Drawn Rope Course

"Don't touch the floor!" (That reminds me of one of the funniest sports-games in PE/school sport: The Piratenspiel, a risky tag game of sorts)

Yum-Yum

Talking of inspiration and influence, here's a sort of short list of some of my dearest wondergirls and wonderboys. Enjoy:

Clio Chiang (Clio acts on the brain, she's amazing)
Shannon Tidle (His works are drop-dead superb)
Jake Parker (I'm satisfied that he's a Toby Skybuckle incarnate)
Ryan Wood (He's work/blog keeps me from work)
Shane Lewis (Well, he never ceases to amaze me)
Matt Williames (Simply brilliant)
John Nevarez (Well, it's John - he always puts us to shame)
Martin Wittig (You hinder me from work, too!!)
Oliver Kurth (The drinks are on me)
Ivan Oviedo (He's a brilliant animator)
Mel Milton (Well, it's Mel!)
David Coleman (A front two artist)
Francisco Herrera and Humberto Ramos (Hey men!)
Stephen Silver (Silver Surfer!)
Thierry Martin (Just naturally ueber-talented)
Uli Meyer (Sir!)
Bobby Chiu (Sir!)
Lou Romano (Doctor!)
Rob Dunlavey (Ahead of the pack)
Kurtz And Friends (Style!)
Alex Madrigal (Strong)

To be continued. This is certainly not the end of the list. By the by: Many of "my others" you can find in my links to the right. As Chad, Matt, Will, Jason ... and Flaviano and Federico and Sebastien ... oh boy, I shouldn't have started this...

My (Blue) Style...

...well, not really. I'm more from the nice-ducks-side of the drawing world but in this very project (where this critter is from) the goal is is not to be nice. And I'm enjoying that a lot.

I suppose Eric (who is a big inspiration to me) may like it. Hopefully anyway.

Old Style

This is not from me. I bought this wonderfully watercoloured piece in an antiquarian bookshop in Milano, last week. I'm not sure if this drawing is just an old children's book illustration or maybe something related to animation. Unfortunately, the artist left no signature or date on it. Anyway, I really like its early animation style and warm colouring.

Blue Pencils

Update (Friday, March 21, 2008): I used to like going for walks.

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Alright, I set off now (as the boys* above). It's time for some work-related things abroad and a few days of relax over Easter. Happy Easter!

*Those roughs were for an ad agency's pitch to their client... 'hope they liked it.

2nd Royal Styrian Drawing Jam

This is just a quick reminder for those who are interested in participating: Next (#2) installment: Friday, March 14, 2008, Forum Stadtpark, "Saloon Lounge", 2nd floor (1.Stock), Graz-Steiermark, Austria. Starting at 5:00 p.m. (17:00h). Bring your pencils, paper and questions and join us for drawing, insight, information, inspiration and fun.

Steampunk Copter; Referee

Uh oh... the literally dark side of my concept art.

These are "older" (2007) concept pieces. They fit nicely with the friedly alien below, don't they?

Photo: The Pentecost "Hoppi-Copter", Righter Family Archives

The Friendly Alien

Apropos Royal Styrian Drawing Jam: This is the well-mannered extra-terrestrial I did at the 1^st jam.

The Critter On My Desk

We (the critter and I) work together as a good team, ...at the most.

UPDATE:

2^nd Royal Styrian Drawing Jam: The way things are going, the next Jam (#2) will be at the venerable Forum Stadtpark, 2nd floor (1. Stock), "Saloon Lounge", on Friday, March 14, 2008. Starting at 5:00 p.m. (17:00h). Bring your pencils and paper and join us! (Curated by Anna-Maria Jung, Joerg Vogeltanz and the green critter and me)

Forum Stadtpark (photo via wikimedia)

Forum Stadtpark (photo via wikimedia)

Rough Piece

Managed to make it back to my drawing desk in one piece after a lot of travelling. Anyway, here is an older rough concept piece I still like very much. I think it's inspired by one of those cardboard box spaceships my brother and I were building when we were kids...

StarDucks: Steampunk Duck Update

Update (Monday, February 18, 2008): This small prev below just came in from the racing team. Together with the news that their mechanicians will recreate some pieces of the original design in the flesh. Wow. Imagineering!

Steampunk Duck Racer Volvo 122 S

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Alright, here are the previously posted pieces:

These are some work in progress sheets and the finished designs for the Volvo 122 racer, I've completed recently. BTW: I dedicate this post to Volvo-fanatic Brian Anderson ;)

Li'l Devil

Drawings currently on my drawing desk include this li'l devil.

StarDucks: Pan American Racer

It's a peach! StarDucks' Steampunk Duck appears on/sponsors Lars Kroiss' stunningly beautiful Volvo 122S on this year's La Carrera Panamericana. What you can see above are the approved rough designs. I'll post the finished designs later this month. (BTW: The photo above shows not Kroiss' racer but it is basically the same)

Photo above: L. Spurzem

Update: Alright, this just came in from Lars. This is the actual car, where the designs will be displayed:

The Many Faces of Eustace Tilley

These two steampunkish profilers are inspired largely by Rea Irvin's famous dandy character, The New Yorker's figurehead Eustace Tilley. Withal, the two of them are just add-ons of sorts to my Huck Finn "recalibration" and aren't motivated by some of the figures from Twain's original book.

Piling up of work; #1 Royal Styrian Drawing Jam

Thanks a bunch for all the wonderful comments and e-mails! As often happens, I'm up to my ears with work. So, please bear with me here...

BTW, we (that is Anna-Maria Jung, Joerg Vogeltanz, J. Tim Brinck and me) will have an open drawing jam session here in Graz/Steiermark, this Friday evening (FEB 01, 2008). If you are in the area and are interested in drawing together with friendly aliens character designers, animators and cartoonists then join us:

#1 Royal Styrian Drawing Jam, February 01, 2008, as from 17:00h to 21:00h, Kunsthaus Graz, Lendkai 1, A 8020 Graz, Café iKU, topic: friendly aliens