Prep and Landing!!!

The trailer is up for Prep and Landing! This is an original short film(tv special) made right here within the creative walls of Walt Disney Animation Studios. I was lucky enough to have worked on this jolly Christmas special directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers(the talented pair that did our recent Goofy Short.) I'm a big Christmas guy, so naturally I really enjoyed working on this film. The air date is soon to be released so keep checking back here or ABC's website for details. Maybe someday I can post up a few of my story sketches from it too, we'll see. But for now, check out the trailer to the right and get Prep'd and ready for Wayne and Lanny (the Christmas Elves) this Christmas!!!!

-Jeremy

TORCH TIGER BOOTH!!!

Part of the Torch Crew at Comic Con 2009, from left to right....Don Hall, Me, Chris Ure, Joe Mateo, Paul Briggs, Steve Anderson, Mark Walton, Jeff Ranjo, Chris Williams

My wishlist 2009, from the sideshow collectables booth!!!

Me and my good buddy Scott hanging out in the Avatar panel line.

It was a great time hanging out at the booth, I enjoyed getting to meet a lot of great artists and fans of last years "Who is Rocket Johnson" book. To all those that bought a copy of "Torch Tiger" I want to say a very big thanks!!!! I hope you enjoy it!!!! And to all those who have not picked up your copy... there are only 2 more days left at the Comic Con. Booth 2302!!!! Get them while there HOT!!!!

Later-Jeremy

Comic Con is HERE!

I'm going to the Comic Con on Thursday now. So hope to see you there! I can't wait! I'll be at the booth 2302 with the rest of the Torch Crew. Come by and get a special collectors pin with your book.

Here is a sample of the first page from my story.

TORCH TIGER IS COMPLETE!!!!

"WHAT IS TORCH TIGER" Comic Con Exclusive Comic is COMPLETE!!!! Alright we got just 2 weeks until Comic Con, San Diego. This year is going to be amazing! The book turned out better than I could have imagined. It's a bit thicker than last years "Who is Rocket Johnson." The stories and artwork are so inspiring. I was honored to be able to join these amazingly talented Story artists and Directors and work on something so unique and fun.

I hope you all stop by our booth #2302 and say hello! A bunch of the fine folks who made the book will be hanging out doing book signings all weekend long. I'll probably be there on friday the 24th. Stay tuned for more details. Look for our banner at the Con, you can't miss it, it has a smattering of some of the amazing artwork in the book. A word of advice...THIS IS A VERY LIMITED RUN!!! ARRIVE EARLY....THEY SOLD OUT LAST YEAR!!!! Get ready!!!

-Jeremy

ARTISTS

Cover painted by:

Paul Felix

Artists contributing stories:

Steve Anderson

Aaron Blaise

Paul Briggs

Kevin Deters

Rob Edwards

Mike Gabriel

Nathan Greno

Don Hall

Byron Howard

Trevor Jimenez

Mark Kennedy

Joe Mateo

Nicole Mitchell

John Musker

Jeff Ranjo

Aurian Redson

Jeremy Spears

Lissa Treiman

Josie Trinidad

Chris Ure

Mark Walton

Dean Wellins

Stevie Wermers

Chris Williams

Featuring pin-ups by:

Andreas Deja

Andy Harkness

Jeff Turley

Jin Kim

Shiyoon Kim

Part 2: Europe Trip 2009

More Salzburg, Austria

More Austrian Alps....

This house had a giant mural of a sword wielding viking

on a sled pulled by huge polar bears....AWESOME!

We took a gondola up the mountain-side heading for the Eagles Nest....Hitler's vacation home and bunkers.

Inside the Ice Caves

ITALY

Venice was our first stop, what a beautiful city...wow.

I thought I'd snag this photo of this guy taking a photo of his wife.

He held that pose for a really long time. She seems to be enjoying it. What a great character moment...this is why vacation is valuable...to experience life and then draw it when we get back to work.

part 3....ROME, FLORENCE, ITALIAN RIVIERA

gesture class

We just had our gesture improv drawing class, thought I'd take some low rez photos with bad lighting of a few of my sketches and post them up.
-Jeremy

Return to HAND DRAWN!!!!!

Hey guys and gals, check out the first behind the scenes look at the film I've been working on "The Princess and the Frog." These interviews show the excitement brewing inside the studio as we look to release our first hand drawn feature in a long while. Check it out for yourself! Oh and my buddies make a few cameos Erik, Mario, and Joe!

There is something so exciting about seeing rough animation, hearing flipping paper as I walk through the halls, seeing final color shots come in, I hope you can get a glimpse of what it's been like around here...very inspiring!

http://www.awntv.com/videos/the-princess-and-the-frog-featurette

Gesture Class

These are a few sketches from yesterdays gesture class here in the Story Dept. They don't bring in models for us, they bring in actors. It is a great excersise to try to catch the action as it is happening. Sometimes the actors will freeze for about 15 sec...so that helps, but otherwise it's all about how we interpret the action.

I like how Walt Stanchfield says, "Don't think or speak negatively about (your drawing). If it is not as satisfying a start as you would have liked, do not be critical- that is where you are- face it." Stanchfield Notes #23

All done on 18x24 sheets of paper, China Marker, around 30sec. each

Coming up in my next posting....I have a ton of charactures that have been building up over the past two years,...most done by my buddy Erik Fountain... that's him swimming below me there. I've been wanting to share them for awhile.

-Jeremy