Happy New Year! Nearly There!

Been at this one for a while. But we're nearly finished with the John Starduck launch formula for 2015. With this in mind, Happy New Year!

Image courtesy of Time Inc. For personal non-commercial use only.

Painfully Beautiful

London 1978, homeless woman. ©Miron Zownir, photographer.

Inspirational Past

Behind the scenes at Disney Studios, 1953. "Quartet known as The Mello-Men bays in harmony before screen showing four canine characters whose voices they represent in the forthcoming Disney feature cartoon, The Lady and The Tramp."
(Via Vintage Everyday, Photos: Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images; Thanks, Laura)

Happy Holidays Deer-Thingy

Basic construction sketch...

... and final artwork:

Happy holidays, everyone!

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Happy Holidays, Everyone!

«A snowball fight in Central Park, New York City, after the first snowfall of 1938.» Via GagDaily (Photo courtesy of Tucker/Getty Images)

Construction: Critter

The other day, I was asked by one of my fellow readers if I could post another (basic) construction/process clip. Now, here's a pretty quick one i've done recently testing out a new screen recording software.

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Skipped

A couple of months ago, I was about to clean-up this rough design and use it as the cover sujet of the new book we're developing here at PW but skipped it because of some story changes etc. Anyhow, I think it makes a nice posting anyway.

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Inspiration: Vintage Chicago

A couple of beautiful shots from Chicago's past. Sources/©: cta and The Magazine (Photographer: Yasuhiro Ishimoto)

After The Sony Hack...

D*#%n it! After the Sony hack this super secret rocket ship design of mine got leaked too.

But, they didn't leak the super super secret stuff. Phew!

But, they didn't leak the super super secret stuff. Phew!

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Just Scribbling Away...

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Decent Weekend Plan, Replicated

Here's the plan: (via Tee, Coffee And Books)

Friday Morning Inspiration: Disney's Professor Ludwig von Drake

Designed by the unmatchable Milt Kahl. (Images via/more @ Random Notes From Some Kind Of Hairpin)

Images © Disney. All rights reserved.

Thoughts, Face

One Million Dollar reference photo, by Jeannick Gravelines. (via)

Any Which Way You Can

«Anyone who believes in talking drawings should see a mental health professional.»

Why CTN eXpo Matters (by Dan Sarto)

"While it’s often easier to lure studio executives to Annecy than to Burbank, there’s no excuse not to participate in such an important event right in your own backyard." Read the full article HERE...

Whatever

Okay, this is... weird. (via)

F#*k Parkinson's

Sorry for the dumb post title, but that was my first thought.

Ice Storm

'Frozen 2' references, anybody? Lower Austria, Forest Quarter, yesterday. (Photos © Einsatzdoku/Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)

Chitty Chitty Chitty...

Rooooooooooooooooaaar

As above.

Reference And Effect

Rough Concept Piece

The idea behind the shape of this here was a chicken.