Happy New Year Dec '08

Oh man I totally forgot about this one. This one was not done in my notebook. Just on a free piece of paper. Man I so have to take this one to the finished level. This could turn out to be a very nice piece.

Why Taz?

Why the fascination with the Tasmanian Devil? I get asked that all the time. I guess you could say it started when I was a kid but did not realize it until I graduated from college. As a kid I had always been into the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes. I loved all the cartoons. Some characters were obviously more popular than others like Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck. These characters seemed to be on television ALL the time. On rare occasions there appeared a crazy character named Taz. I think it was in part that the cartoons with the Tasmanian Devil were scarce that I felt it was like a treat every time one of his episodes came on. In college I started watching "Tiny Toons" which was like a baby version of the Looney Tunes and had Dizzy Devil as the new Tasmanian Devil. I watched the updated Looney Tunes now known as Tiny Toons. This reminded me of my favorite character Taz. When I got out of college, in 1991, I started collecting Taz pins and Taz PVC figures primarily. Then I also began to collect a limited amount of Animation Cels and higher end figures from the Warner Brothers Store. It was a sad day when they chose to close all the WB Stores. Moment of silence please..;(. I love my collection of Taz. I currently have over ** pins, ** PVC Figures, ** Animation Cels, and ** Statues. My pride and joy is my one of a kind Taz Sculpture of Taz as a weight lifter. I think that statue represents me. So now you can see where my love for Taz started and where it has taken me. I took that love to drawing. I have created quite a few sketches and some final pieces as I learned to free draw this crazy character. That love with continue to be my passion when I have more time when I am retired. So for now I take the small amount of time I have in my busy life to continue my passion. As always thanks for listening.

How do I feel today? Mar '10

I am feeling a bit confined and limited to my choices as far as moving on to another job after my Rainbow Studios layoff.

Hawaiian Chill'n '06

Here is another Taz I doodled on the beach. Got the idea of what I wanted. I then reorganized the shot at home as well as adding the upper body.

Doodles Feb '10

Found myself with a little bit of time before picking up my son. Just seeing my little man always makes me smile. So this is what I came up with.

Happy Birthday '09

We took our son Julian to Disneyland for three days of fun for his 3rd birthday. After a long day in the Happiest Place on Earth we settled in. While my son and his mom slepted I listened to music and drew this. You can see Taz and Baby Taz enjoying a super huge birthday cake.