The Big Three

This week, I am pleased to say, there is a lot of big news at the studio. Pixar is just a constant source of inspiration, but this week is really tough to beat. Here are three things you should definitely check out:


Bill Presing has just released a book of his drawings. It's incredible, they're amazing, and they're gonna go fast.

Ratatouille opens today! It's pretty miraculous. People here did a really awesome job, and I think you can see the care and dedication in every frame. I'm really proud of it, and I hope that everyone enjoys it!

Lou Romano, an incredible artist and designer here at the studio has done the June 25th cover of the New Yorker! And he stars as the one of the main voices in Ratatouille. Now that's just nuts.




Read, watch a movie, get outside; this weekend is gonna be great.

ritual coffee.

--the weekend.

A warmup.

BLOG: Bill Presing's Daily Peril

Bill Presing is just about the nicest guy and the best artist you'll ever meet. Thankfully he's started up a blog to showcase his incredible artwork and kick the rest of our asses. A grad of the Kubert School in New York, and my officemate and fellow Pixarian, Bill exudes the same confidence, appeal, sharpness and good humour as his drawings; man! they're awesome.

Please visit Bill Presing at Daily Peril.

Happy Birthday CHARLES EAMES

Today would have been Charles Eames' 100th Birthday.

Summer 2007

M by MJ fall winter collection 2007
Pencil and Gouache.

I've been on holiday for the past couple of weeks, and they've been pretty awesome and pretty busy; I'll update in a sec. Thankfully, and regretfully, I'm back. Here's one for Jen; Here comes a great summer.

AIDS LIFECYCLE

Hey folks: My pal Chris needs donations for this year's AIDS/LifeCycle ride from SF to LA! It's a 7 day, 545 mile trek that starts on June 3rd. Help him out if you can! Every little bit helps. I know a few people who are associated with this event, and it sounds awesome! Maybe someday I'll make the ride.

Here's a link to the event, and to Chris' Page.

SKETCHCRAWL : 1/2

I haven't been drawing much at all the past couple of weeks as our crew's been working hard on our film. That said, Sketchcrawl was busy and fun, with about 80 of us attending, and a trek that took us from the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero up to Coit Tower and down again through Washington Square Park and Chinatown. Though I didn't really feel warmed up until maybe 5:30, I got a few drawings in the new sketchbook. Now I'm gonna go fill the rest of them. See ya!













And later tonight, the auction at Maverix Studios.

SKETCHCRAWL : 3/4

Some more from this afternoon, before the auction, at ol' Ritual Coffee. I'm almost there, a quarter of the book remaining. Press on, pencil!

SKETCHCRAWL : 4/4

Ah... finally done. A quick flirt with a Tadahiro painting, an original Jen Chang on my table, many hellos and some classical music later: one complete sketchbook over one complete weekend. Seating was tough, so I took a fire hydrant outside the cafe. It was great, some melancholy new compositions, reminiscent of Rachel's.





A very scary moment: a van sped by (and I can't emphasize enough how fast the damn thing was going) and rammed, quite intentionally, a little coupe that was trying to get away; they cleared the intersection, CRUNCHED! sped off and reared around a corner. Somethin' real dangerous; someone was trying to kill someone. In lighter news, a fairly drunk composer said that my cafe composition needed some work, and that last drawing? He didn't know what it was. Go figure.