looking for something to post...sneaker addicts only: http://www.vimeo.com/7729526

Happy Halloween...

...my blog is 4 years old...

...Uh

-JUST WANTED TO POST SOMETHING...

Cereal Mascots...

FOUND SOME TIME AT WORK TO SKECTH THESE GUYS...

I DIDN'T DRAW THEM TOGETHER, BUT THEY ALMOST WORK...

Cra-yo-la..!

MY NEW GIG HAS ME ANIMATING IN CRAYONS...
CAN YOU GUESS MY PROJECT..?
I LUV MY JOB..!

Just looking for something to post...

...WOW, ITS REALLY BEEN A WHILE SINCE I POSTED SOMETHING, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN DRAWING ANYTHING FOR MYSELF OUTSIDE OF WORK, SO I FISHED AROUND FOR SOMETHING OLD TO POST, HERE'S WHAT I FOUND...

Bear Progress...

---HEY, STILL HERE, BEEN BUSY......HERE'S A BEAR, TRYING OUT SOME SHADOWING, WHICH I NEVER DO...

2008 Sketch Dump..!

...FOR MY LAST POST OF THIS YEAR I COMPILED ALL THE LOOSE FILES I FOUND THAT HAD SKECTHES IN THEM, ENJOY..!

...HAPPY & A HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2009 TO ALL WHO STOPPED BY MY BLOG..!

Stretch...

...BEEN A WHILE SINCE I DREW SOMETHING FOR MYSELFHAD SOME FREE TIME TONIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I CAME UP WITH, ENJOY...

Bert & Ernie...

I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO BE WORKING ON A PROJECT FOR SESAME STREET, THANKS TO A FRIEND WHO NEEDED SOME HELP...HERE'S A DRAWING I DID 21years AGO, ALONG WITH A SKETCH I DID OF BERT & ERNIE JUST FOR FUN, THANKS AGAIN GARY

3 years..!

HERE'S AN UNUSED DESIGN FOR A JOB I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON. THEY WENT WITH ANOTHER DOG, I LIKED THIS ONE.....AND THIS ONE I JUST DID FOR FUN THIS MORNING...

THNX MaTT

BUMM...

THIS STARTED AS ANOTHER MORE COMPLEX CUT-PAPER DESIGN... ...BUT THEN I JUST ENJOYED COLORING THIS CHARACTER IN SHAPES WITHOUT ANY HOLDING LINES. NOT SURE IF I'LL ACTUALLY TRY TO ATTEMPT THIS ONE...

Cut-Paper design...

...SO I'VE BEEN A BIT UNINSPIRED THIS PAST MONTH, UNTIL I SAW THIS CUT-PAPER POST FROM MY BUDDY DAGAN, WHICH MOTIVATED ME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW...HERE'S A LOOK INTO MY PROCESS UNTIL I POST THE FINAL, ENJOY...

Down-time @ work...

...NOTHING NEW TO POST, SO HERE'S SOMETHING I DID ONE DAY LAST YEAR AT WORK, WHILE WAITING ON APPROVALS...

Chickens & more chickens...

---MOTHER'S DAY CARD CONCEPT... ---EARLY DESIGNS FOR A JOB I JUST WRAPPED...

Push..?

THIS GUY WAS PUSHING SOMETHING, BUT I DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING I CAME UP WITH...
TRYING TO GET BACK TO PAPER...

Happy 4th of July..!

...DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS..!

Paper..?

ITS BEEN TOO LONG SINCE I'VE DRAWN ANYTHING ON PAPER...

Digital Post-Its...

...JUST A COUPLE OF UN-RELATED DOODLES, BECAUSE ITS GETTING DRY AROUND HERE...
...ALSO, CHECK OUT THE AMAZING BLOG OF PATRICK TUORTO

Fill in @ Fred

---I FILLED IN FOR A BUDDY OF MINE AT FREDERATOR THIS PAST WEEK, BUT BEFORE THAT I HAD SOME TIME TO ENTER THE METH MINUTE FAN CONTEST. HERE'S A SCREEN GRAB FROM MY SHORT(THAT I DID IN 2 DAYS, MINE IS THE 4th ONE IN, ENJOY...)
---AND THESE ARE SOME EARLY DESIGNS FOR A SECRET PROJECT...
---MORE TO COME...

An Alligator & Camoflauge Cow..!

This Past Weeks DOODLES...

...DESIGN FOR SOME FUTURE ANIMATION...
...OLD LADY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD...
...JUST A COW, ENJOY, MOO..!

Mo' Animation, click PLAY...

Yo-Yo... Animation, click PLAY

---I DID THIS SKETCH THIS WEEKEND,
AND IT TURNED INTO SOME ANIMATION...

---double click play to watch, enjoy...

Crazy Lady...

---I JUST SAW THE CRAZY LADY IN MY BUILDING LEAVE HER APARTMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 6 MONTHS, THANX FOR THE MATERIAL...
...MORE FUN WITH THE CRAZY LADY...

Mushroom Nose BEAR

---I JUST HAPPEN TO LIKE THE SHAPE OF THIS BEARS NOSE, AND IT KEPT ME GOING FOR 3 POSES...

Early St. Patty's Treat...

...DON'T ASK ME WHY, BUT IT SEEMS I'M OBSESSED WITH
St. PATTY's DAY..!

Bear & a Beer...

---I KNOW ITS A LITTLE EARLY TO BE THINKING ABOUT St. PATRICKS DAY, BUT I WAS, AND ITS NEVER TOO EARLY, SO ENJOY THIS GREEN BEAR...---POSTED THE RUFF ALONG TOO, JUST FOR FUN. I GOTTA GET BACK TO POSTING ON THIS BLOG.

Report from the Trenches

WELL I GUESS ITS MY TURN TO PROMOTE THE "Report from the Trenches" EVENT I WILL BE A PART OF THIS COMING THURSDAY FEB. 21st, 7pm @ THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, IN THE AMPITHEATER. YOU CAN EXPECT SUPERSTARS SUCH AS: MIKE CARLO, PHIL RYNDA, & RICK LACY, TALKING ABOUT OUR WORK EXPERIENCES IN THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY...THIS WAS A GOOD EXCUSE TO DO SOME NON-WORK RELATED DRAWING, ITS BEEN A WHILE. I NEVER WAS TOO GOOD AT DRAWING BIG MUSCLE GUYS SO I FIGURED THIS WAS A CHANCE TO POKE FUN AT MYSELF...

Zzzz...

...I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THIS, I'VE BEEN BUSY WITH WORK IN THE NEW YEAR, SO I CAN'T COMPLAIN...

JAH..!

---I'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THIS CHARACTER TO LOOK HOW I WANT, AND I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THIS FOR NOW...---ALSO TRYING TO FIND A NICE SOUND CLIP TO ANIMATE HIM...

Eh' Cumpari!...Animation

---I'VE BEEN WANTING TO ANIMATE TO THIS SONG FOR A WHILE, I MIGHT CLEAN IT UP BETTER AND PUT SOME INBTWEENS IN SO ITS NOT CHOPPY, BUT I LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS SO LIMITED, SO ENJOY FOR NOW, JUST DOUBLE CLICK THE ON HIM TO PLAY...

coffee...

...I WATCHED A BUNCH OF OLD ANIMATED COMMERCIALS THIS WEEKEND...

Random Nothing-ness & The Scariest Halloween Costume EVER!

...I SAW THIS OLD LADY WEARING THIS DOROTHY COSTUME WITH HER LITTLE YORKIE AS TOTO, BUT THE BEST PART IS SHE WAS SMOKING, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!...

...just wanted to post something...

Dominoes

---I'VE BEEN MEANING TO DO THIS SKETCH FOR A WHILE, EVER SINCE I TAUGHT MY GIRLFRIEND HOW TO PLAY... ALSO I WANTED TO SHOW OFF MY DOMINOES I PICKED UP THIS SUMMER IN PUERTO RICO. THEY'RE WOODEN, HAND MADE, AND YES MIKE, THEY HAVE SPINNERS..!

---THERES A HIDDEN MESSAGE IN THIS FOR YOU J-9..?

Neighborhoodies...

...JUST SOME PEOPLE I'VE SEEN AROUND THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD...

...posted the ruffs, just for fun...

Summer is OVER..!

---HOW MUCH LONGER WILL WE CONTINUE TO HEAR Mr. SOFTEE..?
















...SOME PEOPLE LIKED THAT REDHEAD KID SO HERE'S ALL THE VERSIONS I DID, ENJOY...

empty wagon...?

I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING FUNNY TO PUT IN THE WAGON...
ITS LATE AND I'M TIRED SO I'LL TAKE SUGGESTIONS AND RE-POST......MORE KIDS

Unicorns...???

---ITS ALWAYS FUN DOING YOUR TAKE ON ANOTHER ARTISTS CHARACTER. THESE WERE INSPIRED BY JUSTIN WINSLOW, THE BG DESIGNER ON SEEMORE'S PLAYHOUSE, HE ALSO DOES THE BG's FOR MY ANIMATED SEGMENTS AT THE END OF THE SHOW AS WELL. STOP BY HIS BLOG AND CHECK OUT HIS NEW COMIC STRIP MYTHFITS, FUNNY STUFF...

---I DID THESE ZEBRAS THE NEXT DAY...

That's Amore...ruff animation

---SORRY NOTHING NEW TO POST, SO HERES THE FIRST THING I ANIMATED WHEN I GOT MY WACOM TABLET 2yrs AGO... I WANT TO TRY AND CLEAN THIS UP IN THAT "MESSY" STYLE, SO ENJOY THIS FOR NOW, AND I'LL POST THE FINAL IF I EVER GET TO IT...

...MIXED BAG...

---WELL, I JUST FINISHED UP A JOB THIS PAST FRIDAY AND HERE'S PAGE OF UNRELATED DOODLES I DID OVER THOSE 3 MONTNS...---THANX TO EVERYONE WHOS BEEN STOPPIN' BY MY BLOG LATELY, ENJOY...

...HERE'S TWO CHARACTERS I DREW SEPARATELY BUT THEN I STUCK THEM TOGETHER, DON'T ASK ME WHY......I GUESS IT KINDA WORKS, THE LINE WEIGHTS ARE DIFF, WHATEVER I WANTED TO POST SOMETHING...

Hipsters..???(not really)

---YET ANOTHER SPIN OFF OF ONE OF MY DESIGNS AT WORK, THAT EVEN MADE ME DO 2 MORE...
---I'M POSTING THE RUFFS ALONG TOO, JUST CUZZ I LIKE 'EM...

Butter Crunch & a Lolli-Pop...

--IF YOU GREW UP GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL IN NYC THEN YOU KNOW ABOUT BUTTER CRUNCH COOKIES... I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO PUT IN THE PHOTO REAL COOKIE WITH THE ANIMATION , REMINDS ME OF A VINTAGE COMMERCIAL... SO IF LINDEN's COOKIES NEEDS SOME ANIMATED SPOTS, GIVE ME A CALL... JUST CLICK THE COOKIE TO PLAY...

---THIS GIRL WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT THIS MESSY STYLE, JUST CLICK THE GIRL TO PLAY, ENJOY...

---BIG THANX TO IAN FOR SHOWING ME HOW TO POST THESE SWF's...

DOWN TIME @ WORK...

---ITS FUNNY HOW WORK MOTIVATES ME TO SKETCH ON MY DOWN TIME, EVEN WHEN I'M WORKING A FREELANCE GIG ON TOP OF MY 9 to 5... BUT WHEN I'M BETWEEN JOBS I HARDLY DO ANY AT ALL...

---I'VE BEEN DRAWING A LIL' MESSIER LATELY, EVEN COLORING MESSY TOO, JUST TRYING SOMETHING NEW, THINKING ABOUT DOING SOME ANIMATION IN THIS STYLE...

---THIS IS ANOTHER SPIN OFF OF A CHARCTER I DESIGNED FOR WORK, ENJOY J-STAR...

REAL MEN GARDEN..?

---JUST SKECTHIN' AROUND, THINKING ABOUT THE CHARACTERS SHAPE OF MY POST BELOW THIS ONE AND I STUMBLED ONTO AN OLD CONCEPT...---THIS ONE'S FOR YOU CARLO, EXCUSE ME... Mr. STARLO... HE WAS WATERING A STOOLIE HE PLANTED, HEH, HEH, HEH...
(...WELCOME HOME SHAPETOWN...)

WE'RE GONNA MAKE YA' A STAR KID...

---DID THIS AT WORK TO POKE FUN AT MY DESIGN OF A PRODUCER..---TOOK THE RUFF HOME AND COLORED IT UP, BOO-YAH, ENJOY...

PLUM-BER & A SALUTE

---I LIKE THE FIRST 2 BECAUSE THEY LOOK A LOT LOOSER AND SLOPPIER THAN I DRAW, BUT I FELL BACK INTO MY OLD SELF ON THE 3rd... I'M REALLY GETTIN' TIRED OF ALL THIS SHARPER THAN SHARP FLASH LOOK EVEYTHING HAS, GOTTA SWITCH IT UP...

---OH, AND THIS GUYS A SOILDER...

---UNTIL NEXT TIME...

Mr. Rectangle

YAY...!!!

...UP LATE...

...ITS LATE, CAN'T SLEEP, SO HERE YA' GO..---ENJOY, BigALrock...

GREAT to be HOME...NYC

---GETTIN' A LIL' RUSTY, THIS AIN'T NUTTIN' SPECIAL BUT I SAW THIS GUY COUNTING UP HIS CHANGE FOR HIS PAPER THIS MORNING AT THE BAGEL SHOP AFTER GETTING MYSELF A FRESH CUT FROM THE BARBERSHOP... ---THANX TO MY UNCLE PHIL FROM SHOWING ME A GREAT TIME IN L.A. BUT ITS GOOD TO BE BACK HERE IN NYC WHERE I BELONG...

SPRING CLEANING...

...SORRY NO NEW STUFF, BUT I WAS CLEANING UP MY DESK AND FOUND THESE SKETCHES I DID FROM MY 1st JOB. THEY WERE FROM A LOONEY TUNES WEB-CARTOON, BUT I WAS HAVING SUCH A BLAST ON THE JOB THESE ARE ALL DOODLES I DID ON THE SIDE THAT WEREN'T EVEN IN THE CARTOON. MAYBE I WAS JUST EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON LOONEY TUNES, OR JUST WORKING AT ALL. STILL SOME OF MY FAVORITE WORK...

...I CLEANED UP MY BLOG AS WELL, IF YOU NOTICED I DELETED ALL MY SNEAKER POSTS. I KNOW ITS HEARTBREAKING TO MOST OF YOU, BUT BACK TO THE ART...

FUNEMPLOYMENT...

---HEY EVERYONE, JUST WRAPPED UP AT MTV AND I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY TIME TO DOODLE AT THIS GIG, WE WERE VERY BUSY, BUT I STILL MANAGED TO GET OFF A FEW DURING THIS 5 MONTH SPAN, ENJOY...

...IS IT ME, OR ARE ALL THESE GUYS IN THE SAME POSE...OOOPS OH WELL...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007...

---SEEMS AS THOUGH I NEED TO GO ON A DIET LIKE THIS NOT SO LITTLE NEW YEARS BABY...

---HAPPY & A HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, CHEERS...

Happy 2nd Birthday LeaH

---THIS WEEKEND WAS MY NIECE'S 2nd BIRTHDAY PARTY......HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY LeaH, Luv Uncle AL...

B-Boyz Rock Da' Spot...

---CHECK IT OUT SUCKA M.C.'s... HAD THIS SKETCH LYING AROUND FOR A WHILE, AND I WANTED TO TRY CLEANING IT UP IN FLASH USING THE TAPERING TECHNIQUE MY NEW JOB HAS TAUGHT ME...









(...don't know why the quality on this stinx, so click on it to see it better...)

Elephants, on parade...

---DID THESE AFTER I MADE THAT B-DAY CARD FOR MY CUZZ, ENJOY...

---EARLY MORNIN' POST...

...some sweet wacom goodness...

-just havin' some fun...-BigALrock...

GOING ON 1 YEAR STRONG...

---YEAH ITS BEEN A WHILE... HAVEN'T HAD ANY TIME FOR PERSONAL WORK SO HERE ARE COUPLE OF SECONDARY CHARACTERS I DESIGNED FOR A JOB I JUST FINISHED LAST MONTH. I KNOW THEY'RE A LIL' "SAFER" THAN I DRAW BUT IT WAS FOR A KID SHOW, STILL THEY WERE FUN PLUS THE JOB WAS A BLAST...
---HAPPY 1st B-DAY TO MY BLOG...

4 + 2 = ???

...and a page corner doodle, just for fun...

UP L@TE...

I CAN SEE THIS GUY TEARING UP OCEAN DRIVE IN SOUTH BEACH MIAMI @8mph FOR THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL...2 POSTS IN 1 DAY, DRAWING IS FUN AGAIN...

SUMMER FUN...

---FEELS GOOD TO PICK UP MY MARKERS AND A PENCIL AGAIN AFTER DRAWING STRAIGHT INTO FLASH FOR THE PAST 8 MONTHS...

S-T-O-P

POST-ITS @ 11:30pm

---SEEMS LIKE MOST ARTISTS LIKE DRAWING ON POST-ITS, WHY I DUNNO??? I NEVER WAS A BIG FAN OF IT BECAUSE I HATE DRAWING SO SMALL, BUT I FELT IT WAS TIME I BECAME A BIG MAN AND DREW ON TINY PIECES OF PAPER... ENJOY, BigALrock

BIG BAD POST

---HEY, SO ITS BEEN A WHILE BUT I'M STILL HERE... I'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY AT WORK, BUT THE PROJECT IS FINALLY OVER(FOR ME AT LEAST)... SO HERE ARE ALL THE CARICATURES I DID OF MY CO-WORKERS FOR THE PAST 8 MONTHS, ENJOY...

---WELL ITS ONLY RIGHT TO START OFF WITH MY LAYOUT SUPERVISOR, HENRY...

---NEXT WE HAVE THE MAN WHO SUFFERED RIGHT NEXT TO ME, JUSTIN a.k.a J-STAR or JASON TO SOME...

---THIS MAN HERE WAS AND STILL IS TO THIS DAY INDONESIA'S BIGGEST EXPORT, IMARIO...

---MOVING RIGHT ALONG WE HAVE MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HOLT!!!
---NEXT IN LINE IS ANIMATIONS BEST WRESTLER, DAN...(I'LL FINISH THE 2nd ONE WHEN I GET A CHANCE)
---HERE WE HAVE A MAN WHO SIMPLY CAN'T GET ENUFF OF MIKEY, DAGAN...---AND LAST WE HAVE A MAN WHO IS TRULY ONE OF A KIND, TOM or ::SMO::(THIS WAS DONE PRE-STACHE OFCOURSE...)---PLUS DOODLE OF MYSELF(CUZZ PHIL CAN'T GET ENUFF OF 'EM) ALONG WITH PUPPET AL, THE ARCH-ENEMY OF THE HENRY HAND PUPPET... ---LASTLY, A COUPLE OF MY FAVORITE POST-ITS I TOOK HOME WITH ME... ---GREAT WORKING WITH EVERYONE, SURE WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AGAIN ON FUTURE PROJECTS...BEST OF LUCK TO ALL, CYA, BigALrock

...DUH, YUPP...

...EVER HAD ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU FEEL, UH, DUMB...

TRIANGLE TRIO

A LIL' SOMETHING I DID THAT MAKES ME LAFF, ENJOY...

Pop-Corn Skrimps...

---AWWW HELL NAW, ITS NOT MISSPELLED, S-K-R-I-M-P-S---GOTTA LUV DALLAS BBQ's...

MY NAME IN LIGHTS, OR AT LEAST IN CREDITS...

---CONGRATS TO EVERYONE ON ALL THEIR HARD WORK, BUT IT AINT OVER JUST YET...

Beer Mugz

---CHECK OUT THE NEW BLOG I STARTED WITH A FEW CO-WORKERS, FOR CARICATURES OF PEOPLE WE KNOW, LUV or CAN'T STAND...ENJOY!!!
http://mugz2006.blogspot.com/

On the D-train

SO LIVING IN NYC RIDING THE TRAIN EVERYDAY YOU SEE A LOT OF PERFORMERS HUSTLING DOING WHATEVER TRYING TO GET YOU TO GIVE 'EM A BUCK, AND THIS IS THE GUY ON THE Broadway-Lafayette Street STOP ON THE D-TRAIN... HE MIGHT ONLY PLAY THE SAME 3 ITALIAN SONGS ALL DAY EVERYDAY, BUT THEY'RE GREAT, SO HERE'S TO YOU ACCORDION GUY...

BLOG-TASTIC

SOME EARLY DESIGNS FOR A PROJECT I'M WORKING ON WITH A MR. MIKE CARLO...
(lets get a post up to revive that blog)

YEAH BABY, THANX JARED...