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The always-awesome Jake Parker writes in to let us know about the BlueSky Studios Challenge, a collaborative blog that the creative folks at BlueSky Studios are taking part in:

Every week we set a topic and then everyone does their take on it. It’s open to the whole studio so sometimes you get designers, and other times you get production assistants contributing. For the most part it’s animators, story artists and designers who do stuff. I only share this with you becuase I thought it might be something other readers of DRAWN! would enjoy. This week we’re doing Classic Movie Monsters as we gear up for Halloween.

The results are fantastic. Some of the other themes they’ve already covered include animal hybrids, dinosaurs, the Muppets, and cartoons from the 80s. Just check out this superb Smurf by Jake himself.

At long last, Bill Plympton's latest animated feature HAIR HIGH premieres tonight in New York City. It is screening for one week (Oct. 18-25) at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater (155 East 3rd St, between Ave A&B). This is,... Read the rest of this post

A little something in the holiday spirit. I drew it yesterday in Photoshop.

The other night I had a chance to screen the 3-D version of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. All things considered, the folks at ILM who converted the film (which was not shot in 3-D in the first place)... Read the rest of this post

No, not that Google… Reader Philipp has scanned V.C. Vickers’s The Google Book from 1913 as it has passed into the public domain. The book contains some gorgeous illustrations of some particularly strange birds. And that horrid Google, of course.

The portfolio of Stéphane Tartelin shows a remarkable variety of skills — illustration, design, 3D modelling, photography, and motion graphics. The site is a little graphics-heavy as all portfolio pieces are on a single page per category, but the wait is entirely worth it.

(via Design is Kinky)

Update: I realize now I posted Stéphane’s work before… but it’s worth a second look!

You have four days to catch the Blab! Art Show at Copro Nason Galery in Santa Monica, CA. The show features 18 fantastic artists and illustrators including Drawn! favourites Amy Crehore (shown here), Gary Baseman, Ryan Heshka, and Tim Biskup. The show closes this Saturday, October 21.

Amy Earles has a lovely style and translates her creations not only into ink drawings and paintings, but into paper and felt dolls as well. Follow along with her LiveJournal and Flickr account for more.

(Thanks, Siobhan)

Amy Esche has a lovely style and translates her creations not only into ink drawings and paintings, but into paper and felt dolls as well. Follow along with her LiveJournal and Flickr account for more.

(Thanks, Siobhan)

The Cover Browser showcases over 5000 comic book cover illustrations. There’s everything from the famous first appearance of Superman to Daniel Clowes’s Eightball with new content being added all the time. Seeing the most recent cover of MAD Magazine on the site however, saddens me that Alfred E. Neuman is almost nowhere to be seen (look carefully… he’s been reduced to a mere icon disguised as Pacman).

Here's a book I can't wait to have and hold (and read!). Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman have been researching the history of Disney's Silly Symphonies for a decade. This year, in conjunction with a screening at the Pordenone Silent... Read the rest of this post

Some of you may have seen the Trowbridge Chronicles featured on Drawn! last week. I was totally smitten by the response that it received. Mrs. Trowbridge would be delighted to know that she has lots of new fans resulting from the Drawn piece.

Some of Mrs. Trowbridge's journal pages were written to describe specific aspects of small creature culture. These pages were more instructional in nature, and were usually illustrated with her charcoal drawings. Here are two of those pages. The coast mole (Scapanus orarius) is one of two varieties of moles found in the Olympic rainforest. The other is the Townsend mole (Scapanus townsendii). I will share more with you from time to time.

Mrs. Trowbridge's charcoal sketch of the front entrance to the mole dwelling illustrates how carefully moles conceal their dwellings from potential predators. According to Mrs. T, they often choose steep grassy slopes near streams to build the entrance to their dwelling.

Of all the shops in Huckleberry Hollow that I would wish to visit, the ladybug home decor shop would be my first choice. The ladybug tattoo parlor would be a close second.

I've been trying to work on drawing more people lately. Animals are alot of fun but some projects call for humans, so I've been exploring how many faces and hair styles I can come up with.

While on his way to his appointment to smite Clyde McDeadsoon, Death passed a small yard sale and was smitten with a shiny toaster. He got a killer deal.