded a majority of the film (direct to DVD).

Incredibles pin

A pin I designed for the 5th anniversary of "The Incredibles" - which is today celebrating its 9th! Happy Birthday to a truly incredible film.

Yo-Ho...

These are pencils I did back around 1998 for a coloring book. 

AquaDuck

This postcard shows the panels I illustrated for the AquaDuck's queue back in 2010.

Annette

Back in April, the world lost the angelic Annette Funicello. To honor her memory, I sketched this drawing, based on a famous photo. It's for an auction to benefit her MS charity, via the Golden Gate Disneyana Club. For further info about her foundation, visit: http://www.annetteconnection.com/.

Mack

This is another illustration I sketched and painted digitally for "Go, Go, Go!", a Step into Reading book by Random House. 

dinosaur pencil test

In the summer of 1993, I was in an internship at Hanna Barbera in Hollywood (specifically Turner Pictures, which had just released "The Pagemaster" and was gearing up for "Cats Don't Dance"). One of our assignments was to animate a character getting into a cookie jar. The studio was walking distance from Universal City Walk, where I'd recently seen the premiere of "Jurassic Park" and was thoroughly blown away by the realism of the dinosaurs. Later that fall, Industrial Light and Magic flew me up to San Francisco to see my animation reel - they were looking for students who could potentially help out on the film "Casper" - and I had the incredible privilege of meeting some of the "Jurassic Park" animators. That was a cool year!

Nemo pencils

These are some pencils I did for a Nemo short story in a 2005 Disney Yearbook, involving a new character I had the opportunity to design. Based on a flounder, she had eyes on one side of her body (like Mr. Johanssen in "Finding Nemo") and had trouble fitting in. Her hidden talent of camouflage was revealed when she instinctively hid in the sand from a tiger shark.

pencil test

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