week of 11-02-09

It's been a couple of weeks since I've posted. I was bitten by the virus bug. I think it was food poisoning from this place we ate at lunch. Chirpin Chicken. Pretty sure because I was still sitting at lunch when I got my first stomach cramp. Then, I was out. I was not right for about a week. Damn little virus. Anyway, here are a few images representing how I was feeling on those days.


Never put stubble on Bert before... he is only a kid. I think its pretty funny tho.


Here's disheveled Grover. You know how it is. You're just thinking "why!?"

30s of week 10-19-09

Last week I got myself hitched. Yep, made the jump! So, of course, I had to take a few days off. Therefore, I only made it into the office a couple days, which left me with a week worth of work crammed into a couple of days. Out of the couple of days, I got one sketch done. Yes, slacker. But, here is the one I did get to do.


It's Bert in a somewhat traditional Chinese wedding get up. Yah, I had to. And, that's a flower like thing strapped to Bert's chest. His chest didn't explode...

30s of week 10-12-09

This week we continue with the Electric Company character style exploration. I was only in three days this week and got off two sketches. Check em out.


On this sketch I focused more on the pose and expression.


This Chibi styled one I was more focused on the style itself and how characters pose in that style.

30s of week 10-5-09

Because of my sink nightmares, I was babysitting my sink for a part of the week. So, I was only able to get into the office for three days. But, when I got in, I did a little sketchy sketch. This week I had planned to stay with the same style. But, an order to develop a simple more "primitive" look for Electric Company came through. So, here are the results.


I was able to get Big Bird out before the order came down for Electric Company. Cute, but Big Bird is always hard to get looking good.


I did a bunch of sketches, but this is one of the ones I liked. I think it needs some refining, but the start is there.

30s of week 9-28-09

Here are my sketches from last week. I only got out two. Damn slacker. Staying with the simplified idea and working my way through the characters.


Here's Grover. I feel he still needs work. Something with the mouth...


Abby came out well. She's a bit busy with all her details, but she's cute.

30s of week 9-21-09

Continuing with the same concept, this week I was able to do three sketches. It was a busy week. Work flooded in and an event took place on Friday that took up the whole day. But, I was able to squeeze out these three sketches. Enjoy!


Oscar was my favorite of this week. His pose just worked for me. He's like a grumpy old man with a walker. :)


Zoe came out nicely. Like Elmo, she's pretty simple in terms of detail. So, its actually hard because you can simplify them down so much that they don't have enough detail to work with.


And, here's the Count. He actually has a lot of detail, so he's pretty easy to work with. Yep, I have him a baby goatee. He's not supposed to be younger. Just smaller.

30s of week 9-14-09

This week I was determined to keep it simple. I like sketchy sketching, but that's not the direction I want my designs to go. I want to simplify and still represent the character as they need to be on products. It's one of those things where I'm trying to please my creativity and feel out where the limits are. Yeah, its great to say "screw rules" and design crazy images. But, then, my work won't see the light of day and I'm not doing my job. So, here's to following rules... for now. :)


Bert was my first this week.


Ernie was my favorite of this week. He just has the best feel.


Elmo was my least favorite. I think I still have to work with his proportions to push the cute.


Cookie was the last done for this week. I had to give him a cookie. No carrots and apples here.