Gwendolyn

I'm here to plug my good friend Bill Robinson's yet to be released children's book Gwendolyn and the Underworld.

Gwendolyn and the Underworld is an illustrated storybook about a young Pet Reaper (think Grim Reaper + dead pets) who ventures to solve the mystery behind her Overworld roots. She uncovers a rotten conspiracy with her corpulent corpse aunt, a sidekick Peacodgehog, an army of Skellies, and slew of part-this and part-that creatures.



On Kickstarter.
Gwendolyn on Facebook,
$30 to pre-order the 64-page hardcover, signed, first edition (with spot gloss and foil stamped title)
Lots of cool rewards, including bookmarks, art prints, books, and original art
Written by Ian Samuels and illustrated by Bill Robinson.

Alex Woo's Gesture Drawing 101

I would like to take a moment to plug Alex Woo's new gesture drawing class. Alex is a good friend of mine, a fellow Pixarian and a heck of an artist. You may remember him as the director of the Rex Steele animated short.
Anyway, Alex has been teaching the gesture drawing class at Pixar for a while now and has decided to adapt his class into an 8 week curriculum that will be offered to the public for the first time.

Here are the details:

The course will consist of 8 classes over the course of 8 weeks. The curriculum will be as follows:

Week 1: Line - Distilling the pose to its essence
Week 2: Shape - Abstracting the pose
Week 3: Silhouette - A clear read
Week 4; Space - Creating depth and dynamics
Week 5: Exaggeration - Pushing and pulling a drawing
Week 6: Extrapolation - Seeing beyond the surface
Week 7: Story - Giving your drawings context
Week 8: Final Review

The class will meet on Thursdays from 7pm-9pm at 160 Folsom Street in San Francisco starting June 16th and ending August 4th, 2011.

Tuition will be $800 for the entire course (all materials will be provided).

Class size will be limited to 12 students.

If you're interested and/or would like more information, you can email Alex at alex@woohoopictures.com.

Blogging an Appa

I'm a big Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, so my good friend Steph Laberis made me this awesome Baby Appa feltie. I can tell you're jealous, who wouldn't be. It's adorable. She's getting really good at this felting thing and is looking to take commissions. Have a look-see on her blog.




In other news, Purrcasso is this weekend. It's a charity auction to raise funds for the East Bay humane society. I do a piece every year and this year will be no exception. It's coming down to the wire though, hopefully I'll be finished tonight and can post it soon.