Update!

Time for a little bit of good news. Not that you guys are personally invested, but I managed to secure some good housing in the Bay Area. I am very excited about this, because house hunting in the Bay Area is a total pain. I'm going to live in a creekside cottage, pretty cool eh? Anyway, that puts my mind at rest to know I won't be homeless when I start work.

And I scanned a new drawing. I wrought this one forth while listening to the new Snow Patrol album, which is very pretty. Hopefully you might find this drawing equally as pretty. The character isn't supposed to be me, even though it looks like how I usually draw myself. His name is Cesar Patrick for now.



I'm going to start making a mental effort to try to not draw a halo for a while. Really, I promise I'll try. They just make everything seem more mystical. And I am a sucker for most things mystical or symbolic. But like I said, I'll try to refrain.

Painting for Jen

I did this one for my good friend Jen Hager, who was kind enough to let me stay in her living room for like a million weeks when I was trying to figure out how to graduate from CalArts. Thanks Jen and Heidi and Lissa! They got some pretty cute cats while I was there named Squash and Stretch. Anyways, their living room is all tricked out with red curtains and red movie posters, so Jen asked that I paint her something red, and this is what happened.

Next I might draw a little pencil sketch or something since this blog is getting a little gouache heavy.

Baxton Auction: Back in Action

So I decided at the last minute to put a painting into the Baxton Benefit Auction, and it sold! . . . to the ever fantastic Adam Muto. It's a gouache paining of Windstar the Fancy Dragon from my film.

And just in case you weren't able to make it, the auction was pretty awesome. I had my heart set on winning one of Dean Wellins' Hogarth drawings, but alas, there were some much bigger spenders than I, and I ended up with nothing. I heard that the auction made around $32,000, which is fantastic! It's all going to help out Martha and Larry Baxton, and they are two wonderful people who have all my love. Congratulations to everyone who helped make the auction happen, whether it was organizing, donating items, or big spending on the big night.

Anyways, here's what the painting looked like: