HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL PEET!

Today is legendary storyman/children's book illustrator Bill Peet's birthday! Yesterday at work we had a celebration to honor the man and his work. We brought in originals we owned, pinned up a bunch of his drawings, the Animation Research Library brought over a bunch of his work from Dalmations, Susie the little Blue Couple and Alice in Wonderland and we all toasted the man whose work we admire. The originals were really inspiring to look at! Here's a couple of photos before the event.

Happy Birthday Bill Peet!

15 YEARS!

I celebrated my 15 year anniversary at the studio yesterday!

I started in 1996, was 20 years old and was trying to figure out how to draw- now it's 2011, I'm an old man and still trying to figure out how to draw! What an interesting ride it's been so far - let's see where it continues to go......

AQUAMAN AND HIS OSTRICH JACKET

Someone got an ostrich skin jacket for Christmas and wasn't afraid to wear it! I went to the Long Beach Aquarium over the Holiday break and while there did a quick sketch of a guy wearing an ostrich skin jacket - wow! Good for him! - bad for Ostrich. Just found time to color it.

I love aquariums!

WINDOW

The view from my desk.

SCRIBBLES

X-RAY PIN UP CALENDAR

As strange as this may be.... it's actually a great anatomy teaching tool! More images - hereEIZO medical imaging high precision displays for the examination and diagnosis of radiographs. Whereas craftsmen are showered with pin-up-calendars at the end of every year, this kind of present is less popular among medics. EIZO breaks this taboo. This pin-up calendar shows absolutely every detail.

Advertising Agency: Butter, Berlin/Duesseldorf, Germany
Creative Director: Matthias Eickmeyer
Art Director: Nadine Schlichte
Illustrator/CGI: Carsten Mainz
Copywriter: Reinhard Henke

The Print Ad titled July was done by Butter. advertising agency for for Eizo in Germany. It was released in the May 2010. Business sector is Business equipment & services.