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Gotta love it…

Justin — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:56:17 +0000

Used Used Car Lot starring Paul F. Tompkins from The Midnight Show

Dan DeCarlo’s Jetta!

Justin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:39:27 +0000

Coming to bookstores this Wednesday (April 14th) is the beautiful hardcover book “Dan DeCarlo’s Jetta”, compiled and designed by Craig Yoe!

Craig tracked down all of the issues of the rare short-lived series, including some of the original inked art, and put together a really gorgeous book. He also got 37 pin-up artists from all over to contribute original pieces for the book, including Craig McCracken, Bill Presing, Stephen Silver, and Dean Yeagle. I was fortunate enough to be invited to contribute as well, and had a blast doing the pin-up:

Also, here is a progression of the piece, from color comp to rough sketch, inks to blocked in color:

And here are just a few of the pin-ups from the book, by Scott Tolleson, Andrew Pepoy and Bill Presing:

Copies of the book can be purchased here! Yay!!

The Letter M

Justin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:13:29 +0000

Hey y’all! Over on the Aniboom site, Sesame Street is having an animation contest to create a short cartoon for kids that is either educational, has a pro-social message, or is a recreation of the famous pinball song. So, Bob Harper and I decided to submit a fun little short called “The Letter M” with Bob directing and animating, and myself creating the character designs. Our friend Dave DiMatteo did the audio design and music, and Eric Jenkins did the narration.

If you have a moment, please click on the image below and help rate our short:

Also, here are the original designs for the short:

Thanks everybody!!

Funny or Die presents….

Justin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:07:29 +0000

Ed Haligan: Old People

Learn something new….

Justin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:44:29 +0000

Check out this hilarious short that my buddy Mike Roush created in just a few days at Titmouse Studios:

60 Second Science “Cloaca” from mike roush on Vimeo.

Zombies vs. Cheerleaders

Justin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:45:31 +0000

Coming out this June is the first comic book from 5Finity Productions called “Zombies vs. Cheerleaders”! I had the opportunity to draw one of the three main covers for issue #1, along with Jason Worthington and Jessica Hickman. Here’s the official write-up of the comic, and here’s the cover:

Oh, and this guy’s awesome:

Pencil Mileage Club Commemorative Sketchbook!

Justin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:40:46 +0000

In honor of ten years of the Fullerton Film Festival and The Bomb, the PMC is issuing a limited-edition commemorative sketchbook. This book will include a short history of the club as well as a selection of sketchbook pages from PMC members past and present. There will only be 300 copies made, so if you’re interested order one today!

Books will run $27 a piece, with $5 of each book going towards finding a cure for Machado-Josephs disease, in honor of Mike Williams, PMC’s first club president, who is battling the disease.

You can order your copy HERE.

Mash-Up Time!!

Justin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:01:46 +0000

Hey y’all! Here’s a little remix I did of Montell Jordan’s “This Is How We Do It” just for fun:

Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It (Groovemusher Dub) by GrooveMusher

Animal Sketches

Justin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:15:28 +0000

It’s been nice going to the L.A. Zoo more regularly with my buds, making me realize I need to draw animals much, much more! Here are some of the pages from the ol’ sketchbook:

How to report the news…

Justin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:34:44 +0000

If you haven’t seen this yet, check it out: