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Can’t sniff enough! Testing out new rigging scripts for AE on an innocent pig. A pig rig. #pigrig #smelltheflowers #animation #animatedloop #savethebees https://www.instagram.com/p/B4iZACNARTt/?igshid=sm3r2fmoiow5

Swaddle. #swaddle #doodle https://www.instagram.com/p/BxKv6XvA7_Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u018fkm922he

Glass empty, glass full, water just is. #animation #animatedloop #glasshalffull #glasshalfempty https://www.instagram.com/p/BurwrP4gnu-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ocpjz7377rc2

Another father-son drawing challenge: Monster. Son envisioned and produced something toothier. I don’t disagree, but the drawing just happened and monsters are relative. #drawingsketch #monsterish https://www.instagram.com/p/BsqqQQHgz6k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uiuwyhbcr936

Another drawing challenge from my son: Thorin Oakenshield with a jet pack. Did Tolkien consider this? #thehobbit #jetpack #thorinoakenshield https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsod9ngAZt_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vhy155g8ujv6

The iterative and colorful journey of logo development for the big-hearted, smart, and community-minded folks at AARF. Turn up the volume. Works by Amy and me. Message me if you need a logo. #logo #logoanimation #animation #logocreation #aarflove https://www.instagram.com/p/BnJe_uEAYpy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d28swrh62rqb

Scooting Dog Condemning Cat. Illustration by Amy Rizzi, motion by me. #illustration #animation #dogscooting #catsanddogs

In a moment of dissonance, the ill-tempered brute knew he had lost the upper hand. #tyrannosaurusrex #trex #tickle #animation

Friday landscape, a sentinel tree. #landscape #illustration #vector

An old graphic and a dash of animation, mixed. #animation #cocktail #swirl

A flight cycle animation test for a recent client film. Bringing “continuous line” drawing style to life was a fun challenge. #continousline #animation #dove #peace

Ubiquitous on-air. A phlegmatic foil. Scrupulous diction. Big hands? #comey #illustration #caricature

In the evening when he’s fussy, and he’s barely fussy, I hold him like this and pace the quieting house.

This is a partial view, a fraction of a pasteboard for a current client project—some nicer bits. Sometimes, and rarely (for me anyway) you nail the storytelling and style on the first try. Often, you have to work, work, work, until the solution appears, and then you can marvel back at the castaways, the detritus of the creative process.

Mug and pencils. #tbt #copyeditor #illustration

Human obligatory #tbt #doodle

A little illustration for my company's blog on the pains of asset management. #illustration #painintheass