two girls, two banana suits, one fruit and vegetable check point

"miss, do you have any fruits or vegetables in your car?"
".... no."

my friend Kristen and i came up with this idea while driving back from LV one weekend. why the heck is there a fruit and vegetable check point between states? it's totally pointless and all it does it slow down traffic for half an hour.
what are they even looking for? people sitting in a pool of produce like one of those ball rooms they have at McDonald's? stoopid i say... stoopid.

goodbye Jed...

Jed is one of my favorite people in the whole world. it's sad to see him leave the dream factory... but i know he'll do bigger and better things. hopefully we will get to work together some day too.

caricatures

my super artistically, musically talented office mate Ryan likes to sing songs about me. he manages to come up with a new one every single day.

random cuteness

been a while.
see, this is why i didn't start a blog, cuz i knew i wouldn't keep it up. let's try this again - by this i mean committing to posting more often.

- from a board i did that got scrapped (quelle surprise!)

M

i am lazy

hiya peeps.

sorry i've been a lazy bum and haven't updated for months. i really have no excuses... well, except that it's been quite busy at work the past few months preparing for a screening (which went really well btw) and there is always the other stuff that life bitch-slaps you in the face.

i will be posting more in the new year... after i get back from Toronto!
see you all in the new year!

-M

here's a quick one

i've been working on "Shrek 4" for little over a month now and i must say i love drawing this little guy!
this one is from a "scrambling to get boards done for a check in" board. i love the spontaneous, expressive feel of the first rough for a pose... aaaah!!

how can i forget Hedge...

these are some old boards i did for "Over the Hedge" from... wow, about two years ago now. i loved drawing and spending time with these characters... they became family to me, as did the remarkably talented and inspirational crew of story artists with whom i had the privilidge to work with for fourteen months. i feel truly lucky to have been part of this amazing crew. we all enjoyed every moment working on this film together and i feel that the love we had for this project really shows through in the final product! so... enjoy!

(this is the part where Hammy says to RJ "here take this, i'm not supposed to drink this stuff" as he hands him a caffeinated drink)

* all work copyright DreamWorks Animation