Happy post Christmas and pre-New Years

Hey there good folks.  I hope that you all had a wonderful Holiday filled with fun, family and good cheer.  I've really enjoyed the holiday and I'm working on some new posts for the new year.  Here are some rough Santas that, for one reason or another, didn't make the cut for my santa of the day posts.   I'll be posting new content every few days so feel free to stop by, have a look, and let me know what you think.

santa of the day: day 25

Well that was fun. I really enjoyed doing a Santa-a-day for the past 25 days. I have some additional Santa concept sketches that I'll be posting later in the week. I hope that you all have the happiest of holidays and a very prosperous new year.

santa of the day: day 24

OK kids! Get those flash lights ready.

santa of the day: day 23

With two days left to go, now may not be the best time to go skiing.

santa of the day: day 22

Conductor Clause. For Jim.

santa of the day: day 21

Happy winter solstice. The shortest day of the year. Only four more sleeps.

santa of the day: day 20

...watch that first step.

santa of the day: day 19

Nobody is immune.

santa of the day: day 18

Fun with scissors.

A brief flash of Flash

Here are two small scenes I did for George of the Jungle awhile back. Just your standard monkey attack.

santa of the day: day 17

Snow Angel Santa. I remember making snow angels when I was a kid. Heck! I even remember snow. Ah! Good times. Pure bliss.

Paper Craft

I take my wife to the mall photo booth every year on our anniversary (romantic I know). Last year I made paper craft versions of us for her gift, along with a paper craft photo booth, to boot. I modified the Paper Dude Template from custompapertoys to make the paper versions of my wife and I.

I then designed and created a template matching the scale and style of the figures, from which I constructed the photo booth.

I really enjoyed working on this paper craft and I will be working and posting more examples in the coming weeks.

Update: I am no longer updating this blog as I have moved to my new website cardboardtreehouse.com I'll be adding new paper craft, illustrations, animation, and other offers on the new site. Feel free to pop over and have a look around. Thanks for your interest in my work.

santa of the day: day 16

not quite a perfect 10 but close enough.

santa of the day: day 15

somethings are better forgotten.

santa of the day: day 14

rapid deployment santa.

santa of the day: day 13

...an unseen effect of global warming.

santa of the day: day 12

help Santa find his way to your house.

santa of the day: day 11

Ho! Ho! Ho!.. er... I mean Blarg! Shiver me Christmas timbers!

Some stop motion animation

Here is some animation I did on the second season of Lunar Jim while working with Halifax Film. In this episode there is a large creature that is jumping around shaking everything when it lands, causing much chaos.

santa of the day: day 10

...never before seen image of the rare Octoclaus. It only only leaves its home once a year.

santa of the day: day 9

geometric santas... like math homework but fun.

santa of the day: day 8

one week plus a day... this is beginning to become fun.

santa of the day: day 7

a face only a mother could love.

santa of the day: day 6

...not a creature was stirring...

santa of the day: day 5

during the off season... siesta claus.

santa of the day: day 4

enter roboclaus.

santa of the day: day 1-3

Lets begin. For the first posting of work on my new blog I am going to start with a theme of sorts. With the holiday season upon us I will be posting a different Santa each day until Christmas. Feel free to let me know what you think. Happy Holidays