Melissa McCarthy and More

In April, I took an amazing gesture drawing class taught by the incomparable Glenn Harmon at DreamWorks. Glenn covered a ton of ground each week, giving us specific tips and tricks...and then immediately had us put those lessons into action with quick gestures drawings of a live model. Below are a couple of my lightning round sketches.

We were also given a sketchbook, which we were supposed to fill up each week with as many gesture drawings as possible. The first week, I was on a big Melissa McCarthy kick (when am I not?) because she was on a massive press tour for her movie The Boss. I basically DVR-ed every single talk show appearance that she made that week, then paused them a bunch to do quick gestures of her. It also doubled as research for my character Lilinoe...which Melissa McCarthy is a blatant inspiration for.

A lot of the sketchbook pages are of Melissa making her entrances, walking over to greet James Corden, Ellen DeGeneres, etc. BUT THEN she did the most epic Lip Sync Battle with Jimmy Fallon of all time! That was the most fun to gesture for sure! She killed it doing DMX...and then slayed "Colors of the Wind" with an industrial fan that nearly blew her backwards. Awe-inspiring!

Do yourself a favor and watch the Lip Sync Battle below...if you haven't already! Pocahontas would be proud!

        

Post Modern Muses make YouTube debut!

The Post Modern Muses have made their fabulous debut on YouTube! Watch the video above!

Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears join forces to help inspire me to stop procrastinating and start drawing! The video is an animatic of a sequence that I storyboarded a while back (you can click through the panels here: Part 1 and Part 2).

I worked with the extraordinary Editor, Daniel Ortiz, to cut this animatic together. Editing the sequence together with voices, sound and music was such a blast! It also helped shine a light on B panels that we needed to add and how the overall pace was working. I'm so elated that I got to collaborate with Daniel on the edit, he really made the sequence come to life!

    

Post Modern Muses - Part 1

I am pleased to present the epic tale of how I first met the Post Modern Muses. It was a momentous occasion, so it's a two-parter.

Here is Part 1, which begins on a sunny morning in Los Angeles not so long ago...

 

 

CONTINUED IN PART 2