Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil premiered on TV last night, so I made a little GIF to celebrate!

Nonoko

For @SGMGardners's Ghibli Ladies Collab!

Prince Komali

I painted Wind Waker’s Prince Komali for @Alex_dlc's #ZeldaCharacterCollab! We can all agree that Wind Waker's the cutest/best Zelda game out there, right?

PONYO!

Made this for the 2014 Ghibli Jam!

Happy 5th, Coraline!

Valentine's 2014

karaba

Read something about it being Witch Week out there in Tumblr land, and before I knew it I was painting this little young Karaba doodle. Karaba is the antagonist in the great 1998 animated film Kirikou et la Sorcière, directed by Michel Ocelot.

(Fun facts! Apparently Universal Pictures tried to get them to make an alternate version of the film for US release where everyone would be wearing bras and/or undies. Because, you know, North America's full of prudes. The film still has never been presented to the Motion Picture Association of America because its chances of getting a kid-friendly rating from it are pretty slim. However, in Japan, Isao Takahata loved the film and it got a general release through studio Ghibli.)

Anyway, turns out that you were supposed to draw yourself as a witch for Witch Week... but whatever! I had way more fun with this.

bitches get stuff done

Last minute Tina Fey tribute/girl power/hand lettering thing for this year's Winter Art show at work.

hana

My friend Angela has the cutest dog!

(the  real Hana)

Well, sometimes dog. Sometimes... cat? Hana's a little fox, and it's always a treat seeing new pictures of her popping up on Instagram ･ω･

mambo for gumball

"Mambo for Gumball", acrylic on masonite

I made the above painting for Susanita's Little Gallery Cover the Cover art show! The challenge was this: mix a well known album cover with characters from a kids' TV show. I *kinda* cheated and went with an album that's probably most know for its cover (by the awesome Jim Flora!), Mambo for Cats:

My piece will be on display with a bunch of others from the show at the Lunch Box & Tiki Room starting June 16th in Madrid, Spain (just in case you're in the neighbourhood!) and is also available for purchase online.

Shakusky

Movie Moments piece #2! Based on the character Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman) in Moonrise Kingdom (2012) by Wes Anderson.

New York Herald Tribune!

Movie Moments piece #1! Based on the character Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg) in À bout de souffle (1960) by Jean-Luc Godard.

guess who

WIP!

♥ day

Варежка

Isn't the internet a wonderful thing? I just discovered this amazing Russian short called Mitten thanks to Vera Brosgol and the magic of Twitter this week. I fell in love. 

This is the cutest short, guys! 

I'll always have a soft spot for Soviet animation (Винни-Пух ANYONE?!), and this short is just... so... perfect! From start to finish. The character designs rock (her MOM!!), and I love how simple the ending is kept. None of the North American beat it over your head over and over crap. A simple, genuine, lovely short.