finally colored...

i drew this one in may, finally inked it in june, and have been dicking around with the color ever since.  i feel that it's either as good as it can get or just needs to be done, but either way i'm pretty happy with it i think.  it was done across two pages of a 3x5 sketchbook.  let me know what you think!

talking to myself

this was taken from a sketchook in january. i kinda felt like i was drawing the same thing, characters lackadaisically standing and doing nothing, so i started drawing them telling me what i'm doing wrong, hoping it could help me try to expand a bit. unfortunately other characters would answer with silly excuses.

OLD FANGS by Adrien Merigeau

this is easily my favorite cartoon i've seen this year, and now that it's online i feel everyone should see it as well. it was produced at Cartoon Saloon, a really incredible studio in Ireland.

Rooftop Films on Kickstarter

Hey guys, a screening I was in recently and one of the coolest film screening setups I've seen in NYC is currently raising money on Kickstarter to keep their amazing program open year-round. This includes cool new locations, including an abandoned subway tunnel. The donation page is only up for 5 more days, and if you donate $30 or more, you get a "Best Of" DVD with my film on it. Sounds like something that would be really awesome and you should do if you love watching amazing films in picturesque locations for cheaper than a movie ticket in NYC and Brooklyn. I wouldn't ask you unless it were an amazing opportunity.




And here's a screen-cap from what I'm working on right now. Enjoy!

too many barbarian guys

here's a barbarian lady

(once again, I updated my blog address. please update your links!)

another barbarian and a new blog address!

hope this doesn't get too confusing me changing up the web address, but i made jakehatesyou when i thought nobody would visit it. now people seem to visit a good deal and i get a sour face from them every time they see the address, so i thought i'd go for something a little more simple and not possibly mistakenly mean. please update your links!

and to celebrate, a sketchbook page of a barbarian with a bob haircut. hope you enjoy.

quick drawing

here's a flash doodle, this one is of a barbarian. i honestly can't believe it's been over a month since the last post. lately i've traveled to a few festivals and seen lots of really great and inspiring cartoons, and it's only made me draw more and more. i have no reason not to be scanning sketchbook pages. hopefully i'll fill up to my promises and put some of those up.

hey check out my brother's new website!

he does some really crazy sculpture. shit creeps me out, but is totally awesome.

http://www.jessearmstrongart.com/

IF YOU'RE IN NY MAY 28th

Please come to the rooftop films screening on a rooftop in the Lower East Side. My film's playing there along with the Dark Toons program, Friday the 28th. Doors at 8, music, screening at 9, and free drinks after. I'd recommend picking up an advance ticket for ten bones. I hope to see you there!

Open Road Rooftop above New Design High School
LOWER EAST SIDE
350 GRAND ST., NEW YORK, NY 10002

walk cycle...

in january and february, i had a flash document that was kind of my digital sketchbook that i'd pull up whenever bored and at my computer. it's full of half-done animations and doodles, and here's one of them.

on a side-note, i REALLY need to calibrate my cintiq. that looks so washed out!

it's been a while

here's my second attempt at painting with ink. the only thing that i really don't like about it is that the dude ended up looking a lot less serious, and more regal than anything. and i don't really care much for regal looks. but here it is, it still looks okay to me the next day.

also i'm going to try to post more, promise. i have a lot of stuff backed up from the prior months that i'm going to put up intermittently.

interview!

there's interview on cartoon funland called Tripping the Intergalactic Fantastic with yours truly. it's short, but check it out if you've got a few minutes to kill!

it also should be posted on strange kids club, but isn't up quite yet...