Kung Fu Panda opens today!!

This is a real panda.



This is KUNG FU PANDA!!! Opening today!! June 6th!
Below are my directors and producer: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne, and Melissa Cobb.



And here is one of the first shots I animated...Tai Lung Escapes!

She needs a name....

So far....so good.

I would say that's pretty damn good!! Eh??
Rottentomatoes is a movie review website....they tally all the reviews and measure the percentage of positive reviews.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kung_fu_panda/


I saw the completed film last Thursday. We had the crew screening and wrap party that night. People were clapping, laughing, and cheering throughout the entire film! What an accomplishment. I'm proud to have worked on it and I do believe it's Dreamwork's best. Please check it out this weekend! Opens this Friday! June 6th! I'll post a list of the shots I animated soon.

Love it or hate it.... here's Cee Lo ( of Gnarles Barkley fame) doing his rendition of Kung Fu Fighting with Jack Black at the Celebrity premiere on Sunday.

dirty

Crunch

I seriously saw this on Saturday while driving down Glendale Blvd. in Silver Lake.
It looks so refreshing doesn't it?

The Bernstein's Family Dog

I was with my sister and Dad yesterday evening at the Vet. Our family dog was on his 16th year and suffering from internal bleeding. I drew these while we said our goodbyes. He was somewhat alert and did pick his head up and raise his brows when I entered the room. I love that he had a little spot on his nose that was shaped like a heart. It was a little faded from age...but it was still there.
I was there when my Dad brought him home for us in 1992 and I was with him at the end. He was a great dog.... loving, friendly, and always curious. He was still digging through the kitchen garbage just two weeks ago. He was also a good dancer. You could hold him by his front two paws and do a little tango.
Goodbye Corkscrew J. Cork. You will be missed.

Gnarly!! Love this video.....so much fun.

He's coming.....June 6th!

A new trailer for Kung Fu Panda was released today! Check it out! I was an animator on this movie for over a year and am so happy it's finally coming out. The whole crew did an outstanding job...I must say, there's some exceptional talent here at Dreamworks.




And lucky me! They used 4 shots of mine.

1. Tailung on his knees, breaking out of chains.
2. The goose that says "We're dead..."
3. Shifu hitting a giant rock with mystical blue kung fu light!
4. Tailung running on all 4's and leaping off the bridge.

Stealin' aint no fun...

Oh how I love it.... Get out of the White House already!

May 1st, 2008 7:05 pm
Poll: More disapprove of Bush than any other president

By Paul Steinhauser / CNN

WASHINGTON DC -- A new poll suggests that President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job as president.

"No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup Poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president's disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark," said Keating Holland, CNN's polling director.

"Bush's approval rating, which stands at 28 percent in our new poll, remains better than the all-time lows set by Harry Truman and Richard Nixon [22 percent and 24 percent, respectively], but even those two presidents never got a disapproval rating in the 70s," Holland said. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 67 percent disapproval in January 1952."

While Gallup polling goes back to the 1930s, it wasn't until the Truman years that they began surveying monthly approval ratings.

CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider adds, "He is more unpopular than Richard Nixon was just before he resigned from the presidency in August 1974."

President Nixon's disapproval rating in August 1974 stood at 66 percent.

The poll also indicates that support for the war in Iraq has never been lower. Thirty percent of those questioned favored the war, while 68 percent opposed it.

"Americans are growing more pessimistic about the war," Holland said. "In January, nearly half believed that things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq; now that figure has dropped to 39 percent."

The numbers on the Iraq war come on the five-year anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" moment on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, when he proclaimed that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

The record-low support for the war in a CNN poll could be one reason behind the president's unpopularity, but it probably is not the only one.

"Support for the war, the assessment of the economy and approval of Mr. Bush are all about the same -- bad," Schneider said.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted by telephone from Monday through Wednesday among 1,008 adult Americans.

The poll's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

I wish

I wish
I wish
I could be
there
right now...




MGMT @ Coachella 2008 "kids"

Feist

There's something so sexy about a woman singing and playing an instrument.
Here's Feist.
I love this song....

Jeremy VS. Steve

Sometimes Steve and I get into arguments. This took place in my office last week.
Yeah....we made up already. But boy did I want to do this.

Mr. Hamburger

America's Funnyman...Neil Hamburger

I drew this about 2 months ago while he performed in Silver Lake.

Coffee Bat Break

Night

MGMT....wow

I love this song

I love this video

Introducing MGMT- Time to Pretend.
I've been obsessed with finding this song ever since I saw the video on MTV 2 late one night...or actually...early morning. It was stuck in my head and I couldn't find the piece of paper where I wrote the bands' name down. You'd think MGMT would be easy to remember...well it wasn't! I finally heard the song again in my car and wrote the name down on a car repair bill. And here they are.
I like how raw, messy and chaotic the video is.

MGMT - Time To Pretend
Uploaded by gotmullet

Hello Dolly....

You might find this surprising but I listen to Dolly Parton now and then. "Jolene" is one of my favorites. She's amazing.



I first heard the song when the White Stripes covered it. I love all the emotion he puts into the song.

The White Stripes - Jolene
Uploaded by Leprechaune

If you ever get a chance to see The White Stripes live...do it. I've seen them twice and Jack White is a God on the guitar. It's incredible to watch.

Ultimate Fighter

J.J. Villard and I watched Ultimate Fighting on cable at my place last night. It was bloody, gruesome, gross, disgusting, painful, just plain wrong....and we loved it.
I drew this in his sketchbook.

New Yorker style...

I need your help! I couldn't decide on the best/funniest caption for this drawing. So I came up with a bunch. Pick your favorite and I'll post it!
(or maybe you have a better caption? This drawing conjures up a zillion ideas.)

On mars...you can sometimes see a bear.

San Diego to Los Angeles....All Aboard!

Amtrak Lady

We were about to enter the train in what seemed to be a door. This lady popped out like a Jack in the Box and yelled the following....

Batman 03

Batman 02

Batman 01

Lesson

~Drawn on Dreamworks' napkins at lunch

Robyn

My favorite new artist. This video is incredible.

Estelle...American Boy ( with Kanye )

Great video....great song....great artists.....Love it.

Kanye West..update

Youtube took down the Live Grammy video...so I found just the audio. Enjoy.

A tribute to his mother.

He performed this last night at the Grammys. Just plain beautiful.

Mykonos, Greece. Summer 2007

Here's a few sketches from my trip to Greece this past summer. I drew these in a small sketchbook I bought in Santorini. The book is about the size of my palm. I rented a scooter on each island I visited and traveled around looking for the best beaches. Hence to say, they were all the best. The water was crystal clear, the women were beautiful, and the fish were abundant.

Mykonos is club island. Hundreds of clubs open up at night and the cheeseballs come out in droves. Here's a few below.
Yes, they wear fanny packs with biker shorts.



This is Paradise beach. Hot topless women swim in the ocean while techno music blasts from the DJ booth by the beach bar.
As the sun sets, everyone gets out of the water and starts dancing. Two hired go-go dancers shake their booties and pump up the crowd. The "cheese" was very strong at this beach....you could smell it for miles.



I made this guy up but it resembles all the old fishermen walking around. "Yamas" means "cheers" in Greek. You can say it everywhere you have a drink and you'll receive a great smile. I drew the Fanta box because I must have drank 3 Fanta Orange Sodas per day. It was that hot. I was addicted to them!



This girl stood in the doorway of a bar/club luring patrons in. She had her right calf bandaged but I have no idea how she was injured. Her English was not that great and couldn't explain it to me. She was pretty good at her job. She danced around, flirted with every group of guys that walked by, and was just plain giggly and girly. Countless guys would whisper into her ear while she whispered back. Probably asking for her number or trying to lure her to their hotel room.

December 28, 1977

Hello Ya'll,

This Friday the 28th is my birthday. I'm turning 30! I've decided to give myself a little present. I'm going caving on Saturday! I'm in Austin, Texas right now visiting my cousins and I just discovered this little gem...er, BIG jem! Look how beautiful that is!

Inner Space Caverns!





I'll be going on the wild cavern tour which involves wearing a head-lamp and crawling around in tiny spaces, getting dirty, grimy, and gross. I actually have to find a thrift store to buy some shoes, jeans, and a t-shirt. They say you'll want to throw them out when you're done with the 4 hour excursion. I'll be with a group of 8 people and 2 guides. Don't worry though, I've done this once before. I went to Crystal Caves in Sequoia National Park 2 years ago. It was amazing. I saw bats, blind centipedes, crickets, and spiders. These blind critters are very unique and you're really lucky to find just one.

Oh look, I guess there's a name for them.

"Troglobites
Troglobites are true cave-adapted animals: those that have acquired characteristics, through natural selection, that favor their survival in a particular cave environment. Typically these adaptations include an absence of visual organs (i.e., they are blind) and loss of pigmentation (they tend to be white, pink, or translucent). Troglobites tend to be small aquatic animals or insects or their kin; there are no known troglobitic mammals--not even bats."

We're going to comic con 2008!!

Morgan and I are going to have a table!
And...new books!!
Just got the email confirmation today.
See you next year!

Stocking Stuffers

Robot Experiment

No CG here...

I thought this was pretty cool. It's called a Tesla Coil. I saw one at the Coachella music festival a few years ago. They are so much fun to watch. Just don't stand too close!

This one plays music! Towards the middle you'll hear Mario Bros and Tetris!



This one's 15 feet tall.



This is just insane.

Darth Vador Blues

This one made me cry. I had laughter tears. Those are the best.

How to get ready for a date with a "rat".

Dust off your sleeves.



Dust off your cuffs.



Don't forget your toosh.



Put your coat on and check the mirror. Lookin' good!



Pose as "cool" as possible. Hold it for 6 seconds...that's it!



Now grab your violin and head out into the night.

Kristen Wiig

When SNL is good...it's grrreat!

And I officially have a crush on Kristen Wiig. She's so good it's sickening.

Story time

Frank scolded his son for climbing the tree. This was no time to be separated. The cops were after them and they needed to stay out of sight.
And then they heard it... the loud rumbling of an engine.

Junkyard...

Don't Stare into a Junkyard's eyes'.
For he will eat you, dead or alive...

Gangster!

Check out my last post. Austin Madison won the caption contest.

Here's something fun. I Found a new website tonight.
Sketchcast.com
Register and try it out, it's free!




It's a pretty rough program right now. There is only one brush and eraser size and worst of all, no un-do's. I'm sure they're working on it.

Caption

Captions, captions, anyone? Can anyone come up with a caption for this?

Too late!
Austin Madison is the winner. Nice job Austin. I think I'll be doing more of these caption games in the future.

Yo Ho Hiccup!

Ahoy Mateys! Steve put his pirate drawings up this week and I thought I'd post mine too. These were done at Dreamworks at a figure drawing class taught by Dave. P. This model, I forget his name, is incredible. He brings his own props and music. You really get into the piratey atmosphere when you have all the right elements surrounding you. Enjoy....

Oldie...

Lejo

Wow. Has anyone seen these before? I tried doing these movements with my hand and find it impossible! Now that's talent!





Here's some info about Lejo. www.lejo.nu
Click on the English button on the bottom.